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William Wolfgang, Ph.D.
Lecturer, English
Director, Service Scholars
wwolfgang@stevenson.edu
(443) 351-4690
For questions about the applying to Service Scholars, please contact your admissions counselor.
Application Requirements
In order to be considered for the Service Scholars Program and $2,000 annual Service Scholarship, students must do the following:
- Demonstrate an exceptional commitment to service as an incoming freshman.
- Have a minimum cumulative GPA of a 3.3 on a 4.0 scale or an 83 on a 100-point scale.
- Apply to Stevenson by the January 15 Specialty Scholarship deadline and be admitted to the University. Stevenson’s application for admission will be available on August 1.
- Complete the Application for Service and Leadership Scholars Programs by the deadline of January 15.
- Complete a campus tour by February 1.
- Complete a Specialty Scholarship Interview by the priority deadline of February 1. Stevenson University Service Scholars applications will also be considered for the Founders’ Scholarship when interviewing. There is no separate application for the Founders’ Scholarship. Students selected for the Stevenson University Service Scholars will also receive the $2,000 Founders’ Scholarship in addition to the $2,000 Service Scholarship for a total of $4,000 in scholarship funding on top of any previously awarded SU Merit-Based Scholarship. Students not selected for the Stevenson University Service Scholars may be awarded a Founders’ Scholarship of $2,000 on its own.
Students who meet all of the above application requirements will be notified whether or not they have been selected for Stevenson University Service Scholars on a rolling basis once the application is submitted and interview is completed.
Complete a Service Scholars Application
Schedule a Specialty Scholars Interview
*If there are no more Specialty Scholarship Interview slots available, please email register@stevenson.edu.
Benefits
Benefits of the program include:
- $2,000 annual Service Scholarship for four consecutive years of full-time study at the University. Recipients also receive the $2,000 annual Founders’ Scholarship, which is also renewable for four years, for a total additional annual award of $4,000 on top of any SU Merit-Based Scholarship.
- A supportive community of peers and mentors, as well as personal consultations with the Faculty Director.
- Gain experience for internships, interviews, and post-graduation professional opportunities.
- Tangible leadership and service experience on- and off-campus.
- A connection to the Owings Mills and greater Baltimore community.
- Expansion of professional networks.
- Eligibility for the President of the United States’ Volunteer Service Award.
Expectations
In order to remain a Service Scholar once accepted to the program, students must:
- Enroll as a full-time student
- Maintain the minimum required GPA (2.5 at the end of year one, 2.6 at the end of year two, 2.7 at the end of year three, and 2.8 at the end of year four)
- Complete a minimum of 100 hours of service per academic year (50 hours per semester), documented online and submitted each semester by the required deadline
- Enroll in a total of 3 service-learning courses, including the introductory course – Service-Learning 101: Foundations of Service-Learning
Scholarships
Service Scholars typically receive a merit-based scholarship. In addition, Service Scholars are awarded a Service Scholarship and the Founders’ Scholarship, which recognizes a student’s potential to be an active, engaged member of the Stevenson Community. All scholarships are renewable for four years. For more information, please see the merit-based scholarship page.
Director
Lecturer, Department of English, History & Humanities
Director, Service Scholars
wwolfgang@stevenson.edu
William Floyd Wolfgang, Ph.D. (University of Warwick), is the director of the service scholars program and a lecturer in the Department of English, History & Humanities at Stevenson University, specializing in pedagogy surrounding Shakespeare, Theater History, and first-year writing. As a community-based theatre practitioner, Dr. Wolfgang has produced nearly all of Shakespeare’s plays with the OrangeMite Shakespeare Company in York, Pennsylvania, and has also directed and adapted productions with Merced Shakespearefest and Shakespeare in Yosemite while lecturing at the University of California, Merced. Recently, he completed the first major study of community-based Shakespeare performance in the United States.
While conducting this research, he served as a special researcher for Shakespeare’s creative and global legacies at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust (SBT) in Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom. Dr. Wolfgang’s publications include a regional history book by Arcadia Publishing entitled Hidden History of Kinsley, and he has peer-reviewed work published in Shakespeare Bulletin with essays in Bloomsbury Arden’s Lockdown Shakespeare and Palgrave’s Inclusive Shakespeares and Criminal Shakespeares. His research interests include rural and community-based arts, Shakespeare’s role in the Little Theatre Movement, and early modern literature in bilingual performance. He has spent nearly two decades working with arts and cultural nonprofits and brings that experience to his work with Stevenson’s service scholars.
Student Leaders
Olivia Blaner
Fashion Design & Fashion Merchandising Double Major
Hometown: Germantown, Maryland
Career Goals: Technical Designer or Creative Direction
Campus Involvement: Service Scholars Leadership Board, Presidential Fellow, Fashion Apparel Design Club
Evan Lofty
Graphic Design
Hometown: Bowie, MD
Career Goals: Brand Designer, logos, Brand Idenity, Bilboards, Posters, etc.
Campus Involvement: AIGA, Red Cross Member, Service Scholar Leadership Board, Food Pantry Volunteer
Andrew Loihle
Sports Management and Film and Moving Image Double Major
Hometown: Palm City, FL
Career Goals: Social Media Team for a sports organization
Campus Involvement: Service Scholar Leader, Men’s Club Hockey, Writer for SU Villager
Sandra Matthews
Counseling and Human Services
Hometown: District Heights, MD
Career Goals: Child Welfare Social Worker
Campus Involvement: Service Scholar Leadership Board, Mustang Food Pantry Co-Manager, National Society of Leadership and Success Board Member, Tau Upsilon Alpha Honor Society, Residence Life Office Assistant
Alannah Moore-Boyd
Nursing
Hometown: Baltimore, MD
Career Goals: After graduation, I plan to work in a hospital setting while pursuing my Doctorate to become a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner. I want to utilize my DNP to explore other opportunities, such as travel nursing, and then establish myself at a long-term hospital position.
Campus Involvement: Event Coordinator for W.O.R.T.H, Black Student Union, Honors Scholar, Service Scholar, Peer Educator at Stevenson’s Wellness Center
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