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FOR INFORMATION

S.90-40

REPORT TO SENATE

SENATE POLICY COMMI'iThE ON?

SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS AND BURSARIES

Introductory Comments

II.

Financial Aid and Awards Budget 1989/90 - Supervised

by the Director of Financial Aid and Awards

III. Undergraduate Awards Statistics

IV.

Graduate Bursaries ?

Emergency Loans: Undergraduate and Graduate

VI.

Work-Study Program: Undergraduate and Graduate

VII.

Financial Aid and Awards Budget 1989/90- Supervised

by the Dean of Graduate Studies

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VIII. 1989/90 Private Graduate Awards - Administered by the

Dean of Graduate Studies

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L INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS

This report covers the activities of the Senate Policy Committee on Scholarships, Awards

and Bursaries (SPCSAB)

for

the period May 1, 1989 to April 30, 1990.

During the first nine months, the Committee was chaired by Peter Kennedy. Roger

Blackman served as chair during the remainder of the period.

Two meetings were held during the reporting period (on June 26th and November 30th,

1989).

The Committee agreed to change the membership of the Senate Graduate Awards

Adjudication Committee such that the Director, Financial Aid and Awards will continue to

be ex-officio non-voting member. However, the Assistant to the Dean of Graduate Studies

will become ex-officio, non-voting Secretary.

The Committee expressed concern that the Annual Budget allocations for Scholarships,

Awards and Bursaries do not take into account enrollment increases. This is the case for

both Undergraduate and Graduate Programs.

In addition to routine business, SPCSAB dealt with the following issues:

Undergraduate Programs

•

A decision was taken to ensure that a grade of GN (grade not reported) would not affect a

student's chances of receiving a scholarship.

Because the number of students with a cumulative GPA of at least 3.50 had increased

substantially faster than the budget for scholarships and awards, the minimum CGPA

requirement for the Open Scholarship was raised from 3.50 to 3.60. For donated

scholarships, the minimum CGPA was to remain at

3.50.

The Committee reviewed the Undergraduate Entrance Scholarship Programs and chose to

introduce only very minor changes to the previous year's programs. Consideration was

given to the recruitment performance of the programs, especially in view of competition

from the B.C. Universities, the Ontario Universities, McGill University and certain

prestigious Universities in the U.S.

Graduate Programs

The Committee approved increases in the value of Graduate Awards as follows:

Master's Graduate Fellowship

$ 3,500

$ 3,700

Ph.D. Graduate Fellowship

C.D. Nelson Mem. Grad. Schol.

$12,600

$15,000

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William and Ada Steel Scholarship

$14,600

$17,000

he Committee agreed that the Terms of Reference of the William and Ada Steel

Scholarship should be changed so as to exclude new Graduate students. The revised

Terms of Reference are as follows:

To be eligible to apply, a student must:

Be enrolled in a Graduate Program at Simon Fraser University and

Be engaged in research which requires work outside the Lower

Mainland of British Columbia.

The criteria for this award are:

Demonstrated academic excellence at the Graduate level and

Evidence of outstanding achievement at the Graduate level, with

particular emphasis on intellectual ability, originality and ability in

research.

With regard to the limit of total support from Graduate Scholarship Programs for Graduate

students, the Committee approved the following:

A recipient of a C.D. Nelson Memorial Graduate Scholarship or a Graduate

Fellowship may accept other scholarship support from external sources. If the total

of the Graduate Fellowship or the C.D. Nelson Memorial Graduate Scholarship and

the other support exceeds $20,000 per annum, the value of the Graduate

Fellowship or the C.D. Nelson Memorial Graduate Scholarship will be reduced so

that the total equals $20,000.

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II. FINANCIAL AID AND AWARDS BUDGET 1989/90

Supervised by the Director, Financial Aid and Awards

Emergency Loans (non-recovery)

Scholarships (Open and Entrance)

$1,283,448

Bursaries (Open, Emergency and

Emergency Loan (non-recovery)

International Bursaries and Scholarships

$ 267,430

Sub Total C

$1,965,478

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III. UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS STATISTICS 1989190

A. SFU OPERATING AWARDS BUDGET (Number of Awards)

Note: Students may receive up to three honour roll designations per year.

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B. PRIVATE SCHOLARSHIPS, BURSARIES AND AWARDS (Number of Awards)

(Awards are made to eligible students from privately donated funds which have

specific Terms of Reference, as listed in the SFU Calendar.)

3. Awards, Medals and Prizes

Total:

628

IV. GRADUATE BURSARIES

V. EMERGENCY LOANS: UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE

Short Term, Interest-Free loans are available to students who require interim

emergency funding while awaiting funds from other sources.

Value: Normally $300 - $500

During 1989/90, 1,286 loans were issued totalling $527,095

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VI.

WORK-STUDY PROGRAM: UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE

The SFU Work-Study Program provides part time employment which is intended

to be mutually beneficial to students and the University. Every effort is made to

provide career-related job experience, which is primarily of a research nature. The

Work-Study program is intended normally to supplement Provincial and Federal

student loan programs, as per policy requirements of the government funded

programs. However, Work-Study funded through SFU requires only that students

demonstrate financial need to qualify. All students must meet a basic needs test,

must be registered in, and maintain 9 credit hours or more in undergraduate studies,

or be registered in a Graduate Program for Graduates, and must be in satisfacory

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25 ?

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vii. 

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1989/90 GRADUATE AWARDS 

Administered by the Dean of Graduate Studies 

Disbursement by Award Category 

Graduate Fellowships 

President's Ph.D. Research Stipends 

C.D. Nelson Memorial Graduate Scholarships 

Special Graduate Entrance Scholarships 

Carryforward to 90-2 

TOTAL EXPENDITURES 

TOTAL BUDGET ALLOCATION 

$ 1,088,450 

$ ?

218,550 

$ ?

95,400 

$ ?

22,200 

$ ?

15,900 

$

1,440,500 

$ 1,439,452 

Disbursement by Semester & Award Category 

Name ? 

89-2 ? 

89-3 

GF ? 

23 @ $3350 ? 

69 @ $3500 

40 @ $3950 ? 

58 @ $4100 

$235,050 

?

$479,300 

Stipend ? 

19 @ $3950 ? 

18 @ $4100 

$ 75,050 ? 

$ 73,800 

90-1 

53 @ $3500 

46 @ $4100 

$374,100 

17 @ $4100 

$ 69,700 

Total 

$1,088,450 

$ 218,550 

Nelson     

6 @ $4000    

9 @ $4200   

8

@ $4200 

$

24,000 

$

37,800 

$

33,600 ? 

$ ?

95,400 

Special 

?

1@

$3000    

1

@ $1500   

1 @ $1500 

3 @ $1000    

1

@ $1100   

1 @ $1100 

7

@ $1000   

4 @ $1000 

$

6,000 

$

9,600   

$

6,600 ? 

$ ?

22,200 

TOTAL ? 

$340,100 ? 

$600,500 ? 

$484,000 

?

$1,424,600 

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VIII. 

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1989/90 PRIVATE GRADUATE AWARDS 

Administered by the Dean of Graduate Studies 

These awards are made from privately donated funds which have 

specific terms of reference as listed in the graduate section of 

the SFU calendar. 

Disbursement by Semester & Award Value 

89-2        

89-3         

90-1 

1 @

$6,000     

1

@

$6,000     

1

@

$7,500 

1 @ $4,000     

1

@

$4,200     

1

@

$6,000 

5 @ $3,084     

3

@

$3,850     

1

@

$4,200 

1 @ $2,250     

4

@

$3,250     

1

@

$4,000 

1 @

$

?

583

4

@

$3,084     

3

@

$3,850 

1 @

$

?

250

1

@

$3,200     

4

@

$3,250 

3

@

$2,500     

4

@

$3,084 

I

@

$2,000     

1

@

$3,000 

1

@

$1,900     

3

@

$2,500 

1

@

$1,600     

2

@

$1,500 

1

@

$1,500     

1

@

$1,100 

2

@

$1,250     

6

@

$1,000 

1@$

650

l@$

700

1@$

600

1@$

600

3@$

500

2@$

583

1@$

440

1@$

501

1 @ $ 500 

TOTAL 

.

$ 28,503 

?

$ 70,476 

?

$ 82,653 ? 

$181,632 

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