Scholarships

Scholarships called "talent awards" are available for students with demonstrated skill and interest in further developing their reasoning and speaking abilities. Incoming high school students and college transfer students may apply for these awards. Recipients are eligible for talent-award consideration in future years, and returning team members may also apply.

Ethics Bowl Talent Award Application Process for Incoming High School and Transfer Students and Returning Whitworth Students

A completed application will include:

1. Résumé, including specific details of accomplishments related to speech, debate or other academic co-curricular programs, and significant academic accomplishments inside or outside of the classroom
2. Recommendation letter from a classroom teacher or an academic coach who can comment on your reasoning skills, logical thinking and speaking abilities
3. Responses to the questions listed below in four pages or less (double-spaced)
   • Why are you interested in participating in Ethics Bowl?
   • What is your background, if any, in ethics, logic, forensics and/or argumentation?
   • How will you balance your academic work, participation in Ethics Bowl, and any other university commitments next year?
   • What is your intended college major?
   • What additional information, if any, should be considered regarding your application?
4. An audition. The audition can be live on campus, or sent on a DVD, or posted on YouTube with the URL sent to the coach. Request a copy of the current Ethics Bowl cases from the coach. Select one case and prepare a 5- to 10-minute presentation that answers an assigned question. In that presentation address the one or two central ethical issues in the case. Define specific courses of action that the actors should take and explain why doing so would be ethical.

Talent Award Application Process for Returning Ethics Bowl Team Members

A completed application will answer the questions below in four pages or less (double-spaced).

• Why are you interested in continuing your Ethics Bowl education? Which educational goals do you want to address next year and why?
• How will you balance your academic work, participation in Ethics Bowl, and any other university commitments next year?

The application deadline is April 8. Please send your application materials to:

Keith Wyma, Professor of Philosophy
Whitworth University
300 W. Hawthorne Road
Spokane, WA 99251

Or, email your application materials to kwyma@whitworth.edu. 

Expectations

Recipients of Ethics Bowl Talent Awards agree to the following:

• Enroll in PH 319 Ethics Bowl each semester.
• Attend all bowls and contribute to the overall well-being of the team.
• Complete all research assignments.
• Attend all team meetings and coaching sessions with the coaches.
• Maintain good academic standing with at least a 3.0 GPA.
• Enroll in PH 221 Ethics and SP 210 Introduction to Public Speaking during your first year on the team.