Established by the primary faculty members of the Department of History, Philosophy and Social Sciences (HPSS) in remembrance of Robert who taught at Western Montana.

This award is made annually to a student who will be entering their third or fourth year of study, is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts Degree with a major in one of the HPSS fields, and who intends to pursue graduate level studies.

Required Criteria: 

1. New or returning student enrolled in the BA degree program with a Major in a field offered by HPSS (Anthropology & Sociology, Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, Modern History, Psychology), and who plans to continue their studies at the graduate level following completion of their degree at Western.

2. A minimum UM-W grade point average of 3.25 (based on a 4.0 system).

3. Full-time status (12 or more credits) and in good standing.

4. A demonstrated ability to apply the accepted conventions of scholarly discourse, especially as related to History, Philosophy or the Social Sciences (based on a scholarly writing sample).

 Preferred Criteria:

1. Priority will be given to students from under-represented groups.

2. Student will have participated in a community service project.  Examples of appropriate community service include, but are not limited to: food pantries; women’s resource centers; hospice and hospitals; Amnesty International; animal shelters; Indian centers and organizations; labor organizations. 

Bio of Robert Mock

Robert was born Aug 9, 1926, in Windber, PA. He held degrees from Juniata College, PA, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, PA, and Ball State University, Indiana. His life was spent in the ministry of the church of the Brethren. He retired in 1987 and came to Dillon in 1992 to help his son build a house, and then moved to Dillon permanently in 1994. He taught classes at Montana Western, served as an advisor to the Service Learning Program and was a counselor to many. Robert Mock, age 74, died at the home of his son.