Scholarship: Hastings College - Community Leadership Challenge
Description: The Hastings College Community Leadership Challenge is designed to enhance leadership and problem-solving skills among high-achieving high school seniors. During the weekend conference and workshop, you’ll explore the components, meaning, and importance of community while using design thinking to solve real-world, community-based problems.
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Application Details:
Activities resume: Share your academic honors and involvement in athletics, activities, service, jobs and other areas.
Essay: You’ll need to provide a 500-word essay that answers at least one of the following prompts:
What does community mean to you?
What role do you believe you play in a community?
How has your community impacted you personally? And if it hasn’t, why do you believe that is?
Video (optional): Submit a link to a video you created that answers this question: How have you been involved in your community, and what change do you want to make?
Prepare a 2-4 minute video touring and/or exploring these concepts.
This could mean videoing what you believe are the most impactful places in your hometown and the role you play within them.
Be creative, think about what you want to see in your community that you can be a part of.
Make sure the video is accessible by anyone with the link — note that videos are reviewed and considered as part of the selection process.
GPA and test scores: You’ll self-report these but there are no GPA or test score requirements. Scores will be excluded from the applicant selection process.
Academic interests: Students planning to major or double major in Biology, Business, Chemistry, Math or Physics are welcome to apply.
Apply to Hastings: To be considered for the challenge, you must submit your application to Hastings College if you have not already.
Deadlines:
1st Session - October 23rd
2nd Session - January 10th
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