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Giva Student Scholarship

Giva will award $1000 scholarships to undergraduate or graduate students who write thoughtful essays in answering the following questions:

How will you use your talents and education to make the world a better place for future generations?  What are you career and personal goals and why?

The essay needs to be between 600-1000 words, and must be submitted to our mailing address no later than June 1st or December 1st of each year.  A current resume must also be included with the essay.  Giva will choose the scholarship winners and will award the scholarships by August 15th and February 15th of each year.  Students can only apply once in any 12-month period.

In addition to the scholarship, winners will be entered into Giva's six-month Worldwide Community Ambassador essay program.  Giva will provide a social media platform wherein subsequent essays written by the award winners will be published on the Giva website, as well as other social media.  The essays will reflect the personal experiences, perspectives and aspirations of winners in order to encourage and inspire others.

For more information, visit http://www.givainc.com/scholarships/student-scholarship-worldwide-community-ambassador-award.cfm.

2015 Joye Law Firm Scholarship

Joye Law Firm is offering you the opportunity to win a collage scholarship to help further your education.  Our firm will off six $2,000 scholarships to graduating seniors in South Carolina who plan to attend a four-year institution of higher learning in the fall.  Selection of the recipients is based on the creative entry, school activities, positions of leadership, special honors and awards, community involvement, academic performance, and professional pursuits.

Applicants are required to submit the following materials:

1. A typed or neatly printed application found here.
2. A current high school transcript
3. A creative entry that warns of the dangers of drunk driving and/or distracted driving

Entries may include, but are not limited to, an essay, poem, painting, poster, video, audio recording, web page or other creative entry.  The more creative, the better.

Essays should be limited to 600 words.  Video/audio recordings should be limited to two (2) minutes.  All creative entries must be transported or mailed with the rest of your application.  Entries will not be returned to the applicant.

Application deadline: Tuesday, April 1, 2015

For more information, visit http://www.joyelawfirm.com/scholarship/.  

Academic Outreach Camp

The University of South Carolina Upstate, BMW Manufacturing in Greer, and Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System are teaming up for an Academic Outreach Camp to introduce students to exciting and real world applications of mathematics, statistics, and physics.

The camp will emphasize how mathematics and science are used to improve the processes to build things like BMW vehicles and how other industries and organizations, such as healthcare, finance and the armed forces, use similar processes and tools.  In addition to honing and improving team work and leadership skills, students will gain hands-on experience in learning and applying Lean and Six Sigma tools to computerized challenges, physical simulations, case studies, and teaching games.  An in-depth tour of BMW's manufacturing facility and USC-Upstate's Healthcare Simulation Center are included.  Students will also have a chance to improve their driving skills behind the wheel of a BMW vehicle at the BMW Performance Center.

The Academic Outreach Camp will be held June 15-19 and June 22-26, 2015, at USC-Upstate's George Dean Johnson, Jr. College of Business and Economics in downtown Spartanburg.  Participants will be required to attend both weeks.  Students must be rising seniors at the time of application and must apply online at www.uscupstate.edu/bmwcamp.  The camp is free; lunch and snacks will be provided.  The deadline for applications is March 16, 2015.

For questions or for more information, please contact:

Donette Stewart - dstewart@uscupstate.edu or 864503-5280
Tim Ellis - tellis@uscupstate.edu or 864-552-4235

2015 "Blessings of Liberty" Essay Contest

2015 "Blessings of Liberty" Essay Contest

ELIGIBILITY - To be eligible, the writer must be enrolled for the Spring 2015 semester at any public or private high school within Greenville County, SC.

CONTENT - The essay must be positive in tone, emphasizing the benefits of contemporary citizenship guaranteed in the "Bill of Rights" (first ten amendments).  The essay must be the original work of the submitting student.  There must be at least two direct quotations from the US Constitution.  Sources must be identified for all other quotations or references.  It is essential that correct grammar and spelling be used.  The essay must be typed (double space) on plain white paper.  Maximum length: 600 words.  Minimum length: 300 words.

JUDGING - Each entry will be reviewed upon receipt within deadline by at least two educators with graduate degrees.  Finalist papers will be judged by a panel of educators from outside Greenville County.  Decisions by the judges will be final.  In addition to writing style and format, essays will be judged on the power of persuasion, and the author's ability to relate the Constitution to current issues in America.

SUBMISSION - All entries must be hard copy (no electronic), be postmarked on or before Friday, April 10, and mailed to FFI Contest, PO Box 991, Travelers Rest, SC 29690.  Finalists should be notified in May.  Winners will be announced at a ceremony in May.