Scholarships
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Green Funding
Simply Organic has announced the establishment of a scholarship award in perpetuity for the Apprenticeship in Ecological Horticulture at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Simply Organic and Frontier Natural Products Co-op™ have made a combined contribution of $130,000 to the UCSC Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems.
Strauss Foundation Award: The award provides a $10,000 scholarship to juniors who will pursue a self-initiated public service project during their senior year. The project may be a new undertaking or an extension of an existing project.
The Environmental Studies Department offers undergraduate and graduate student awards and scholarships, available to students majoring in Environmental Studies. The awards are available during the regular academic year, with different awards offered per quarter. Current deadline Mr 5
Lowe's Charitable and Educational Foundation, International Paper and the International Paper Foundation, and National Geographic Explorer classroom magazine have announced an Outdoor Classroom Grant Program to fund outdoor learning environments for K-12 public schools around the United States.Link
General Interest
Don Rothman Writing Award Purpose: To honor the achievements of one or more first-year students in the genre of nonfiction, academic, analytic writing, and to recognize excellence in writing pedagogy.
Award: Up to five students will receive an acknowledgment and monetary award up to $300 during a Fall 2010 awards ceremony. Application:
Essays should be submitted May 15–June 15, 2010 to the Cowell Academic Services mailbox of Writing Program Lecturer-SOE James Wilson. Submissions must include the official submission form and three printed copies of the essay. All pages of the essay should be numbered and without the applicant's name. Guidelines:
Essays must have originated in a C1 or C2 class during the 2009-10 academic year and should demonstrate serious engagement with issues raised in the class, including the importance and impact of other writers' ideas. Length should be commensurate with the essay's purpose, but no more than 2500 words. more info
UCSC Friends of the Library is sponsoring the 43rd annual Essay Contest for UCSC students. Details on the contest are online. This year’s topic is:
Imagine a collection of books and other written or recorded sources on a subject of global importance. Then write an essay of up to 1,500 words describing the collection and explaining why your topic is so important.
- Get your Registration Fees paid
- Take a class on Leadership and Institution Building led by Top Campus Leadership.
- Work with a Mentor on an important campus project.
Student Regent Feb 18th
