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#Back2SchoolBold Scholarship

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$1,000
2 winners, $500 each
Awarded
Application Deadline
Sep 30, 2021
Winners Announced
Oct 31, 2021
Education Level
Any
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School is almost here! We're celebrating this major milestone with a scholarship + giveaway!

We know that the back to school transition is going to look a little different this time around. This scholarship exists to equip you with everything you need to jumpstart your education and help get you started off on the right foot.

The #Back2SchoolBold Scholarship is open to all students from any field of study. To apply, please submit a photo, Pinterest board, video, or any other visual medium. Please also share a short essay about what inspired your #Back2SchoolBold moment.

Your submission can be anything ranging from Y2K fashion, dorm room tours, tips on saving money, or anything that you'd like to share. The winner will be selected based on their short essay and accompanying file.

As a bonus, we will also be running a merch giveaway alongside this scholarship. To participate in the giveaway, you will need to post your submission publicly (feed post only), tag Bold.org, and use the hashtag to participate in the merch giveaway.

We’ll be putting together a collection of our favorite submissions on our social media channels for everyone to review and vote on.

Selection Criteria:
Ambition, Need, Boldest Bold.org Profile
Graduate School ScholarshipsHigh School ScholarshipsUndergraduate ScholarshipsEssay Scholarships
Published August 30, 2021
$1,000
2 winners, $500 each
Awarded
Application Deadline
Sep 30, 2021
Winners Announced
Oct 31, 2021
Education Level
Any
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Essay Topic

What inspired your #Back2SchoolBold moment?

50–200 words

Winners and Finalists

October 2021

Winners
Hannah Sturgeon
Otterbein University
Newark, OH
Simone Braithwaite
Guilford College
Newark, NJ
Finalists
Kamber Williams
Wylie E Groves High School
Southfield, MI
Janica Dino
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Nutley, NJ
Morgan S
Bowling Green State University-Main Campus
Warrensville Heights, OH
Lily Di Leo
Quinnipiac University
New York, NY
Allison McEntaffer
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Winona, MN
Nadra Binford
Cass Technical High School
Detroit, MI
Natalia Capella
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Knoxville, TN
Sheila Cardoza Thornton
Grand Canyon University
Santee, CA
Gali Polichuk Lulka
University of Florida
Aventura, FL
Saanvi Chigurupati
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Downingtown, PA
Olivia Mills
University of Oregon
Portland, OR
Allison Puch Cahuich
Glencoe High School
Hillsboro, OR

Winning Applications

Hannah Sturgeon
Otterbein UniversityNewark, OH
My #Back2SchoolBold moments have been inspired by staying involved with my campus and the local community. Working with the Center for Community Engagement I represented my organization, the Cardinal Corps Leaders, during a tabling event at the end of the first week of school for students to get to know more about involvement on campus. As the Vice President of the Cardinal Corps Leaders, I am proud to help coordinate the team of students that organizes and runs all of the community service opportunities at Otterbein. Another passion I have found in school is leading a student voter engagement and registration group, Raise Your Voice. Through Raise Your Voice, I have been a fellow for the Campus Election Engagement Project and Campus Vote Project. This year I will be launching the Ohio Student Voting Network along with my fellow classmate. Finally, before classes even started I was able to help lead a service event that has been a tradition at Otterbein for over 20 years. Speaking alongside our City Mayor and the President of my University, I helped kick off an event hosting over 100 freshmen in 18 different service locations across our community.
Simone Braithwaite
Guilford CollegeNewark, NJ
Where there is a need for solutions to issues such as poverty, homelessness, and food insecurity, there is a community worth advocating for. I want to challenge the notion that community starts and ends with those in the closest proximity to you. I committed to Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina to be a Bonner Scholar. We are required to do 140 hours of service each semester and two summers of service as 240 hours for each. As a second-year Bonner Scholar, I already knew a lot of the service opportunities that would be open to me for the fall semester. The one that caught my eye though, was a service site that was added to our list of community-building opportunities in the last week of August. It was a tutoring program to work as a teacher’s aide in a transition school for refugee and immigrant elementary school children that don’t know how to speak English. My #Back2School moment was inspired by the will to help others and to be of service to a vulnerable community that may need guidance in adjusting to being in a foreign place. I can’t wait to start working with my students this year.

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FAQ

When is the scholarship application deadline?

The application deadline is Sep 30, 2021. Winners will be announced on Oct 31, 2021.

How will scholarship application information be used?

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What is the scholarship award?

Award amounts per winner are designated by the donor. Check the award amount for a detailed breakdown.

When will the scholarship winner be chosen? How will they be notified?

The winner will be publicly announced on Oct 31, 2021. Prior to the announcement date, we may contact finalists with additional questions about their application. We will work with donors to review all applications according to the scholarship criteria. Winners will be chosen based on the merit of their application.

How will the scholarship award be paid?

Award checks will be sent to the financial aid office of the winner's academic institution or future academic institution in their name to be applied to their tuition, and in the name of their institution (depending on the school's requirements). If the award is for a qualified educational non-tuition expense, we will work with the winner directly to distribute the award and make sure it goes towards qualified expenses.

How will my scholarship application be verified?

Before we award the scholarship, the winner will be required to confirm their academic enrollment status. Depending on the circumstances, verification of Student ID and/or their most recent transcript will be required.

How should I get in touch with questions?

If you have any questions about this scholarship or the Bold.org platform, just email contact@bold.org and we’ll get back to you as quickly as we can.

Does the scholarship have terms and conditions?

Yes. The terms and conditions for this scholarship can be found here.

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