Awards, Scholarships, and Recognition

The Center for Student Involvement is proud to present the 3rd Annual U-SU Student Involvement Scholarship, which aims to reward students who are active both on campus and in their communities. The winner of the Essay and Speech Competition shall receive an $800 scholarship that will be applied toward the recipient's 2011 spring quarter tuition. This year, there will also be a second place prize of $200, and additionally, Bookstore gift certificates will be awarded to the three (3) remaining finalists.

The winners shall be determined as follows:

• Students will write an essay answering BOTH of the following questions:
  1. "HOW HAS COMMUNITY SERVICE AFFECTED YOU AS A PERSON AND THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU HAVE HELPED?" and
  2. "WHY IS CAMPUS INVOLVEMENT AND COMMUNITY SERVICE MPORTANT TO A COLLEGE STUDENT IN GENERAL, AND TO YOU SPECIFICALLY?"
• Five (5) student essays will be chosen as finalists for the speech portion of the competition.
• Those five finalists will then present their essays as a speech to a panel of judges. The speech may include multimedia elements, such as a Power Point presentation, charts and graphs, or other visual or audio aids.
• The selected panel of judges will determine the winner based on their overall presentation.

Finalists will be notified of their status before the end of the calendar year (Dec. 2010). The speech portion of the competition will take place on January 18, 2011. Finalists must be able to participate in the Speech Competition in order to win the scholarship. Any finalist unable to attend the Speech Competition will be disqualified.

Rules and Requirements

• You must be a current CSULA student to be eligible. Student status WILL be confirmed.
• You must be able to demonstrate active campus involvement.
• You must submit a letter of reference to verify your community service.
• You must submit a complete application packet, which includes the above, and the following:
  1. a completed 2010-2011 scholarship application form (pages 2 & 3).
  2. a 4 page essay (approx. 1000 words), carefully proofread, addressing the topics listed above
  3. Essays must be turned in with a separate cover sheet containing name and contact information. Names and other personally identifiable information should not appear anywhere in/on the essay.

Deadline

Essays, along with a completed application, must be turned in to CSI (U-SU, Room 204) no later than Tuesday, November 30, 2010, by 6 pm. NO EXCEPTIONS.

Notification

All competition entrants will be notified of their status by the end of the first week of the winter quarter.