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Dickinson State University Foundation, Inc. Working scholarship information sheet October 2005 |
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Fund Name: Dickinson State University Pay It Forward Scholarship Challenge Gift: Donor to fund approximately $5,500 per year for a three year period. His gifts will be matched by Merck dollar for dollar each year. Total amount to be received from donor and matching company over the three period will be approximately $33,000. The donor challenges the Dickinson State University Foundation to find other donors to provide the additional $33,000 during this time period to create an endowed fund in excess of $66,000. Number of Scholarships: One (1) Amount of Scholarship: $3,300 when fully funded Partial scholarships to be awarded while endowment is building Scholarship Criteria: The Pay It Forward Scholarship is to be awarded to a Dickinson State University student, demonstrating financial need, who is pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree majoring in Teacher Education—secondary or elementary. Applicants will need to complete a short essay (400 words or less) explaining their understanding and belief in the Pay It Forward movement. Scholarship recipients can only receive this scholarship one time during their educational experience at Dickinson State University. The goal of each recipient is to pay it forward by helping three (3) other people during their lifetime by taking personal responsibility to make something happen. Selection Process: Essays will be reviewed by a committee consisting of the members for the Department of Teacher Education staff and the Alumni and Foundation staff. First Scholarship will be Awarded: Fall 2006 Additional Information: The Pay It Forward Scholarship is a needs-based scholarship for education majors, which pays in state tuition at Dickinson State University. Applicants should submit a 400-word essay on the concept of Pay It Forward and how to educate and inspire young students to realize that they can change the world. Recipients are encouraged to “pay it forward” when opportunities arise. What is “Pay It Forward”? Pay It Forward is a book and movie, but it's also an idea that has spawned a real-life social movement. In the book by Catherine Ryan Hyde, a teacher gives his class a voluntary, extra-credit assignment: THINK OF AN IDEA FOR WORLD CHANGE, AND PUT IT INTO ACTION. Trevor, the 12-year-old hero of Pay It Forward, thinks of quite an idea. He describes it to his mother and teacher this way: "You see, I do something real good for three people. And then when they ask how they can pay it back, I say they have to Pay It Forward. To three more people. Each. So nine people get helped. Then those people have to do twenty-seven." He turned on the calculator, punched in a few numbers. "Then it sort of spreads out, see. To eighty-one. Then two hundred forty-three. Then seven hundred twenty-nine. Then two thousand, one hundred eighty-seven. See how big it gets?" The goal of the Pay It Forward Scholarship is to provide support for training of educators and to spread the idea of Pay It Forward. The idea of changing the world seems overwhelming. But if individuals take responsibility to act on opportunities that present themselves, a cascade of change will spread rapidly three-at-a-time. Contact Person for Scholarship Fund: Dickinson State University Foundation
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