I am eager to develop my sense of social responsibility a bit more and be able to relate it in real-world settings. I will dive into an International Studies major because I want to be able to travel to other countries and meet people with diverse backgrounds and language and have conversations about their life and culture. With international studies, I can be more involved in the arts than I am now (I am concentrating in the arts and culture)...

As I write this essay, I want to acknowledge the other worthy candidates who have just as much right to this scholarship as I do - in my eyes, they are just as deserving of this scholarship as I am. I come from a single parent household with younger siblings who look up to me and see the choices I make. Back in high school, I made sure to get involved with the community and giving back through joining organizations...

In April 2014, 276 school girls from the village of Chibok in Borno State (located in north-eastern Nigeria) were kidnapped by a group called Boko Haram, an Islamic extremist militant group whose attacks are centered around north-eastern Nigeria and whose name translates as “western education is forbidden”. The attack sparked a global frenzy as #BringbackourGirls began circulating the popular social media site, Twitter. As a result of this, it temporarily increased exposure to the group both within Nigeria and the global community....

An issue that I could consider to be important is the increase of the divorce rates our society. It seems that if one were to ask any youth of today if they have one or two parents, they mostly would say the former because it’s true. Unfortunately, it’s more common for partners to be separated than married and so the sacred bond of marriage is no longer sacred and that really baffles my mind. I myself have found...

Our rapidly-changing world needs people who can learn and keep learning, adapt to change, and create new opportunities for themselves and others, be it through volunteering or not. This fall 2016, I plan on studying abroad in San Jose, Costa Rica as a part of a transfer credit program for over four months and one of the ways I plan on getting to know my fellow peers and locals in a new country is through volunteering. Volunteering has always been something...

Colorblind casting or nontraditional casting according to Taunya Lovell Banks, refers to when a film, play or television series places a non-white actor in a role where race nor gender are not specified or it is “the casting of ethnic minority and female actors in roles where race, ethnicity, or sex is not germane.'' (The New York Times, 1988). This definition has fluctuated throughout the years and people still continue to debate on what colorblind casting really is and what...

I am able to be involved in a variety of community service events through the various school clubs I’d decided to join. Different clubs include: the National Honor Society, Hispanic Scholarship Program, Fine Arts Cultural Exchange Society, Science Society and the Girls Awareness Program. In the National Honor Society, my community service hours are usually completed, mainly due to the fact that a lot more volunteer opportunities have surfaced that have allowed me to really get out and help...

The first essay deals with a scholarship essay prompt asking how I stand out from other applicants. The second one deals with a research paper I submitted as a co-author for a diversity conference. The third deals with a personal issues I decided to write about for another scholarship dealing with divorce and the last one is a scholarship essay asking about selfless service.

I feel like 5 isn't enough to describe the different types of typical students but I can sure try! The first 5 adjectives that pop up into my head would have to be: lazy (lol crazy I know), motivated (they aren't rare exactly but they are a gem), funny ...

Growing up, my family struggled financially; my single mother struggled since she had to support us, working day and night so we had at least a roof over our heads. Gone all days of the night to work numerous jobs, my mother didn’t have the time to quiz me for a test I had the night before nor could she help me with homework each night. I certainly don’t blame her for that, mainly because she was out there trying to provide us with a home. The main reason she said she struggled, was because she didn’t...

There are hundreds of other kids like me out in the world. Those who come from a single parent household and have parents who can make life a tad bit difficult with their interactions with one another. But despite what I went through in my childhood, I like to look back on the positive things that I went through. Because of my mother’s low income and bad credit, finding places to live was always difficult - I realize this more and more as I...

Some things I would recommend other students (or just other people in general) is to go out and either work in another location if it's possible (for me, it was Estes Park, CO), just volunteer - because you really get a lot out...

My favorite course so far in college would have to be my INTS 410 class called "Gender and the Global Modern". I like this class because of my professor's ability to have the students in the class relate to most of the content that was presented to us....