Immigrant Youth Scholarship Committee Judges

Opportunity: Scholarship Competition Judge

Program: Emerging Leaders Program I

Location: Arlington, Falls Church, Alexandria

Frequency: Two-time

Number of volunteers needed: 3 per location

Time/Date: Sunday, Apr. 8^th 3:00pm-5pm (All sites) AND Tuesday, Apr. 10th, 6:30 - 9pm (Arlington, Falls Church & Fairfax) OR Wednesday, Apr. 11th 6:30 - 9pm (Arlington and Alexandria)

Scholarship Competition Judges will convene on Sunday, April 8th from 3 - 5pm to meet the site facilitator and for the three judges to go over the students’ scholarship applications, academic transcripts, and resumes before the Scholarship Interview Night on either April 10th or April 11th.

On Scholarship Interview Night, the Scholarship Judges sit on a panel and will interview each of the applicants for ELP I's internal scholarship competition. The scholarship winner receives a college scholarship of $500 that goes towards their second semester of tuition at any post-secondary institution. Judges use our pre-selected questions and rubric to score each applicant, and can draw on the students’ written application, resume and transcript to help guide them. The winner of the scholarship from each location is announced at the Emerging Leaders Program graduation ceremony. Apply to be a two-time volunteer for Spring 2018 here: https://tinyurl.com/y9j7z9qf