Highschool seniors planning on placing their school schooling and eventual profession to make use of towards making our world a greater one are invited to use for the 2022 Padraig Julius Tobin Flusser Financial and Social Justice Scholarship. Padraig, who died just lately of drug use and fentanyl, was passionate in his brief life about financial and social causes.
This $1,000 scholarship award is designed for New Paltz Excessive College seniors who might be enrolled in school in fall 2022, are actively engaged in social and financial fairness efforts and who’re pursuing a profession path devoted to social justice. Monetary want and the number of college students from historically marginalized populations might be thought of in making this award, however shall not be the only figuring out award elements.
The appliance deadline is June 23, 2022 at midday. To use or for added data, e-mail npzscholarship@gmail.com.
Purposes should embrace:
• 500 phrases or much less private assertion about scholar’s social justice dedication and the way it pertains to school alternative and short- and long-term profession objectives.
• One transient letter of advice from somebody who can describe scholar’s engagement with social justice points and actions. Letters might be from academics, steerage counselors or advisors, activists and advocates, neighborhood leaders, elected officers or anybody aware of the coed’s views, historical past and objectives.
• The place relevant, an outline of economic want and/or inclusion in historically marginalized populations.
The Village of New Paltz 2022 trustees – mayor Tim Rogers, deputy mayor Alex Wojcik and trustees Michele Zipp, Stana Weisburd and William Wheeler Murray – are personally offering funding, initiating and managing this scholarship. No Village funds or assets are being utilized. The speedy household (outlined as dad and mom, partner, kids, siblings and grandparents) and same-household members of Village of New Paltz elected officers aren’t eligible to enter. All relevant federal, state and native legal guidelines and laws apply.
