Don Wolski Memorial Scholarship Award

Due Friday, June 3, 2011

The Redwood Technology Consortium invites graduating seniors from Humboldt, Del Norte, Mendocino and Trinity County to apply for the $1,500 Don Wolski Memorial Scholarship.

Criteria:

• Must be a 2011 graduating Humboldt, Del Norte, Mendocino or Trinity County high school senior who will attend an accredited institution of higher education in the 2011-2012 school year.
• Submit a 500-800 word essay based on one of the stated topics
• Two adult references and a brief letter from each attesting to your character
• You must email your essay and letters as Microsoft Word documents or Adobe Acrobat PDF's to: scholarship@redwoodtech.org

This year's competition topics (choose one):

1. What would be the best local ideas for utilizing the capabilities of technology and social media (Facebook/Twitter/Foursquare/Yelp/Groupon) to promote and stimulate the local economy
2. What would be the best local ideas for utilizing the capabilities of technology and social media (Facebook/Twitter/Foursquare/Yelp/Groupon) for educational purposes?

Judging criteria:

• Essays will be judged according to relevance to the topic, writing skills, clarity and creativity. Winner will be determined the following week and may be asked to read their essay at the Redwood Technology Consortium Luncheon (date TBD).

For more information, got to the Redwood Technology Consortium website: www.redwoodtech.org/