Redwood Technology Consortium Don Wolski Memorial Scholarship

Due by 5:00pm Friday, June 3, 2011 (Must be emailed to address below)

The Redwood Technology Consortium invites all graduating high school seniors to apply for the 2011 Don Wolski Memorial Scholarship award of $1,500.

To apply for the scholarship, applicants must submit a 500-800 word essay.

The topics for this year’s competition, of which applicants need only choose one, are:

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?

What would be the best local ideas for utilizing the capabilities of technology and social 

media (Facebook/Twitter/Foursquare/Yelp/Groupon) for educational purposes?

Please state the question you are answering at the top of the page, along with your name, phone number and e-mail address.

Requirements:

1. Students must be a 2011 graduating Humboldt, Del Norte, Mendocino or Trinity County

senior, who will attend an accredited institution of higher education in the 2011-2012

school year.

2. The essay must be between 500-800 words in length.

3. Along with your essay, please include 2 adult references and a brief letter from each

attesting to your character.

4. Send your essay and letters as Microsoft Word documents or Adobe Acrobat PDFs to:

scholarship@redwoodtech.org.

Deadline: 5 p.m. Friday, June 3, 2011