Fall 2024 Application

Instructions: We are thrilled that you would like to apply for the CSP. Please complete the form below to submit your application.
Confidentiality: Your information will remain confidential, non-identifying information may only be shared with program funders, and outside individuals and/or entities will not have access to your personal information.
Questions:
Please reach out to Dr. Brandi Anderson via email at bbrisker@email.sc.edu

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* 1. Program Overview:

Many students here at the University of South Carolina have the capability to be not only great students, but great leaders. Unfortunately, however, there are students who remain unable to access the resources and experiences needed to cultivate their leadership potential; hindering their ability to make their own difference in communities. In an effort to extend the great impact of the I. DeQuincey Newman Institute for Peace and Social Justice while also allowing students a tangible opportunity to gain leadership and community engagement experience, the Leaders of Tomorrow: Community Scholars Program (CSP) is designed to foster and cultivate current USC students’ desires to expand their own visions and dreams in a way that extends beyond the classroom; allowing them the opportunity to tap into their own potential to cultivate the changes they seek to see in communities they value most.

Key Considerations:

Leaders of Tomorrow: Community Scholars Program (CSP) is designed to foster and cultivate current USC students’ desires to expand their own visions and dreams in a way that extends beyond the classroom.
The CSP will allow students a tangible opportunity to gain leadership and community engagement experience.
The CSP will allow students the opportunity to tap into their own potential to cultivate the changes they seek to see in the communities they value most.
Participants will have the opportunity to engage and learn from key community leaders possessing decades of expertise in leadership, advocacy, social justice, and community engagement.

To be considered, applicants must meet the following criteria:

1. Be an actively enrolled student at the University of South Carolina for the duration of the program.
2. Be in good academic standing per departmental guidelines and/or possess at least a 2.0 minimum GPA.
3. Demonstrate a desire to utilize leadership abilities post-graduation to better conditions and opportunities for underserved and at-risk individuals, groups, and communities.
4. Be fully committed to voluntarily participate and engage in all aspects of the CSP.
5. Be fully committed to completing all program requirements set forth by CSP faculty.


Deadline for Fall 2024 applications: June 1st, or until all slots are filled.
Tentative deadline for Spring 2025 applications: November 1st, 2024

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* 2. Personal Information:
Please provide the following:

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* 3. Program of Study:
Please provide the following:

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* 4. What is your GPA (grade point average)?

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* 5. In order to participate in the CSP, applicants must be in good academic standing per departmental guidelines and/or possess at least a 2.0 minimum GPA. In the event that this is not the case, applicants will be required to submit a proposal regarding how the institute may assist them in reaching this status and minimum GPA.

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* 6. The next set of questions pertain to demographical information. Per grant funding, we are required to give preference to particular applicants.

What is your gender?

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* 7. What is your ethnicity?

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* 8. With is your race?

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* 9. Background (Please check all that apply):

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* 10. Do you have any unique challenges or circumstances that have made pursuing and/or attending college difficult for you? If so, please provide those detail here. (Only provide information that you feel comfortable in sharing & would like for us to consider when reviewing your application)

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* 11. The following short essay questions are designed to assist staff in getting a better understanding of your interest in being a participant of the Community Scholars Program. Please answer each question to the best of your abilities. The more thoughtful and detailed your answers, the better support your application will provide to substantiate your acceptance.

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* 12. What has prompted you to apply to the Community Scholars Program?

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* 13. What aspects of the Community Scholars Program experience align most with your future goals, and why?

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* 14. What do you believe sets you/your application apart from other candidates? Be specific in your answer.

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* 15. How will use the information you learn in the Community Scholars Program and integrate it into your career post-graduation?

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* 16. I understand that the CSP was created using grant funds obtained from the Center for Experiential & Integrative Learning (CEIL) at the University of South Carolina. These funds require that students identified by the university as being at-risk of dropout pre-graduation, be given preference in the application and admission process.

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* 17. Please be advised that Community Scholars Program acceptance is highly competitive. A maximum of 12 participants will be offered acceptance during each cohort. A waitlist will be maintained, in the case that additional slots become available. Be sure you opt to be placed on the waitlist if you would like to be considered for a future slot.

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* 18. If not accepted initially, would you like to be placed on the waitlist for Fall 2024? Would you like to be considered for the program during the Spring 2025 semester?

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* 19. I certify that the information reported in this application is true, correct, and complete, and that CSP staff have my permission to verify the information reported herein?

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* 20. Your application will be date and time-stamped.

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