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AmeriSpan
Delegate Scholarship
Overview:
AmeriSpan
Delegate Scholarships are available for College Study Abroad programs in all
locations. In addition, any SALUD Medical Spanish/Portuguese or
Volunteer/Internship program at least 4 weeks or longer are eligible. Upon completion of your program, you will need to submit a report/evaluation of the program and will be required to act as an AmeriSpan Delegate for one academic year.
We
generally only grant 1-2
AmeriSpan Delegate scholarships
per location per semester or
summer. This will be determined on a
first come basis.
Requirements:
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GPA
- For Academic Study Abroad
locations, you must be presently enrolled in a US College/University
and have a minimum 2.7 GPA.
For SALUD locations, we will
grant one scholarship per
location based on a first
come basis.
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Essay
- You must write & submit a
letter/email
(350 word max) explaining how/why you are qualified to be an AmeriSpan Delegate.
AmeriSpan
Delegate Responsibilities:
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Blog
While Abroad - Submit at
least on blog a week while
abroad. Blogs can be 2-5
paragraphs and can discuss
any aspect of your
experience.
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Detailed
Written Evaluation
- Upon completion of your
program, you must submit a
detailed evaluation of your
experience and of the
program. This evaluation
should be a minimum 2-3 typed
pages and address things such
as: AmeriSpan's pre-departure
services, ease of working with
your institutions study
abroad and financial aid
departments, classes, facilities,
activities, excursions, lodging
and onsite staff.
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Photos
- You should plan to take
photos while
at the program. The
focus of these photos are to
show prospective students and
should encompass the
facilities, classes, lodging,
excursions, the city and
country. A copy of these
pictures will be delivered to
AmeriSpan with the Detailed
Written Evaluation.
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AmeriSpan Delegate
- You will act as an AmeriSpan
Delegate for at least one
year. This includes the
following:
- Organizing
at least one meeting on campus to share
your experience with
prospective students.
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Allowing AmeriSpan to distribute
your email address to
prospective students for 1 year.
- In
addition, we may ask you to
attend a study abroad fair if
your college has one. Note: you
will be compensated for your
time).
Applying for An
AmeriSpan Scholarship:
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Deadlines
- The deadline to apply for an AmeriSpan scholarship is 4 weeks prior to your program start date or when you apply. Scholarships are awarded based on merit and/or need, on a first-come first-serve basis. Scholarships are not available after you have already applied and accepted to a program.
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Special
Note -
You apply for more than
one scholarship but usually AmeriSpan only grants one
scholarship but if your
story or needs are great we
may grant more than one.
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Scholarship
Application -
Click
here to download AmeriSpan's
scholarship application
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