The Schoenstein Sustaining Excellence Scholarship

The Schoenstein Sustaining Excellence Scholarship is offered by the OSU Alumni Association (OSUAA) to honor and recognize OSU undergraduates who are community engaged leaders actively involved in activities beyond course work and who have demonstrated that they are committed to advancing a more caring and equitable OSU and/or local community. Selection of recipients is coordinated by OSUAA in partnership with Community Engagement & Leadership (CEL).

Award: This year the Schoenstein Sustaining Excellence Scholarship Fund will award six (6) students a one-time scholarship in the amount of $2,000.00.

Eligibility Requirements:

• OSU undergraduate students, including international students, who have completed at least one year of enrollment at OSU, or another college or university (2-year or 4-year).

• Students from all OSU campuses may apply.

Evaluation Criteria:

  • Leadership Practices (How): Exhibits leadership practices such as self-reflection, teamwork, collaboration and coalition building, communication, initiative, resilience, humility, empathy, problem-solving, resourcefulness, critical thinking, inclusion, sensitivity to and awareness of inequity, and vision for a better, more equitable world.
  • Leadership Goals (Why): Pursues leadership goals that give involvement direction, purpose, and meaning.
  • Involvement Progression (What): Demonstrates involvement that is progressing or evolving in depth or breadth over time. Seeks additional experiences, connections, opportunities, and perspectives. This may include but is not limited to: clubs/organizations, community service programs, campus-based involvement, on-campus or off-campus employment, leadership in the OSU community, participating in cultural programming, participating in diversity, equity, and inclusion programming or trainings, student government, and/or advocacy and activism for social causes.
  • Positive Impact & Contributions to Community (Impact): Advances positive impact and contributions to the OSU and/or local community to advance a more caring, equitable, and socially just community; does so through a variety of strategies or actions.

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