Scholarships
- Air Force Health Professions Scholarship
Info here
- Navy Health Professions Scholarship
Info flier here
- Scholarships from the Student Conservation Assocation
Interpret the natural world and the cultural heritage to National Park and
Historic Site visitors from around the world. The Student Conservation Association
offers exciting interpretation/visitor services internships. These internships
are expense-paid! For more internships opportunities or to apply, go to http://www.thesca.org/con_int.cfm
where you can start an application and search thedatabase for open positions.
Here is a snapshot of some of the positions available in interpretation:
Golden Spike National Historic Site: Position Code: GSNHS5-1
Become part of history. Golden Spike National Historic Site was established
in 1965 to commemorate completion of the world's first transcontinental railroad
in 1869. Responsibilities include: research, develop and
present interpretive programs, 35%; work in the park's visitor center, provide
visitor information and perform fee collection duties, 35%; assist with special
events and school groups, 15%; work in the library and with the museum collection,
15%. Training/Educational opportunities: interpretation,
interpretive safety, CPR, AED First Aid and on the job training. Start
Date: April, 2005
Lava Beds National Monument: Position Code: LAVA11-10
Lava Beds National Monument, located in remote northeastern California, is
a 46,000 acre park on the slope of a large volcano where high desert climbs
up to ponderosa pine forest in a landscape of cinder cones, lava flows, and
over 500 lava tube caves. You will work within the Division of Visitor Services
and Resource Protection performing both interpretation and Lava Beds Natural
History Association-related duties. Responsibilities include:
staff information and sales desk, 50%; lead interpretive walks and cave tours,
25%; maintain inventory and stock sales area, 15%; perform other interpretive
and Natural History Association activities as needed, 10%. Training/Educational
opportunities: interpretive program design, cash register operation,
site specific orientation, and natural history. Start Date:
March, 2005
Carlsbad Caverns National Park: Position Code: CCNP3-20
Introduce others to the amazing and mysterious world that lies beneath the
desert landscape of southeastern New Mexico. One of the most amazing cave
systems in the world, thousands of years of human history, and the rugged
Chihuahuan desert await you. Responsibilities include: staff
information desk, operate elevators, present short orientation talks, provide
visitor assistance while roving cave trails, and interpret the Park's resources
such as cave geology, cave biology, bats, surface flora and fauna, and cultural
history, 90%; assist with rescues and first aid, 10%. Training/Educational
opportunities: first aid/CPR (possible). Start Date: March,
2005
- Full Scholarship for African-Americans
Washington University in St. Louis, the Medical School, now ranked number
2 (along with Baltimore's John's Hopkins University Medical School) has scholarships
to award to bright black Americans. The students that are chosen will be awarded
full tuition for 4 yrs - $30,000.00 per year plus $2,500.00 stipend.
Check them out on the Web. Washington University Home page http://www.wustl.edu/.
For Complete instructions and deadlines for applying, call the office of
undergraduate Admission at (800)638-0700 or (314)935-6087. To view the application
and to obtain more information you can also visit their web site at http://admissions.wustledu/
The Ervin Scholars Program selection committee evaluates all Applications
and invites finalists to Washington University for interviews in the spring.
The University pays all travel and interview expenses.
John B. Ervin Scholars Program (ervin@wustl.edu)
Dorothy Elliott Associate Director, John B. Ervin Scholars Program PH
314-935-7192 Fax:314-935-5875 E-mail: delliot@artsci.wstl.edu
Adrienna L. Glore, Associate Dean for Students, 314-935-5040 E-mail: glore@dosa.wustl.edu
If you know of any Black American that would like to apply please share
this with them. BDPA Richmond: Visit our web site for more information http://www.bdparichmond.org
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