ALABAMA
SCHOOL Public Relations Association SCHOLARSHIP
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2016 Scholarship Eligibility Requirements
The Alabama School Public
Relations Association is a statewide coalition of professional school
communicators. ALSPRA offers financial support to students who plan to enroll
in an Alabama college or university after high school graduation and who plan
to seek a degree in communication, public relations or a related field. Student
members who are eligible may apply for the education scholarship program offered
at the beginning of each calendar year and awarded at the annual ALSPRA
Conference in mid-Spring.
CANDIDATES
The candidate must be
interested in pursuing a public relations major, communication major or
emphasis track at a university or college within the state of Alabama. The
candidate must be a high school junior or senior at an Alabama public school
with a minimum grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.
An official transcript from
your high school must be submitted with your application. Applicants who
participate in a school organization related to journalism, public relations, communication,
student media or marketing or who are members of a local, state or national
public relations organization are preferred.
ALSPRA Scholarship
APPLICATION
Please type or fill out the
student scholarship application in black or blue ink (print legibly). The
application must be accompanied by your transcript, résumé, photo and response
to an essay question related to the public relations field.
Select one of the two
questions presented below for your essay. Choose the question that best suits
your interests in public relations. The essay must be original, typed,
double-spaced and no longer than two pages, approximately 800 words. Please
attach essay to this application.
1. What do you
think is the most important issue or trend affecting PR today and why? Give real-world
examples.
2. Over the
last 10 years, how has the PR profession changed and where do you see the
profession going in the next 10 years and why?
SCHOLARSHIP
SELECTION PROCESS
The scholarship winner will
be selected by an ALSPRA committee and notified by mid-February. ALSPRA will
award one $500 scholarship and present the winner with a certificate in
recognition of his or her achievement. The winner will be honored during the
Annual ALSPRA Conference luncheon in mid-Spring. In addition, the winning essay
may be published on ALSPRA’s website. In addition to the winning essay, student photograph may also
be published on the ALSPRA website and will not be used as a criteria in the
judging process. The final
decision will be left up to the discretion of the scholarship committee.
DEADLINE
& SUBMISSION DETAILS
The deadline for the 2016
ALSPRA Student Scholarship is January 15. Mail your application to: ALSPRA,
P.O. Box 2093, Montgomery, AL 36102-2093 or email it to alabamaschoolpr@gmail.com . Application
can also be found on the ALSPRA website at: http://www.alspra.org/. Once
received by ALSPRA, your essay and application materials become property of the
Association and will not be returned.
