Bernard L. Hyink Student Scholarship (California Internship and Work Experience Association)

The California Internship & Work Experience Association (CIWEA) will select two students to receive a $1,000 scholarship each. Students apply by submitting an essay that describes how their academic internship, co-op, or work experience has influenced their career choice. Essays are submitted to a Cynthia Perez-Nicholas on campus. After a review process, the selected students will receive their scholarship in April 2019.

Scholarship Details:

• One $1000 scholarship will be awarded to a student from a 2-year college in California

Student Eligibility:

• Open to all undergraduate and graduate students attending 2-year and 4-year institutions in California.
• Any major may apply.
• Completed Internship, Work Experience or Co-op during winter, spring, summer or fall of 2018 while a student on your campus (must be a verifiable academic experience and completed by December 31, 2018).
• Previous award recipients are not eligible.
• Student applications (essays) must be submitted to Cynthia Perez-Nicholas by January 11, 2019

STUDENT ESSAY REQUIREMENTS
To apply, your students must submit a double-spaced, 12-point font, essay using Word format doc or docx of no more than 750 words, addressing the following topic:

“How My Internship/Work Experience Has Influenced My Career Choice"

Students must include a cover page with the essay title, their name, college or university name, and the total number of words in the essay. Without the required formatting and all cover page information, the essay will be disqualified. The essay will be evaluated on how well the student writes to the topic (5 pts.), career impact (5 pts.), creativity (5 pts.), as well as clear and well- written (5 pts.) and level of analysis/reflection (5 pts.). Essays should reflect college-level writing skills. Poorly-written essays or those with numerous errors will not be competitive.