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August 11, 2014
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The National Board of Directors of the World Affairs Councils of America is proud to announce that we will be offering 25 scholarships for college undergraduate students from our national network to attend the 2014 National Conference, America and the World 2015, November 5-7, 2014 at The Fairfax at Embassy Row Hotel in Washington, DC.
The National Board of Directors is offering these scholarships in order to fulfill our mission and responsibility as a national association dedicated to the education of the American public and to preparing our future leaders for the challenges and opportunities of the 21st Century. The National Conference promises to be a very special opportunity for our network of Council leaders, members, and friends to engage in a discussion of the critical issues facing us as a nation with many of the leading policy makers and analysts in national security. The National Board of Directors wants to ensure that, in partnership with you, this opportunity is available to our future leaders.
We encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity to make our National Conference available to a very important audience: our promising undergraduate scholars. The scholarship includes registration fees and $1000 per student to be used towards travel, lodging, and/or incidentals. The scholarship will be implemented as follows:
- Notification of the scholarship opportunity must be publicized by the respective participating Councils in a substantial manner to their members and local educational institutions in order to attract the best potential candidates.
- Each Council Head may nominate one college undergraduate student, 18 years or older. High school and graduate students are not eligible.
- Students who attend the conference will be expected to blog and post on social media (twitter, facebook, Instagram, etc.) before, during, and after the National Conference. The student's ability to do so should be taken into consideration by Councils during the nomination process.
- Students who attend the Conference will be required to submit a two-page report on their experience. The deadline to do so will be December 1, 2014.
- Each nomination must be submitted with the nomination form and must be accompanied by a letter of recommendation from the Council head explaining why the student has been selected for consideration for this scholarship. Nomination Form
- Nominations are due by Friday, September 12, 2014.
- The students nominated by the Council head will be selected by the National Office in consultation with the WACA National Board of Directors and will be announced no later than September 24, 2014.
- The National Office will confirm the nominee's selection to the Council and will register the nominee for the National Conference.
- The National Office will then provide a scholarship check of $1000 per student participating, written to the Council to help cover travel, lodging, and any other expenses for the scholarship winner. Councils are responsible for making these arrangements with/for the nominees and we hope that you will take advantage of the discounted block rate at The Fairfax at Embassy Row Hotel.
We hope that you will participate in this important program and we also hope that, if you have not registered already, you and members of your Council will attend the National Conference.
Thank You to Our 2014 National Conference Sponsors
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