USD campus readies for Scholarship Recognition Day weekend Feb 23 to 24
In addition to competing for USD’s most prestigious scholarships, students and family members attending Scholarship Recognition Day will receive information on becoming part of the USD Honors Programs; learn about USD Global Learning opportunities and registering for the fall 2013 semester at USD.
“Scholarship Recognition Day weekend is a great way to share information with academically-gifted students and their families about USD’s outstanding academic programs, state-of-the-art facilities and introduce them to our talented faculty,” said Joni Freidel, director of scholarship administration at USD. “It’s also an excellent opportunity for participants to network and get a firsthand look at programs that will impact their career choices.”
USD’s most prestigious scholarships available to incoming freshmen are the George S. Mickelson Scholarship and the USD Presidential-Alumni Scholarship. Both of these prestigious awards provide recipients with four-year, renewable scholarships provided the students meet the appropriate criteria. Additional scholarships available during the Scholarship Recognition Day weekend includes the Ullyot Lakota Scholarship, awarded to Native American students who are members of recognized tribes; the School of Law Honor Scholar Program; the Sanford School of Medicine Alumni Student Scholars Program; the Dorothy C. Schieffer Political Science Scholarship; the Beacom School of Business Scholarship; the Walter A. and Lucy Yoshioka Buhler Scholarship; and the Al Neuharth Excellence in Journalism Scholarships. Scholarship recipients will be notified by mid-March following the interview process and recommendations from the University Scholarship Committee.
Scholarship Recognition Day also includes Academic and Information Showcases introducing participants to USD’s academic and extracurricular programs. Students, for example, can “audition” for an anchor spot on the set of Coyote News and learn more about USD’s award-winning Contemporary Media and Journalism Department or create gold nanoparticles in a chemistry lab. Other activities include an interactive session on kinesiology and sports science, a newly developed major focusing on the areas of exercise science and sports management; a “real world” classroom scenario developed by the School of Education; and a presentation by College of Fine Arts students at the John A. Day Gallery.
More information about applying for scholarships at USD, including a list of available scholarships to incoming freshmen, is available at http://admissions.usd.edu/cost-and-aid/scholarships.cfm.
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