Scholarships
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The CCE offers the following opportunity for students to earn educational awards through community service participation.
Community Service Scholarship: Community Scholars on the TEAM A $1,500 grant ($500/quarter) is awarded each spring to two to three incoming first-year students who have demonstrated a commitment to community service and academic scholarship during high school. Students selected serve as CardinalCorps Leaders (CCL) at Otterbein, a group of 18-20 students who coordinate weekly service programs through the Center for Community Engagement (CCE).
The expectations of a CardinalCorps Leader are as follows:- Attend a fall training retreat
- Co-coordinate a weekly community service program (see enclosed program list)
- Recruit student volunteers for the program and provide necessary support services for those students (e.g., training, coordination of events, transportation, and planning of activities at site)
- Maintain communication with the service site and report challenges, needs, and successes to the Assistant Director
- Attend bi-weekly CCL meetings and tri-weekly one-on-one consultations with the Assistant Director
- Provide appreciation and recognition for your volunteers
- Manage a small resource budget for your program
- Hold reflection sessions with your volunteers
- Keep accurate records of volunteer names and hours
- Try to involve faculty, staff, and alumni in your program
- Assess the impact of your program on volunteers and those served
- Collaborate with other CCLs to develop campus-wide service events (e.g. community plunges, awareness weeks, service fairs)
- Demonstrated commitment to community service
- A cumulative grade point average of 3.0
- Ability to coordinate a service project while at Otterbein
- Leadership potential
The grant is reviewed each quarter and renewed based on the student's good academic standing and fulfillment of the community engagement responsibilities.
Incoming students may apply for this award in March of each year. Call (614)823-1270 for information on how to receive an application.
