Community College Baccalaureate Association Announces 2011 Student Essay Contest $1,500 to the Student Winner and $500 to the Winning School
The 8th Annual Student Essay Contest increases the scholarship award from previous years to $1,500 for the winning student.
Naples, FL, October 21, 2010 --(PR.com)-- The Community College Baccalaureate Association (CCBA) is pleased to announce its 8th Annual Student Essay Contest. The CCBA’s website, located online at www.accbd.org, has been updated to include the 2011 essay topic, new contest rules, and entry information. This year, the CCBA is encouraging early entries to give more time for review.
The winner of the essay contest will receive $1,500, which is an increase from the $1,000 of past years. The winner will also receive an all expense paid trip to the 11th Annual Community College Baccalaureate Association Conference being held in San Diego, California from February 25-27, 2011. The winners’ college will also receive a $500 award in honor of the winning student. The scholarship prize is provided again this year by Community College Week.
The essay topic for 2011 is ‘Why obtaining a four year degree on my community college campus would be (or currently is) important to me.’ Students who enter the contest should explore the issues of baccalaureate degrees on community college campuses in their essays. The winning 2010 essay was written by a student from Portland Community College in Oregon.
Baccalaureate degrees are now offered on community college campuses throughout the United States and Canada through University Centers, 2+2 programs, and Distance Learning. Community colleges in fourteen states and three Canadian provinces currently confer the degrees themselves. The CCBA is conducting the contest to determine what students think about community colleges offering baccalaureate (four-year) degrees. Any student currently enrolled in a community college is eligible, and there is no limit to the number of students per school that may enter.
Contest entries must be postmarked by January 15, 2011 and mailed to Dr. Beth Hagan, Community College Baccalaureate Association, P. O. Box 60210, Ft. Myers, FL 33906, or emailed by midnight January 15, 2011 to EssayContest@accbd.org. The winner will be notified no later than January 21, 2011.
CCBA strives to promote better access to the baccalaureate degree on community college campuses, and to serve as a resource for information on various models for accomplishing this purpose. For more information, go online to www.accbd.org or call 239-596-7990 for contest information.
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The winner of the essay contest will receive $1,500, which is an increase from the $1,000 of past years. The winner will also receive an all expense paid trip to the 11th Annual Community College Baccalaureate Association Conference being held in San Diego, California from February 25-27, 2011. The winners’ college will also receive a $500 award in honor of the winning student. The scholarship prize is provided again this year by Community College Week.
The essay topic for 2011 is ‘Why obtaining a four year degree on my community college campus would be (or currently is) important to me.’ Students who enter the contest should explore the issues of baccalaureate degrees on community college campuses in their essays. The winning 2010 essay was written by a student from Portland Community College in Oregon.
Baccalaureate degrees are now offered on community college campuses throughout the United States and Canada through University Centers, 2+2 programs, and Distance Learning. Community colleges in fourteen states and three Canadian provinces currently confer the degrees themselves. The CCBA is conducting the contest to determine what students think about community colleges offering baccalaureate (four-year) degrees. Any student currently enrolled in a community college is eligible, and there is no limit to the number of students per school that may enter.
Contest entries must be postmarked by January 15, 2011 and mailed to Dr. Beth Hagan, Community College Baccalaureate Association, P. O. Box 60210, Ft. Myers, FL 33906, or emailed by midnight January 15, 2011 to EssayContest@accbd.org. The winner will be notified no later than January 21, 2011.
CCBA strives to promote better access to the baccalaureate degree on community college campuses, and to serve as a resource for information on various models for accomplishing this purpose. For more information, go online to www.accbd.org or call 239-596-7990 for contest information.
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