One of the best feelings in the world is giving back and educating the community. I’ve spent over 2,000 hours of community service helping schools and non-profits. Through this experience, I’ve become familiar with advocating for service projects and educating my peers on amazing opportunities. Through AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC), I was a recruiter. As a recruiter, I had the opportunity to visit several high schools and colleges around the country advocating for the program, and all the good it does for the community. I encouraged copious peers to look into AmeriCorps and possibly join. Moreover, at my school, Hood College, I am a Blazer Ambassador. This entails that I meet with potential freshman and transfer students
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Since, I will be training to be an RA for Hood College in the summer, I will also have the opportunity to meet freshman at orientation. I have already been in contact with my Study Abroad Advisor, Dr. Kathleen Emory, about joining her team to promote and educate oncoming freshman and current students about studying abroad. In collaboration with the Study Abroad Office, I want to make it my mission to connect at least 15 freshman students with enough information to greatly consider studying abroad, especially during the summer. I will include my personal experience with studying abroad, and my experience with applying for study abroad scholarships. In addition, I will include all the scholarship information for the scholarships I have applied for, more specifically the Gilman Scholarship. I will also take advantage of the fact that Hood College requires students to take a foreign language for 2 semesters, therefore, studying abroad in the summer is a perfect way to meet those requirements while gaining eclectic experiences. Since I am going to continue to and have previously taken Spanish abroad, I will focus on that particular language. I have already been to Alicante, Spain; where, I learned many dialects and types of Spanish spoken abroad. I’ve already incorporated so much of what I learned, in Spain, in my daily life. Personally, I think Spanish is
Since, I will be training to be an RA for Hood College in the summer, I will also have the opportunity to meet freshman at orientation. I have already been in contact with my Study Abroad Advisor, Dr. Kathleen Emory, about joining her team to promote and educate oncoming freshman and current students about studying abroad. In collaboration with the Study Abroad Office, I want to make it my mission to connect at least 15 freshman students with enough information to greatly consider studying abroad, especially during the summer. I will include my personal experience with studying abroad, and my experience with applying for study abroad scholarships. In addition, I will include all the scholarship information for the scholarships I have applied for, more specifically the Gilman Scholarship. I will also take advantage of the fact that Hood College requires students to take a foreign language for 2 semesters, therefore, studying abroad in the summer is a perfect way to meet those requirements while gaining eclectic experiences. Since I am going to continue to and have previously taken Spanish abroad, I will focus on that particular language. I have already been to Alicante, Spain; where, I learned many dialects and types of Spanish spoken abroad. I’ve already incorporated so much of what I learned, in Spain, in my daily life. Personally, I think Spanish is