Thank you for registering for Scholarship Day at Newbury College! While at Scholarship Day, you will have the opportunity to present your competition submissions to a panel of faculty members. Please review the competition guidelines below. If you have any questions regarding the competition, e-mail Tricia at tricia.ryan@newbury.edu or call 617.730.7088.
We look forward to seeing you on February 24th at 10am!
Competition Guidelines:
- Review the question below based on the school that your Newbury College major is in. To see what school your major falls under, visit www.newbury.edu/majors.
Undecided students may pick any of the three questions below as their group to compete with.
- Prepare a 3-5 page, double spaced typed response to the prompt. You should bring this written response with you to Scholarship Day and submit it during registration.
- Prepare a 5 minute presentation based on your answer to the prompt. You may use visuals to enhance your presentation as well. A computer and projector are also available should you decide to use PowerPoint. You will present your response to the prompt to a panel of faculty within the school that your Newbury College major will be in.
- Each school at Newbury College will select one first place winner ($5,000 one-time scholarship) and one second place winner ($2,000 one-time scholarship). Winners will be notified on March 1st. Scholarships are non-transferable and must be used for the 2012-2013 academic year at Newbury College. In order to receive the scholarship, the winners must be accepted as a new student to Newbury College for Fall 2012 and pay their enrollment deposit by May 1, 2012.
Tell us where you see yourself professionally in 25 years and how you plan to get there. Will you have opened your own hotel or restaurant? Won a competition show like “Hell’s Kitchen”? Become an event planner for a conference center? Be creative with your future plan and tell us how you are going to impact the hospitality industry.
The School of Business and Management –
Create a business proposal for a business that you would like to someday open. Tell us why you want to operate that business, what type of customer you will serve, what type of advertising you would do, etc. Whether you are a fashion merchandising major who would like to open your own boutique or marketing major who wants to start your own consulting firm, tell us what is going to make your business successful!
The School of Arts, Science, and Design –
Select a creative piece of work (this could include a book, a movie, a song, a painting, picture or any other creative piece) and tell us how it has influenced the way you view the world and yourself.