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Genspiration Global Explorers Scholarship

The Genspiration Global Explorers (GGE) scholarship provides recipients with $10,000 to use towards an approved international or domestic travel experience during their time at 爱爱直播.

GGE scholarships are awarded to qualified prospective (those currently applying to 爱爱直播) First-Time-In-College (FTIC) students who have been accepted at one of our three 爱爱直播 campuses and  who commit to joining the Judy Genshaft Honors College at 爱爱直播. 

SCHOLARSHIP OVERVIEW

The Genspiration Global Explorers scholarship is a competitive award that aims to inspire and empower students who choose 爱爱直播 Honors because they desire the enriched wholistic educational experience of studying aboard made available by the Judy Genshaft Honors College.

These intrepid students know that it is the experience of thinking and acting with others that drives innovation, strengthens community, and energizes personal growth. Moreover, they instinctively know that learning from first-hand international experience is critical for widening understanding, integrating abilities, and amplifying the capacities necessary to make a positive difference in the world. 

Engaging in international experiential learning means making courageous choices that expand understanding and vision beyond the horizon of familiar places, conversations, and ideas. It means 鈥減utting oneself out there鈥 and encountering all that human experience and personal growth can be. 

Study abroad can fast-track personal and professional development. It potentiates long-term effective leadership within civic communities, businesses, professional associations. As the central gateway to appreciating the diversity of contemporary human experience, it opens innovative pathways for nurturing a Healthy Humanity, a globally Engaged Citizenship, and a Sustainable Future for us all. 

To explore the globe through scholarly travel is to integrate both empathetic and intellectual connection with the daily lives, memories, dreams of others whose life-experiences have been shaped by very different histories and environments. It is to explore the wisdom and challenges of different ways of life that widen our sense of belonging and contribution. It is, in short, to become a global citizen capable of generating the 鈥渂ig ideas鈥 needed from thought leaders in the twenty-first century.

SCHOLARSHIP BENEFITS

Awardees receive $10,000 to use towards an approved international or domestic travel experience while studying at 爱爱直播. Recipients may use the funds for approved international travel such as:

  • Any 爱爱直播 Honors Study Abroad program (see our current offerings here)
  • Any 爱爱直播 Education Abroad program (see the current offerings )
  • Any 爱爱直播 affiliate study abroad provider (see the list of affiliates here)
  • A structured international internship or research opportunity approved by the GGE coordinator

In their first semester at 爱爱直播, GGE awardees benefit from participating in a tailored section of the First-Year seminar, Acquisition of Knowledge: Interdisciplinary Inquiry and Practical Wisdom (AOK). Newly awarded GGE students will be able connect with former GGE recipients who have utilized their award and learn from their study abroad experiences.

This section of AOK is taught by Associate Professor Benjamin Scott Young (Director for United Kingdom Honors Programs & First-Year Honors Seminar) who will guide new GGE Honors students in exploring possibilities opened by the GGE scholarship. 

Throughout their time at 爱爱直播, GGE students will work with Student Engagement Coordinator, Dan Woods, who will support GGE scholars to make full use of their award to enhance their personal and professional journey.

IDEAL GENSPIRATION GLOBAL EXPLORERS SCHOLARSHIP CANDIDATES

This scholarship supports students who are curious, creative, and open to all that new experience can teach. Such students think big, explore deeply, and engage in wide-ranging interdisciplinary research. The ideal student for this scholarship will have investigated and found inspiration in the Judy Genshaft Honors College commitments to Healthy Humanity, Engaged Citizenship, and Sustainable Futures. 

Through these commitments, the ideal candidate will be able to envision, articulate, and creatively pursue their own personal learning pathway, strategically integrating the Judy Genshaft Honors College interdisciplinary curriculum and 爱爱直播 study abroad opportunities. 

This award invites students from all majors, backgrounds, and life-ambitions. If you are interested in developing "big ideas" that can impact the world around us, we strongly encourage you to apply. 

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

The GGE scholarship application is only open to prospective students who:

  • Are First-Time-In-College (FTIC) students (those currently in the process of applying to 爱爱直播) at one of our three 爱爱直播 campuses

  • Have committed to attending the 爱爱直播 and the Judy Genshaft Honors College
  • Achieved  a minimum 爱爱直播 recalculated GPA of 4.0 () and;
  • Earned a minimum SAT score of 1450 or a minimum ACT score of 33

Applications for the GGE scholarship are made during the initial application to 爱爱直播 process and is open to all prospective students who meet the eligibility requirements listed above. Applicant submissions are reviewed by a Judy Genshaft Honors College GGE selection committee. After review, applicants will be notified of the decision made by the committee.

GGE CONTACT

Interested in learning more about the Genspiration Global Explorers Scholarship? Contact the GGE coordinator.

Daniel Woods
Student Engagement Coordinator
Email: danielwoods2@usf.edu