(New scholarships posted everyday)
Students Seeking Education by Experiencing Academic America (S.E.A.)
an Houston, Texas based mentoring program for high school students, students at risk, and college bound students who want to attend an Historically Black College / University. (HBCU).
S.E.A will post a scholarship for minority students each day. If you are a high school senior, junior, or an transferring college student, these scholarships are for you. FREE MONEY! We all know through life there is nothing Free, you have to apply to receive this money. Your cost is time. The time it takes to fill out the scholarship application.. Look for the S.E.A. blog each day, highlighting a new scholarship listing 2010/2011
How to Write a Winning Nursing Scholarship Essay
Prepare a clear outline for your essay. *Nursing scholarship programs are looking for essays that present a clear thought pattern. You can make sure that your scholarship essay is presented in a clear manner by creating a simple outline. Your outline should include three main parts, the introduction, body and conclusion.
The introduction should capture your readers’ attention and introduce the main points you will discuss in your essay. The body of your essay should be broken out into several paragraphs that present the main points of the essay. The main points should be supported with facts, thoughts, ideas, quotes and other material which will hold your readers’ interest. The conclusion of your essay should restate the main idea of your essay. It is also effective to refer to the future in the conclusion of a scholarship essay. You can do this by discussing your future career goals in the nursing field, or by stating a specific aspiration which you hope to achieve during your nursing career.
Use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation. It is always important to use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation in writing a scholarship essay. Although the nursing profession may not require you to study grammar and spelling, it is essential that you avoid any simple errors in your essay. Ensuring that your essay is free of mistakes will make you look professional and leave a positive impression on the judges.
Write in response to the scholarship requirements and purpose. Be sure that your essay responds to the scholarship requirements. Some scholarships may require that you intend to practice in a certain field of nursing, that you work in a certain area, or that you attend a certain nursing program or school. Your essay should clearly identify how you meet these requirements.
Do as much research as you can about the scholarship program and the organization that is offering the scholarship. Organizations typically give away scholarships to promote certain interests or purposes. Make sure that you highlight the ways in which your career goals will fit with the scholarship program’s purpose.
Answer any questions thoroughly. If the scholarship program has requested that your essay address certain questions, make sure you answer these questions clearly and thoroughly. This is often an easy way to for judges to weed out applications that don’t fit the award criteria. Your essay must respond to any questions which are asked, or it is likely that it will not be given consideration.
Be original. Your essay will be among hundreds or even thousands of others, all from other nursing students who have the desire and ability to succeed in the nursing profession. If your essay does not stand out, it will be overlooked. To be original, you can either find a unique essay topic, or you can write about an ordinary topic and approach it in an original way. When you are trying to come up with original ideas for your essay, think about your own unique personality and experiences. What is it that made you decide to enter the field of nursing? What life experiences will you contribute to the nursing field? Spend some time thinking about what makes you unique as a nursing student and future nurse. This will help you to think of an original topic or approach.
Be cautious when recycling essays. In your scholarship application process, it is likely that you will be able to use parts and pieces of essays for more than one scholarship application. However, you should not merely write one or two general essays and send them out with every scholarship application. Remember, the judges who choose the scholarship winners are looking for an essay that is original and responds to the purpose and goals of the scholarship program. If you tailor each of your essays to the particular nursing scholarship you are applying for, you will have a much greater likelihood of success.
Get a second (or even third or fourth) opinion. After you have finished writing your essay, be sure to review it with at least one more person. You can ask your friends, family members, teachers, or professors to be your editors. When others review your essay, they can find errors and suggest possible improvements. You should review your essay with at least one other person, but it is even better if you can find three or more people to review your essay.
Follow these guidelines, and you will be able to write an original, professional and effective essay that gives you an edge over the competition.
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SCHOLARSHIP OF THE DAY
8-19-2010
ONS Foundation Ethnic Minority Bachelor's Scholarship
Three scholarships available to *Registered nurses with a demonstrated interest in Oncology Nursing. Must be currently enrolled in an undergraduate program at an NLN-accredited school,and must currently hold a license to practice as a registered nurse. Must be minority student who has not received any BA grants previously from *Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) Foundation
One-time award of $2000.
Academic/Career Areas: *Nursing.
Award Scholarship for use in freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior years; not renewable.
Number: 3. Amount: $2000.
Eligibility Requirements Applicant must be American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian/Pacific Islander, Black (non-Hispanic), or Hispanic and enrolled or expecting to enroll full or part-time at a four-year institution or university. Applicant or parent of applicant must have employment or volunteer experience in designated career field. Available to U.S. citizens.
Application Requirements: Application, transcript.
Application Fee: $5.00
Deadline: February 1.
CONTACT:
Bonny Revo, Executive Assistant
*Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) Foundation
125 Enterprise Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15275
Phone: 412-859-6100
Fax: 412-859-6163
E-mail: brevo@ons.org
Web: http://www.ons.org
p.s. If you need help in your scholarship search, please contact
S.E.A. c/o NORRIS COLEMAN @ mr.nncoleman@yahoo.com
*As part of S.E.A. Mentoring Program, we want to build our Mentees vocabulary. S.E.A. has chosen to italicize words and statements in blue for our Mentee to understand and use in their vocabulary
After countless conversations with entrepreneurs who have difficulty driving traffic to their business, I've come to realize most of them would say yes. When asked the question, "Does picking a target market hurt your pocket?" most folks either come out and say "yes" or something like, "I don't want to focus on one group and look like I'm turning anyone away." (Sound Familiar) They (maybe you) are afraid to pick a target market out of fear of losing customers. To that response I have to ask, "When you market to everybody and nobody is listening, don't you still lose?"
The thing that really hurts your pocket is this fear, which is in turn preventing you from achieving your true objective of getting customers and building your own business. I talk about the 3 things blocking your business in my (audio conversation, which you can listen to here) and FEAR is one of those big blocks that can stop you for being a successful entrepreneur. Trying to pitch your product to anybody or trying to make your service look appealing to everybody is never going to get your business the kind of attention it really needs.
Let me dig alittle deeper here… As far as my business is concerned my target market isn't black women. My target market isn't even black business women. I specifically focus on black women solopreneurs who want to start or improve their online business using low cost marketing strategies. While that sounds like a mouthful, it is for and all about a very specific group that appeals to me because that is who I am. I guess I'm kind of a narcissist, wanting to work with myself (lol).
Seriously though, when you define your ideal customer from head to toe, it makes it easier for you to find and attract them. Perfect example, I recently finished a web design project for a client whose business is senior care services. At first glance, you might think her target is a senior in need of a home care attendant, but not necessarily. Her core target market is actually comprised of local area middle-aged children of seniors looking for professionals to assist in the care of their parents. Understanding her market allows her to talk their language and shed light on their issues. These are things that you can NOT do when you blindly put your business out there in the hopes that somebody will buy. Remember when I talked about 'Spaghetti Marketing', just throwing stuff out their and praying something sticks, I told you its messy business and it doesn't work as effectively as picking a focus. When you lack a target market, you can’t use the right images to attract potential customers or even say the right words that trigger the right customer to buy. You can't do any of these things if you don’t first define who your right customer is.
I’ve found in most cases the problem for many struggling entrepreneurs is not the product or the service, it’s their lack of experience when it comes to marketing. I’ve started doing my one-one-one consultations for the women in my SistaSense Circle and the common issue across the board is showing them (and you) that it pays to focus on a specific area for a specific audience. I know we all want to do big things and have big businesses but believe me when I say you have to start somewhere. I’m almost sure that if you are blocked in your business chances are you haven’t effectively defined your focus.
Funny enough, once you effectively define your target market you’ll see how much easier it is to get more people to follow you. But the proof is in the pudding; keep reading because below this I decided to share with you an email I received this morning from Rickey, one of the many men who enjoy reading SistaSense.com. I do have male customers and non-black clients who I also love to work with! As a matter of fact, one of the last Ning Network Designs I did was for a client in Australia! I say this to show you that the people who really want what you have to offer are going to take advantage of it, whether they are in your target market or not. SO fight the fear and pick a focus. Otherwise you’ll be the only thing that’s really hurting your pocket.
A Message in response to post Don't Work With Black Women (Period):
Let me start off by saying if you leave me a funky comment (lol), I’m going to assume you just read the title GOT really offended and decided to go OFF on me before I put You On to some things I’ve heard, learned, and experienced as far as working with black women online.
Now before I go any further, let me be clear (as I’m sure you already know this), I am a black women entrepreneur / blogger who works mainly with black women, but what a LOT of black women are telling me is that folks tell them “Don’t Work With Black Women (Period).” Sistas you know this, you’ve heard it, and maybe you believe it …. point being that’s what folks are saying.
The rub or the kicker here is THAT many black women that I work with, myself included feel compelled to work with other black women or women of color in general. While there is a stigma around it and not much money in it (on the surface it seems) we are driven to do it. The fact is that as black women we know that we aren’t as targeted by mainstream media as much as we would like, so many of us with visions of changing the world feel compelled to do our part to put black women in the forefront of the conversation. The only problem here is that we as all know words DON’T pay the bills, so while we are trying to DO PRO-BLACK WOMAN Things online that make us feel like our destinies are being fulfilled we are coming up against the whispers, worries, and the realities surrounding the idea ‘Don’t Work With Black Women (Period)’.
So what is the REAL Problem here and what is my point? I’m about to air out our dirty laundry y’all, so excuse me while I open the windows (because it’s going to get funky lol). With the recession and even a few years before it, we have seen a growing number of black women entrepreneurs (especially online). Many black women entrepreneurs online see the net as a space where we can afford to create our visions in the form of blogs, coaching, books, movies, fashion, etc. BUT many of us are having a hard time getting the job done. Either the large companies don’t see our market as a market that pays (so we can't get big sponsors and ad contracts like well let's be real - white bloggers online) OR we aren’t buying black amongst ourselves for an exhausting list of reasons. You’ve heard it before, everybody wants to work with you or be on your website BUT they can’t afford to pay or don’t THINK they need what you’re offering. SO in the end we just have a growing number of black women online with amazing ideas and absolutely no profit generators. A small group of us figure out how to rise above the pack, stick in there for years and keep going while the rest quietly fade away, because no one was really looking at them in the first place.
I had to get that out because that my friends is the truth. We groan about it in our homes, write about it on our blogs, vent about it amongst each other, but that’s how it is which is why folks keep screaming, ‘Don’t Work With Black Women !’ and you know what I do …. (lol) I work with black women. I am determined to work with this group on my terms because I know if I do anything else… if I fake it and focus on white women or just everybody so I’m more main stream, I’ll get frustrated like many of my sista bloggers and feel like I’m selling out. I know if I force it and just pitch to black women with corporate gigs and nice pocket books, I’ll look fake because that isn’t who I am. I know I’ll lose it all if I try to be anything other than who I am because in the end all the posers trying to sell things and be who they aren’t STILL aren’t making money so in the end isn’t it better to be happy by my own standards than try to live up to or fall into everyone else’s?
Yes! I say yes, because it’s working for me. No, I’m not a six figure sister yet and I won’t lie to you and say that I am. No, I am not getting even everyone on board, even with all my buzz. As a matter of fact, I started 
