Global Education Program
The Shasta College Foundation
The Shasta College Foundation scholarships will be evaluated primarily on academics. The Shasta College Foundation constantly partners with different Shasta College departments, student clubs, and outside organizations in an effort to bring the Shasta College students, as well the surrounding communities, a rich experience full of activities that will cultivate an environment of profound thought and stimulate the swell of success within.
The McConnell Foundation
The McConnell Foundation has provided scholarships to be based primarily on financial needs. The McConnell Foundation is an independent foundation located in Redding, California. As a broad-based funder, we have awarded grants to 501©(3) nonprofit organizations, public education, and government entities located primarily in Modoc, Shasta, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties in rural Northern California, and the countries of Nepal and Laos.This project is funded in part by The McConnell Foundation, Redding, California. The McConnell Foundation is a private, nonprofit organization whose mission is to help build better communities through philanthropy.
Global Education Program Expedition to Indonesia, Summer 2016
Through Shasta College and Operation Wallacea, take part in real conservation research as you journey into the rain-forest and coral reefs of Indonesia with experienced scientists.
About the program
The expedition is in association with Operation Wallacea, a research-based conservation organization that works to preserve biodiverse regions in coordination with local governments and the United Nations. Our focus for this expedition is on conservation biology and the geography of the region and people. For more information about the program click here http://www.shastacollege.edu/Academic%20Affairs/GlobalEducationProgram/Documents/SC15_Indonesia8.5×11.pdf. The Indonesia Science Expedition Program is part of a hybrid course combination requiring course enrollment in Field Biology and Field Geography (Physical & Cultural) classes.
- Field Biology (BIOL 12) – 4 units, G.E. Life Science Course, UC/CSU transferable, Taught by Susannah Johnson-Fulton
- Field Geography: Physical (GEOG 2A) – 1 unit Taught by Dan Scollon
- Field Geography: Cultural (GEOG 2B) – 1 unit Taught by Dan Scollon
Scholarships Specifically for this Expedition
Students must acknowledge the requirement to enroll in the Shasta College courses noted above for the Summer 2016 term. Note: failure to enroll in these courses will result in the forfeiture of the scholarship.
- What’s needed to apply: completion of the General Scholarship Application, submission of an essay expressing interest in the trip, transcripts, two letters of recommendation, completion of financial statement, completion of autobiography. Follow the instructions within the scholarship links below.
- Scholarship Criteria: While you may apply for both scholarship opportunities, you can only receive one award, the highest, should the screening committee rank you as a finalist in both scholarships. Each award will require the recipient to write a short acceptance and thank you letter to the granting agencies. Students who have contributed monies in excess of the Expedition cost once the scholarship award is disbursed will be reimbursed for excess payments. Students that earn the scholarship award but are unable to attend the expedition, or do not enroll in the associated Shasta College courses will forfeit these monies to a ‘runner up’ or alternate expedition student. The Shasta College scholarship committee will rank a list of alternates from the application pool for each scholarship and declined monies will be offered to these alternates until all monies are awarded in full.