Scholarships and Financial Assistance
Work Study
Work Study offers a significant discount on the Conference fee in exchange for help with Conference tasks such as moving benches, assistance in the bookstore or art gallery, tending the fire, posting the daily schedule, shuttling teachers to the airport, ensuring bathroom supplies are in place, etc. To apply for a work-study position, please write a one-page description of who you are, something of your circumstances, and what motivates you to attend the Conference.
The deadline for Work-Study applications has passed for 2010.
Scholarships
There are limited funds this year for some scholarships. Scholarships are intended for newer attendees but others may apply. Scholarship recipients contribute to the Conference through their own creative skills by helping with events, usually assisting with the opening of the art gallery and with the closing banquet. To apply, send a one-page statement answering the following three questions:
1.) tell us what you would contribute to the Conference.
2.) explain how you would enhance the diversity of the community.
3.) describe why a scholarship is necessary for you to come.
The deadline for scholarship applications is closed for 2010.
Assistance
The Conference has two
forms of financial support to encourage diversity of age, race, and cultural background among participants.
