Communication Studies - Weiss-Wittner Speech & Debate Scholarship

UPDATED 2024/2025

This scholarship was established by the faculty of the Communications Studies Department to recognize and assist deserving students on the Olympian Speech and Debate team who have achieved outstanding scholarship and leadership.

To be considered for this scholarship you:

  • Must be involved with at least one of the following groups on campus:
    Speech and Debate Club
  • Must have a 3.0 (B) GPA
  • Must be enrolled at least part time at Mesa College
  • Must demonstrate leadership
  • Must be returning to mesa college in the fall
  • Must have taken or be enrolled in courses in one of the following areas:
    Communication Studies

 


Award funds will be disbursed:
Immediate release of full award (May)

Award
$250 to $500
Deadline
02/13/2025
Supplemental Questions
  1. 2024: Your Educational Journey. Please share the following: The educational journey that led you to Mesa, including what you did before coming here and what made you decide to enroll at Mesa. Your future goals, including what you plan to do after graduation from Mesa and what your long-term career and educational goals are. Why you chose your major or field of study. You do not need to include every detail, but please try to address each part of the question (your goals, challenges overcome, and what it would mean to you). (500 words)
  2. 2024: Resiliency Question. Please share the following: How you have exhibited resiliency in your life. Specific examples of a challenge or challenges that you have overcome. How this scholarship will have a meaningful impact on your educational journey. You do not need to include every detail, but please try to address each part of the question (your goals, challenges overcome, and what it would mean to you). (500 words)
  3. 2024: Leadership. Please describe your individual leadership style and discuss a specific incident or event where its characteristics demonstrated beneficial service to the campus or your community. Additionally, define what that service has meant to you. (500 words)
  4. 2024: Please describe your experience with Speech and Debate competitions.
  5. 2024: Please describe how you have demonstrated leadership within the Speech and Debate Team.