Pictured above is the Generation Google Scholarship information guide that has been sent out in the Clarke Central High School daily announcements. Recipients of this scholarship will receive $10,000. “The money must be spent on tuition, fees, books, supplies and equipment required for the students’ classes at their primary university,” CCHS registrar Andrea Anderson said. Photo by Andrew Caldwell.
By ANDREW CALDWELL – Junior Copy Editor
Clarke Central High School seniors have the opportunity to apply for the Generation Google Scholarship.
For Clarke Central High School seniors, the Generation Google Scholarship applications are due March 2 at 11:59 p.m.
“The Generation Google Scholarship was established to help aspiring computer scientists excel in technology and become leaders in the field,” CCHS registrar Andrea Anderson said in a press release. “Selected students will receive $10,000 for the 2017-2018 school year.”
In order to apply, students are to complete an online application and meet certain requirements.
“As part of the scholarship, current high school seniors who are entering their first year of university in 2017-2018 will be required to attend Google’s Computer Science Institute in the summer of 2017,” Anderson said in a press release. “Applicants will also need one letter of reference from a Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) instructor. Those will be due no later than Thursday, March 9.”
According to Anderson, the purpose of this scholarship is to increase diversity in the computer programming world.
“Applicants must also be a student from an underrepresented group in computer science (African American, Hispanic, American Indian, Filipino/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, female or a person with a disability) who intend to pursue a computer science or computer engineering degree, or a degree in a closely related technical field,” Anderson said. “Recipients of the scholarship will be selected based on the overall strength of their essays and application materials compared to the entire applicant pool.”
Senior Reagan Kelly, a computer science students in science department teacher Scott Swain’s Advanced Placement Computer Science class, feels the scholarship offers many possibilities for those it awards.
“I take AP Computer Science and when I heard about this scholarship opportunity, I felt sort of inspired in a way,” Kelly said. “The fact that Google is recognizing underrepresented groups of people who aspire to be computer scientists is very inspiring and special.”
