June 9, 2015
Semester
at Sea offers a HACU scholarship
The Institute for Shipboard Education (ISE) offers a $10,000 scholarship for students attending a HACU-member Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) to participate in spring or fall Semester at Sea voyages. All participants receive a full semester’s worth of undergraduate credits from the University of Virginia. This scholarship requires awardees to video blog throughout the voyage.
To be eligible for the scholarship, applicants must:
- Maintain full-time undergraduate enrollment at a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI)that is a member of HACU
- Demonstrate leadership through participation in community service, extracurricular, or other activities
- Include one letter of recommendation from an academic reference at your home institution
- Provide a 2 – 3 minute video no larger than 2 MB describing “how will studying abroad with Semester at Sea enhance your academic studies and how do you feel your background at a HACU or Predominately Hispanic Institution will enhance your contribution to the voyage community?”
Applications must arrive in the ISE office by the due date listed for the applied for voyage on the Semester at Sea website. Faxed applications are not accepted.