Could you use an extra $1,500? Maybe $1,000? How about $500? The David A. Garfinkel Essay Scholarship is within your reach.
Each spring the Historical Society of the New York Courts awards three scholarship prizes to SUNY community college students, based on original writing and research in the form of an essay. Each year, contestants write on a specific topic, this year’s topic being: YOU, the VOTER: HOW FAR HAVE WE COME? IS THE JOURNEY OVER?
The top prize is $1,500 with runner up prizes of $1,000 and $500.
In 2008, Hudson Valley student Elijah Fagan-Solis wrote a winning essay entitled The Courts and Human Rights in New York: The Legacy of the Lemmon Slave Case. In 2015, another student Melanie Hecker earned Honorable Mention recognition for her essay, entitled LGBT: The Road to Equality — How Have the New York Courts Addressed Equal Human Rights for the LGBT Community?
How can a student achieve this level of distinction? Jump in, plan your time, work with a librarian and a writing specialist. The tools are available to you and the reward is great.
For more information on how to get started, tips for success and actual past winning papers, visit the Dwight Marvin Library Research Guide: David A. Garfinkel Essay Scholarship 2017 or contact Librarian Val Waldin, MRV 141, v.waldin@hvcc.edu, (518) 629-7319.
Published: Mon, 20 Feb 2017 20:52:22 +0000 by v.waldin