Scholarships available for seniors Local students can...

Scholarships available for seniors

Local students can compete for one of five $2,000 scholarships by

writing an essay on “How will college make you different from the

person you are today?”

Eligible students must be high school seniors. Essays are judged

on originality and content, and must be submitted with a completed

entry form in either English or Spanish. They must not exceed 250

words.

Essays must be typed or printed with the student’s name at the

top. Entries must be postmarked no later than Feb. 15 and mailed to:

The Mahatma Rice Scholarship, 75-22 37th Ave., Jackson Heights, NY,

11372. Winners will be notified no later than April 30, and prizes

awarded by May 31.

The scholarships are funded by Riviana Foods Inc.

Students can access information about the scholarship three ways:

requesting entry forms from their college advisor, logging on to a

special website https:// www.mahatmarice.con /scholarships or by

calling Jim Coronado at (818) 500-4500.

Entrepreneurial challenge offered

Mt. Sierra College is offering a competition for budding

entrepreneurs who will be paired up with mentors to develop a

business plan.

The contest is designed to promote entrepreneurship through

business curriculum in high schools, introduce business community

mentors as educational resources to teachers and provide high school

juniors and seniors with hands-on experience in developing sound

business platforms through a team-learning environment.

It is open to all high school juniors and seniors and will result

in up to $36,000 in Mt. Sierra College scholarships being given in

amounts ranging from $1,000 to $2,000 along with other recognition

and awards.

Preliminary project proposals must be postmarked by Feb. 18 to

highschoolplan@mtsierra.edu.

Final submissions must be postmarked by April 15 and sent to Mr.

Sierra College, 101 E. Huntington Drive, Monrovia 91016.

Guidelines are posted on the college’s website at https://

www.mtsierra.edu/eplan_comp .php, or contact Will Chan at (626)

873-2194.

-- Compiled by Jacqui Brown