1. A description of the planned program. Submit no more than 5 pages. The submitted description by the applicant can be information directly from the program. 

2. A one-page personal statement discussing the relevance of this program to your degree or future career.

3. A current and comprehensive official transcript.*Confirmation of enrollment in a study abroad program will be required from selected winners before scholarship funds are released.

1. Resume/Curriculum Vitae (CV).

2. A personal essay (no more than 1,500 words) stating why you are applying, why you are pursuing post-baccalaureate or professional studies, how the Society's commitment to academic excellence will be furthered by your studies, and your commitment to campus and community service. A questionnaire on the online application will also ask you to address what program(s) you will pursue, to what university or universities you have applied, the status of your application(s) and anticipated start and completion dates for your program.

that states what program you will pursue, what university you have applied to, what the status of your application is, when you plan to begin your program and anticipated date of completion. If already enrolled, please note this in your statement and you will only need to list what program you are enrolled in. Your statement should also address why you are pursuing post-baccalaureate or professional studies.

3. A current and comprehensive official academic transcript.

4. A total of THREE letters of recommendation from the any combination of the following:

• A faculty member in your field of study.   
• A current or former employer.
• A university or organization official familiar with your involvement in university or community service.

5. Either a paper of no more than 10 pages that you have prepared. If you have not prepared a paper due to the nature of your major, etc. please submit a piece of work related to your field of study such as film, sculpture, musical score, painting, slides, photographs, etc. In the case of art pieces, please upload photos of the artwork.

In the face of another political stalemate on Capitol Hill, Washington Post columnist Ezra Klein turned to Roy T. Meyers, professor of political science, to understand the possible impact of a government shutdown. Meyers, a former Congressional Budget Office analyst, argues that we may underestimate the costs of shutdowns by not accounting for the value of lost work hours, decreased federal parks revenue or the reduced pace of IRS audits.

Klein writes, “Meyers suggests that contractors might start charging the government a premium after shutdowns to compensate for the uncertainty of their payments. And a large body of work shows that unstable budget processes at the state level raise borrowing costs. Add those together and a real, sustained shutdown would cost much more than the $1.6 billion that separated this week’s two bills.”

The article, “Government Shutdown Would Cost Much More Than the Two Parties are Fighting Over,” appeared September 26.