This year has been a challenging year for many students. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many schools and colleges suspended in-person learning during the Spring. As summer approached, many high school graduates started looking forward to selecting their university of choice to begin their freshman year this fall. Both students and parents optimistically prepared in …
A quick update from Project Inspire Firstly, we want to send our thoughts and prayers to all of those impacted by the Coronavirus in any way. We are living in unprecedented times and understand this can be a challenging time for many. We also wanted to let you know that we’re continuing to serve our …
Check out our fourth Project Inspire Scholarship feature, Ashley Morissette, currently a first-year student at Miami Dade College. We hope you enjoy learning more about what Project Inspire has helped her to accomplish as a first-generation college student. What community service have you participated in this semester? I am very excited that I will be …
Project Inspire Scholarship Recipient Spotlight KeAsiah McLaughlin – Third-Year Student at North Carolina A&T University Check out our second Project Inspire Scholarship feature, KeAsiah McLaughlin, currently a third-year student at North Carolina Agricultural & Technical University. She is the oldest of her siblings and the first to go to college in her immediate family. We hope …
Project Inspire Scholarship Recipient Spotlight Timothy Hill – Third-Year Student at University of Central Florida At Project Inspire, we continue to be grateful for all that we’re able to do to support the students we’re serving. Our Project Inspire Scholarship recipients, who receive a $2,000 scholarship, are supported throughout their time in college through personal, …
Meet Ashley Morrissette, one of our 2017 scholarship recipients! She recently graduated from North Miami Beach Senior High School, and is going to attend Miami Dade College in the hopes of transferring to an out-of-state 4-year-university and then dental school to pursue her dental career! We are providing Ashley with a $2,000 scholarship that …
High school. For some, it’s a time full of hope, wonder, and new possibilities. And for others, it’s a clear reminder that they are getting to a critical point in their lives that they have no idea how to navigate. As a result, some of our brightest students lose interest in academics, feeling like their …
This is the second of a profile series written by Social Media Coordinator Michelle Vergara that showcases previous Project Inspire Scholarship winners. Torie Cobbs is currently a junior at the University of West Florida (UWF), majoring in exercise and health science. She will be transferring to Oklahoma State University in Fall 2015 to be closer …
A number of our students are experiencing greater challenges and less opportunities simply based on where they grow up or what socio-economic status they are born into. Project Inspire’s work is an effort to provide those students who often have less opportunities, with the chance to gain additional social and professional capital to level the … Continue reading
At-risk youth, especially minority youth, are often faced with a very different set of out-of-school circumstances than their more privileged counterparts, such as poverty and lack of access to healthcare, which often negatively impact their in-school experiences. Oftentimes a response to these circumstances is more positive in-school and after-school experiences to address the challenges that … Continue reading
Students who are the first in their family to go to college are less likely to graduate within six years than their continuing-generation peers, but there are ways to combat this stunning statistic, and Project Inspire’s programming is an effort to do just that. The decreased likelihood of first-generation college students graduating within six years … Continue reading
Meet Rodnise Cinmelus, one of our 2017 scholarship recipients! She won this scholarship while a junior in high school at Martin Luther King Junior High School in Lithonia, GA and is in the process of starting her senior year there! We are providing Rodnise with a $2,000 scholarship that she will receive through disbursements … Continue reading
Meet Daphka Monde, one of our 2017 scholarship recipients! She recently graduated from Maynard Evans High School, and is going to attend Valencia College in the hopes of transferring to an out-of-state 4-year-university to pursue her human resources career! We are providing Ashley with a $2,000 scholarship that she will receive through disbursements each fall … Continue reading
Project Inspire’s annual event is BACK in South Florida this Saturday, August 5, 2017, and we hope you can join us for an evening of inspiration, performing arts, and celebrating 12 years of Project Inspire providing scholarships and mentorship for the youth we serve! Check out a few features of this year’s event, and click … Continue reading
You don’t want to miss out on two very special events Project Inspire has coming up to celebrate our 12th year of providing scholarship and mentorship for deserving high school youth to go to college and thrive while there! Check out some highlights of our Washington, D.C. event below, and click on the flier or … Continue reading
This is our next post in a series highlighting Project Inspire scholarship recipients and their journey since receiving our scholarship! Current Broward College biology student and future pharmacist, Winnie Benjamin, was initially introduced to Project Inspire and the Daphne Valcin essay-based Scholarship and leadership program during her junior year of high school. At the time, … Continue reading
It’s FAFSA time. The 2016-2017 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is available now! Being accepted into college is a really great feeling, and it’s such an honor to be able to continue your education, further opening up doors for an awesome career and life ahead of you. While you may be deciding … Continue reading
Timothy Isaiah Hill, University of Central Florida (UCF) class of 2019 Marketing major and Daphne Valcin Scholarship recipient is a young man on a mission to fulfill his dreams. An alumnus of Hallandale Beach High School in Broward County, Florida, Hill compiled an impressive resume while matriculating there, including membership in Student Government, the … Continue reading
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