Essays for Scholarship Application

For major: Interdisciplinary Studies and minor: Communication Studies

Essay #1 – Reasons and Goals 

Discuss the reasons for your academic major and professional plans/goals. Be sure to include items such as previous/current work experience, internships, classroom/lab experience, etc., applicable to your future goals and plans.

Maximum length: 300 words.

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Essay #2 – Involvement/Leadership/Service 

Provide the details on your involvement, leadership and service experiences listed earlier in the application. Highlight outstanding achievements, leadership roles and how you feel you have made a difference in your community.

Maximum length: 300 words.

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Essay #3 – Challenges 

Discuss any challenges you have faced on your journey to college and how you have overcome them.

Maximum length: 300 words.

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Essay #4 – Plans for Funding 

Discuss your plans for funding your higher education costs.

Maximum length: 300 words.

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Essay #5 – Why Be Selected? 

Tell why you should be selected for a scholarship.

Maximum length: 300 words.

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importance of the legislator/nurse’s role as advocate

Choose a legislator on the state or federal level who is also a nurse and discuss the importance of the legislator/nurse’s role as advocate for improving health care delivery. What specific bills has the legislator/nurse sponsored or supported that have influenced health care.

Healthcare Information Systems

Identify a person who works in a general practitioners office, surgery center, or urgent care.

Develop five to six interview questions focused on the challenges that they face with developing strategies for their systems: What is working well? What is not working well? How do they see their products developing over the next two years? Prepare a summary of your discussion highlighting how this person makes product decisions based upon customer feedback or the voice of the customer today. Identify what kinds of applications or functions customers are asking for now and predicted in the future. Then create a recommendation for the implementation of a new technology that would resolve one of the issues identified by the interviewee. The recommendation should assess the setup and costs that would be required for the new system.

Your paper should meet the following requirements:

Two to three pages in length, not including the title page.
Include the list of your questions asked during the interview.
Summarize your findings: What did you learn from the discussion? Were you surprised by the information?
Include your recommendation for the implementation of a new technology that would resolve one the issues discussed during the interview.
Format your paper according to the CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA (Links to an external site.).
Review the grading rubric in the Module 3 folder for specific grading criteria.

Write a short opinion piece to persuade your WR instructor to adopt your view of happiness and a way to attain it.

400 words essay

Overview
Over the last few years happiness has become a key metric for comparing countries. We are told by the 2019 World Happiness Report by the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network that Singapore is the 34th happiest nation in the world, and 2nd in Asia.
Everyone would like to be happier, and your WR instructors are no exception. You have also been studying the nature of happiness and how to find it in your Big Questions: Happiness and Suffering module.

Question-

Write a short opinion piece to persuade your WR instructor to adopt your view of happiness and a way to attain it.
You should support your argument with relevant and credible evidence from sources

Make sure following grading rubrics are met in the essay-

-The thesis statement is a declarative sentence that states clearly and concisely the main point that the author is trying to make. Establishes focus that clearly directs the body of the essay.

-Persuades effectively by giving clear claims, reasons and evidence OR making very clear connections between premise and conclusion; evidence is seamlessly integrated into paper.

-Demonstrates a strong awareness of context, audience and purpose to persuade the reader (CAP).

-writing flows smoothly from one idea to another. The writer has taken pains to assist the reader in following the logic of the ideas expressed. Sentences are clear and concise. Words are effectively chosen to communicate ideas.

-Uses language that skilfully communicates meaning to readers with precision and fluency. Makes no errors in grammar, mechanics, and/or spelling.

-Sources are exceptionally well integrated and they support claims argued in the paper very effectively. Sources cited conform to APA style format.