The following article appeared in the Winter 2019 issue of the National Scholarship Providers Association’s Scholarship Times newsletter. In it, Tiffany Anderson, our scholarship program director, des...
Industry Education & Insight College and scholarship applications ask students to write hundreds of thousands of words all centered around themselves, and yet reviewers repeatedly say that arrogance is the number one thing that w...
Foundation News & Announcements Industry Education & Insight Over the years we have read thousands upon thousands of scholarship essays. And yet despite that massive amount, the types of mistakes we see tend to fall into similar categories. Generally speaking, ...
Foundation News & Announcements Industry Education & Insight The reality of reading applications is that review committee members read tons of them in one sitting. So it’s tough when we pick up the 10th application that’s clearly trying to impress r...
Foundation News & Announcements Industry Education & Insight Far too often applicants shy away from sharing the most interesting parts of themselves. As a result, their applications are flat and generic – nothing like the intriguing and multi-dimensional people...
Foundation News & Announcements Industry Education & Insight Specific wording can make or break a college or scholarship application. Avoid the widespread mistake of over-generalizing or leaving too much to interpretation by shifting your perspective to that of...
Foundation News & Announcements Industry Education & Insight By Katy Craig, Director of Strategic Initiatives The Boettcher Foundation’s coaching program is showing early success in helping our community of Boettcher Scholars and Boettcher Investigators to reac...
Industry Education & Insight By Katy Craig, Director of Strategic Initiatives As you may recall, the Boettcher Foundation has launched a coaching program aimed at helping our funding recipients further develop their leadership ch...
Industry Education & Insight The following article appeared in the September 12 issue of the National Scholarship Providers Association’s Scholarship Times newsletter. In it, Tiffany Anderson, our scholarship program director, de...
Industry Education & Insight By Katy Craig, Director of Strategic Initiatives From Little League to the Olympics, we all recognize the value of having a coach in sports. But we may not think about how valuable a coach can be in o...
Industry Education & Insight The following article appeared in the October 8 issue of the National Scholarship Providers Association’s Scholarship Times newsletter. In it, Tiffany Anderson, our scholarship program director, expla...
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