This November, Wheelock College is hosting a celebratory Boston event, the Passion for Action Leadership Award Dinner, to honor those who have made significant contributions to the social fabric of our community. As part of the celebration, Wheelock College will recognize emerging youth leadership in the Greater Boston area by honoring five high school students who have been leaders in creating change in their communities.  These students will each receive a $1,000 scholarship award to use at the college or higher education program of their choice.

For more than 120 years, Wheelock College has educated and inspired teachers and social service advocates to fulfill our institutional mission: to improve the lives of children and families. Our alumni often speak of "a calling" to serve children, families, and communities and to be educational and social change agents. They are known for their creative and entrepreneurial work and for modeling leadership to all those who are concerned with improving the lives of children and families - the foundation and future of our society.  It is their spirit and the mission they serve that we recognize through our Emerging Leader Scholarship Award.

Nomination Criteria

Each nominee must meet all of the following criteria:

• Demonstrate leadership in creating change in his or her community through community service:

o   Leadership may involve issues and areas such as the arts, child or elderly services, housing, hunger, health and safety, tutoring, the environment, or other activities that benefit the community.

o   Service may include developing, heading, or implementing new or existing community projects or volunteer programs.

• Perform a leadership activity that is voluntary. Their service may not be performed as a requirement of an academic or other organizational program.

Eligibility

The nominee must:

•   be a high school senior in the 2011-2012 academic year;

•  reside in Massachusetts;

•  have plans to participate in advanced study during 2012-2013 at a college or in a vocational or other secondary education program or other secondary education institution; and

•  not be employed by any established nonprofit, religious, or community organization that she/he may serve.

Preference will be given to students whose work impacts the Greater Boston community.

Nomination Process and Selection

• The nomination deadline is Friday, October 14, 2011.

• Nominations may be made by schools, nonprofit organizations, or community groups.

• Parents/relatives may not nominate their child/relative.

Click Here for the Nomination Form!

Nomination forms may be submitted electronically, by U.S. mail, or by fax to:

Rebecca Smokowski

Wheelock College

2011 Emerging Leader Award

Institutional Advancement

200 The Riverway

Boston, MA 02215

Fax: (617) 879-2326

Phone: (617) 879-2234

E-mail: rsmokowski@wheelock.edu

Presentation of Scholarship

Wheelock College Emerging Leader Scholarship Awards will be presented to the recipients during the 2011 Passion for Action Leadership Award Dinner on Wednesday, November 16, 2011, at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum at Columbia Point, Boston.  Award recipients must be present to accept their award.  At the event, award recipients will be guests of Wheelock College.