Attention high school history teachers, please share this college scholarship opportunity with your collegebound senior students.

 

Sponsored by the Goodwin Foundation, in partnership with the David S. Wyman Institute of Holocaust Studies, the Josiah E. DuBois, Jr. College Scholarship Essay Contest seeks to bring attention to the courageous actions that DuBois, a practicing Quaker, took during the Holocaust. This contest offers high school students an opportunity to win a monetary award to be applied to their college expenses while learning anout a young man who took decisive action that changed the course of history and saved lives.

 

Students will be required to write an essay that describes how they have applied or would apply the lessons of the DuBois story to their own lives, focusing on core values such as decency, honor, and respect for our common humanity.  The essay should be 500-1,000 words in length.

 

All the relevant details regarding eligibility and submission requirements can be found online at the Wyman Institute sebsite here.