8th Annual CASA Alumni Scholarships 

Introduction
CASA Alumni Scholarships include the following: 
•	Martin del Campo Graduate Scholarship, a CED professor, professional and mentor to early CASA members; 
•	Bob Esparza Undergraduate Scholarship, a student who co-founded CASA; 
•	Antonia Escobar, Graduate or Undergraduate Scholarship, Salvadorian grandmother of a family member of an early CASA member; and
•	ThirdWave Tech Prize, Graduate or Undergraduate Scholarship, PC or Mac laptops to provide recipients the tools needed to succeed at CED.  

This is the second year we are pursuing non-profit fundraising through a valuable partnership with Latinos In Architecture (LiA), the Center for Architecture Design, and the San Francisco Chapter AIA.  This will allow individuals and corporate sponsors to make tax deductible contributions to the scholarship fund, an effort to raise and award more substantial scholarships to students.  We encourage you to fill out this application and submit your best work. Good luck!

Eligibility
•	Low-income students, students of color, women, and LGBT are eligible and encouraged to apply.
•	Undergraduate/Graduate students in any area of study at CED.
•	Students enrolled full-time for at least one semester of the current academic year.

Instructions
1.  	You must provide all of the information identified in Parts 1, 2 and 3 of this application to be considered. (Pease follow all instructions.)
2. Your work samples must be posted in the CASAalumni website at http://casa-ucberkeley.org. Contact Roy Hernandez (rhernandez@thirdwavecorp.com) if you have problems posting your work.
3.   If you have received an award in the past you can re-apply as long as your sample student work and narrative are different.
4.  After you have completed this application, add your name to the end of this document file name and email your completed application to the evaluation panel:   
•	rhernandez@thirdwavecorp.com
•	oswaldo2lopez@gmail.com     
•	Charles.Higueras@sfdpw.org 

If your application is greater than 10 MBs, please submit it to the evaluation committee listed above using www.WeTransfer.com. It’s free, fast and easy.

Due date: On or before April 16, 2018 5:00 pm.  Late applications will not be considered.

Evaluation Criteria:

Scholarship recipients are selected based on the following criteria:

1.	Personal history statement and reason for your chosen area of study.
2.	Participation and contributions to: 
•	CASA activities, organization, fundraising, etc. 
•	CASAalumni Website, CASA Now! 
•	ByDESIGN, contributing an article
•	Other community work
3.	Accomplishments at CED: 
•	Academic achievement 
•	College activities
•	Awards 
•	Course development
4.	Your vision of what you’ll be doing in 5 years.
5.	Student Work Samples.

Referencing the foregoing, the evaluation panel will assess economic need, extracurricular contributions, scholastic achievement, and professional promise.  Scholarships will consist of the following, as fundraising results allow:
•	ThirdWave Tech Prize	$1,000 - $3,000
•	Martin Del Campo Graduate Scholarship:	$1,000 +
•	Bob Esparza Undergraduate Scholarship:	$1,000 +
•	Antonia Escobar Scholarship (Woman prize)	$ 1,000 + 
•	Several Merit Awards (as funds allow)	$ 200 - $800 

The decisions made on the award of prizes are final and made at the sole discretion of the CASA Alumni Board of Directors.

CASA Alumni Scholarship Application

 Part 1: Educational Information

Student Name: 	__________________________________

Major: 	__________________________________	

Anticipated Graduation Year:	_____________________ 

Previous Degrees / Academic Institution(s) (if applicable):
______________________________________________

Insert your headshot here.

I am applying for: (check one)
Financial Scholarship 	o
PC Laptop	o
Mac Laptop	o

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 Part 2: Narrative Statement

Provide a written response to the following questions.  There are no right or wrong answers.  Please be honest, we want to know the real you.
1.  	What is your personal history, and why did you choose your area of study?
2.  What has been your participation and contributions to CASA, community groups, CASA Alumni, ByDESIGN?
3.  	What accomplishments have you had while at CED, i.e., academic achievements, college activities?
4.  	What do you see yourself doing in 5 years?

 Narrative Statement

(Type your narrative below; address each of the items above.  Use as much space as you need. You can provide images that correspond to your narrative if applicable.)

Part 3: Student Work

Provide a minimum of your two most outstanding samples of your work.  These can include design projects, drawings/artwork, photographs, images of 3D models, research papers, and/or videos.  Cut / paste your graphics below, layout any way you feel best communicates your project. Use as many pages as required. Use JPEGs or PNGs. Resize images to reduce the file size. If your files are large, making the size of this application larger than 10MB, transmit your application using WeTransfer.com, a free large file transfer app.  Use the last page to insert research papers.

Sample Work 1:

Project Title: 
Course Name / Number: 
Professor / Dept.: 
Description of your Design Solution – describe the considerations that informed your solution:

Sample Work 2:

Project Title: 
Course Name / Number: 
Professor / Dept.: 
Description of your Design Solution – describe the considerations that informed your solution:

Sample Academic Paper (if applicable)

Course Name / Number: 
Professor / Dept.: 
Description of your Paper – describe the considerations that informed your findings: