Community Scholars

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What is Community Scholars?

Community Scholars is a summer internship program for high school sophomores, juniors and seniors. Students develop leadership skills through public policy and economic development research projects. Community Scholars is a not-for-profit organization.

Who can be a Community Scholar?

• Sophomores, Juniors
• Record of academic rigor, community service
• Make Community Scholars your priority for the summer

What is the work like?

• Intensive training course in May
• Intensive transitional training
• Research focuses primarily on state funding for education, healthcare, workforce development, and infrastructure

National, State, and Local Recognition

• Winners of National Community Reinvestment Coalition's James Rouse Excellence in Achievement Award for Emerging Leaders
• Research quoted in Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Austin-American Statesman and many other local and national publications
• Community Scholars' 2001 healthcare research used as a cornerstone of Healthcare Access Issues in El Paso County: A Working Blueprint, a 2002 report produced by the Greater El Paso Chamber of Commerce and UTEP's Institute for Policy and Economic Development

What's in it for me?

• Skills for college
• Travel opportunities
• Did we mention this is a paid internship?

First-year interns earn: $8.25 an hour
Second-year interns earn: $9.35 an hour
Supervisors earn: $11.00 an hour

First year interns:
work 10 hours a week in May
work 30 hours a week in June & July

Where Scholars have gone

• UTEP
• NMSU
• Stanford
• Notre Dame
• Dartmouth
• Georgetown
• MIT
• Boston University
• New York University
• UT Austin
• Princeton
• Florida State
• Texas A&M
• Texas Tech
• Arizona State University

IMPORTANT DATES 2010

• February 19, 2010: Scholar Intern Applications must be postmarked or submitted online by this date; no application will be considered after the deadline.
• March 1 - March 12: Interviews (Community Scholars will contact all eligible applicants to schedule interviews)
• April 5 - April 9: Scholar Intern Hiring Notification
• April 30, 2010: Supervisor Applications must be postmarked by this date.
• May 3, 2010: Supervisor Hiring Notification

For more information

Contact: Jose Landeros
Phone: 915-533-6200
E-mail: jose@communityscholars.org

Community Scholars
200 N. Ochoa
El Paso, TX 79901