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Meritorious Money for Many Students

Laura Craig, Assistant Director

• A time of change at Temple•Across the institution and career services

• Who are these students?

Getting Temple Made for Success

• Admission qualifications

• Details of the award and maintaining it

• Options for using the award: type of activity, when, and where

Becoming a Merit Scholar

• Academic Unit

• Class Year

• Major

• Total Institutional Impact

Key aspect of this money: it is financial aid, not an endowed fund!

Who Receives The Money?

• Students must:• Find a qualifying internship, research opportunity, or study abroad

experience.

• Commit to participating or secure a position.

• Complete an application that requires 2 signatures and submit to administration by March 9th

• How do students actually use the money? Do they always use it?• Research leads for now

How Does It All Work?

• Staff must:• Publicize the application process

• Sign off on hundreds of applications

• Ensure that applications secure all proper signatures

• Work with students who haven’t secured an internship

• Assistant Vice Provost pores over paper applications: verify completion, work with University payroll to disburse funds.

How Does It All Work? (Part 2)How

• Who collaborates?

• How do they collaborate now?

•What happened in the past?

Making It Work…Together

• Merit Scholar Fair

• Professional Preparation of Students

Spring Semester Partnerships

• Posting and managing positions• Internship, research, reporting, and management

• Maintaining accurate records

• Converting those positions to internships open to all students.

Spring Semester Partnerships Part 2

•Improving the application process•Extremely paper intensive•Confusing to students•Puts pressure on the approver•Managing students money

Spring Semester Partnerships Part 3

• Lots of moving parts and we decide very little

• Definition of an internship

• Accounting for very different student interests-Internships aren’t the only option

Challenges

• University wide visibility

• Connect non-profit employers with top Temple talent

• Enhance student internship opportunities

Opportunities

• Site Visits

• Capturing Student Stories

• Merit Fair Improvements

• Risk management and responsibility

Future Ideas and Plans

Laura Craiglaura.craig@temple.edu

(215) 204-4474

www.linkedin.com/in/lauramn

Twitter: @BuckeyeVirginia

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