Honors Admissions
Genspiration Global Explorers Scholarship
The Genspiration Global Explorers (GGE) scholarship provides recipients with $10,000 to use towards an approved international or domestic travel experience during their time at USF.
GGE scholarships are awarded to qualified prospective (those currently applying to USF) First-Time-In-College (FTIC) students who have been accepted at one of our three USF campuses and who commit to joining the Judy Genshaft Honors College at USF.
SCHOLARSHIP OVERVIEW
The Genspiration Global Explorers scholarship is a competitive award that aims to inspire and empower students who choose USF Honors because they desire the enriched wholistic educational experience of studying aboard made available by the Judy Genshaft Honors College.
These intrepid students know that it is the experience of thinking and acting with others that drives innovation, strengthens community, and energizes personal growth. Moreover, they instinctively know that learning from first-hand international experience is critical for widening understanding, integrating abilities, and amplifying the capacities necessary to make a positive difference in the world.
Engaging in international experiential learning means making courageous choices that expand understanding and vision beyond the horizon of familiar places, conversations, and ideas. It means “putting oneself out there” and encountering all that human experience and personal growth can be.
Study abroad can fast-track personal and professional development. It potentiates long-term effective leadership within civic communities, businesses, professional associations. As the central gateway to appreciating the diversity of contemporary human experience, it opens innovative pathways for nurturing a Healthy Humanity, a globally Engaged Citizenship, and a Sustainable Future for us all.
To explore the globe through scholarly travel is to integrate both empathetic and intellectual connection with the daily lives, memories, dreams of others whose life-experiences have been shaped by very different histories and environments. It is to explore the wisdom and challenges of different ways of life that widen our sense of belonging and contribution. It is, in short, to become a global citizen capable of generating the “big ideas” needed from thought leaders in the twenty-first century.
SCHOLARSHIP BENEFITS
Awardees receive $10,000 to use towards an approved international or domestic travel experience while studying at USF. Recipients may use the funds for approved international travel such as:
- Any USF Honors Study Abroad program (see our current offerings here)
- Any USF Education Abroad program (see the current offerings here)
- Any USF affiliate study abroad provider (see the list of affiliates here)
- A structured international internship or research opportunity approved by the GGE coordinator
In their first semester at USF, GGE awardees benefit from participating in a tailored section of the First-Year seminar, Acquisition of Knowledge: Interdisciplinary Inquiry and Practical Wisdom (AOK). Newly awarded GGE students will be able connect with former GGE recipients who have utilized their award and learn from their study abroad experiences.
This section of AOK is taught by Associate Professor Benjamin Scott Young (Director for United Kingdom Honors Programs & First-Year Honors Seminar) who will guide new GGE Honors students in exploring possibilities opened by the GGE scholarship.
Throughout their time at USF, GGE students will work with Student Engagement Coordinator, Dan Woods, who will support GGE scholars to make full use of their award to enhance their personal and professional journey.
IDEAL GENSPIRATION GLOBAL EXPLORERS SCHOLARSHIP CANDIDATES
This scholarship supports students who are curious, creative, and open to all that new experience can teach. Such students think big, explore deeply, and engage in wide-ranging interdisciplinary research. The ideal student for this scholarship will have investigated and found inspiration in the Judy Genshaft Honors College commitments to Healthy Humanity, Engaged Citizenship, and Sustainable Futures.
Through these commitments, the ideal candidate will be able to envision, articulate, and creatively pursue their own personal learning pathway, strategically integrating the Judy Genshaft Honors College interdisciplinary curriculum and USF study abroad opportunities.
This award invites students from all majors, backgrounds, and life-ambitions. If you are interested in developing "big ideas" that can impact the world around us, we strongly encourage you to apply.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
The GGE scholarship application is only open to prospective students who:
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Are First-Time-In-College (FTIC) students (those currently in the process of applying to USF) at one of our three USF campuses
- Have committed to attending the University of South Florida and the Judy Genshaft Honors College
- Achieved a minimum USF recalculated GPA of 4.0 (explained here) and;
- Earned a minimum SAT score of 1450 or a minimum ACT score of 33
Applications for the GGE scholarship are made during the initial application to USF process and is open to all prospective students who meet the eligibility requirements listed above. Applicant submissions are reviewed by a Judy Genshaft Honors College GGE selection committee. After review, applicants will be notified of the decision made by the committee.
GGE CONTACT
Interested in learning more about the Genspiration Global Explorers Scholarship? Contact the GGE coordinator.
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Daniel Woods |