Overview
Emily Colliss, Associate Director, Institute for Civic and Community Engagement
Dr. Wanda Cooper, Director, Institute for Civic and Community Engagement
Each year, the Service Scholar Program awards a scholarship to 24-30 qualified high school students who exhibit a high degree of motivation and academic potential, and a passion for civic and community engagement. A highly competitive program, selected students, develop, and cultivate a practice of impactful engagement with community. The scholarship award reduces tuition and room and board fees by one-half, for up to four years, in exchange for full participation in programming each semester.
In 1997, St. John Fisher University welcomed the first cohort of Service Scholars to campus. The program was created to provide meaningful community engagement in the Rochester community in partnership with local nonprofit organizations. Understanding that no single organization or individual can solve complex social challenges alone, but through collaboration, collective impact can be realized.