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Utah Senate Youth delegate says scholarship rose to $12,500 and urges better outreach
Summary
At a Utah State Board of Education meeting, Jared Schneider, a NUAMES senior and Utah delegate to the United States Senate Youth Program, described the trip to Washington, D.C., said Utah’s selection process is unusually rigorous, and told the board the scholarship was increased to $12,500 while urging improved advertising for the state contest.
Jared Schneider, a senior at NUAMES and Utah’s delegate to this year’s United States Senate Youth Program, told the Utah State Board of Education the national scholarship tied to the program was "upgraded" to $12,500 and urged the board to help publicize the state competition more widely.
The program, Sorensen said, was established in 1962 and is funded by the Hearst Foundation; it covers travel and lodging for delegates and traditionally includes a scholarship. "They receive a $10,000 undergraduate college scholarship," Joanna Sorensen, elementary social studies…
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