Michigan Campus Compact Michigan Service Scholar Program
Program Description
The Michigan Service Scholars Program [MSS] will provide $300,000 in scholarships statewide to students attending Michigan Campus Compact [MCC] member campuses through a grant from The Michigan Community Service Commission and The Corporation for National and Community Service. Students willing to complete 300 hours of community service during one calendar year will be awarded a $1,000 scholarship, otherwise known as an AmeriCorps Educational Award, to be used for any educational purpose. Community service hours can be completed during the academic year and/or over class breaks. To complete 300 hours during a regular academic year, students would need to average 9.5-10 hours of community service per week.
MSS students need to complete their service by helping community agencies with volunteer recruitment and infrastructure and/or through youth programs such as those focused on: Mentoring, Early Childhood Education/Development, and Adequate Yearly Progress Schools.
Students will be recruited on a first come first serve basis during the Fall of 2009.
Each student enrolling in the program must attend a training to learn about the scholarship, AmeriCorps and citizenship. These hours will be counted toward the 300 required service hours of the scholarship. The trainings are held on different campuses around the state throughout the year. Please review the application below for specifics on upcoming trainings. The training, the 300 volunteer hours and the paperwork for enrollment and tracking are the ONLY requirements of this program.
For questions or more information, please contact the Student Life Center at 989-964-4170 or studentlife(at)svsu.edu.
Join AmeriCorps through SVSU's Student Life Center. If you are interested in the program, please check out the documents below.
When you decide you are ready to sign up, download the application below and you are ready to get started! Fill it out and mail/email it to the Student Life Center, D 105.
MSS Membership Application Form 09-10 (new application coming soon for Fall of 2009)
MSS US Citizenship Verification Information for 2nd Year MSS Students