MARLBORO — Marlboro College announced the launch of the Beautiful Minds Challenge for the 2016-17 academic year. High school students are invited to respond to the prompt, “Be the change. Document the effect.” to compete for scholarships and cash prizes.
“Everyone has the potential to be an agent of positive change,” Kevin Quigley, president of Marlboro, said in a news release. “This year's challenge celebrates the innovation of students working from a personal and local level to a community and global scale.”
The Beautiful Minds Challenge is open to teens age 15-19 not yet enrolled in college full-time. Entries in the form of a creative digital documentation, whether words, images, audio, or video, are due by Thursday, Dec. 1. Submissions will be judged by a panel of Marlboro faculty, staff, and students based on their quality, creativity, preparation, and demonstration of original, critical, and innovative thinking.
The top three high school seniors who intend to enroll at Marlboro College in the fall of 2017 will be eligible for a full or partial tuition scholarship, and other students are eligible for cash prizes of up to $1,000.
The 25 finalists will be awarded expenses-paid trips to the Beautiful Minds Symposium, from March 29-31, 2017, where they will share their projects and experience Marlboro College firsthand.