[CASL-L] MIT AgeLab OMEGA Scholarships

[CASL President]

Sorry for the late notice, but this may be of interest to HS Librarians!
Barb

On Thu, Mar 14, 2019, 10:42 AM Taylor Patskanick <trpats at mit.edu> wrote:

> Hi Barbara,
>
> My name is Taylor Patskanick and I am a researcher at the MIT AgeLab
> <http://agelab.mit.edu/>. I had the CT CASL email on an old outreach list
> of ours and in the process of my re-organization of it wanted to let you
> know about a great summit and scholarship program we have at the lab -
> OMEGA. OMEGA seeks to connect high school students in New England with
> older adults in their communities.
>
>
>
> Though it is a bit close to the deadline, I wanted to take the time to
> share that our 2018-2019 OMEGA scholarship application
> <http://agelab.mit.edu/omega> is live. It may be a fit for the many high
> school students your membership works with, particularly those who are
> volunteering with older adults in some capacity and/or looking to finance
> college education. It’s also potential newsletter fodder, etc. for your
> networks.
>
>
>
> Just a bit about the program:
>
> The MIT AgeLab and AARP are collecting applications from *high school
> juniors and seniors in New England* in order to award *three* college
> scholarships. The awards are available to recognize and reward the
> efforts that young adults are making to create multigenerational
> connections in their communities. Each OMEGA scholarship will award a
> $1000 college scholarship to the winning student and $1000 to the winning
> student's community partner or high school club/organization to support its
> activities to build relationships between teens and older adults. *The
> application is open now through March 31, 2019*.
>
>
>
> Students can access application materials here:
> http://agelab.mit.edu/about-omega-scholarships and can email *omegamit at mit.edu
> <omegamit at mit.edu>* with any questions. I’ve attached a flyer to this
> email as well.
>
>
>
> I appreciate you taking the time out!
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Taylor
>
> *Taylor Patskanick, MPH, MSW*
> MIT AgeLab
>
> 1 Amherst St.
>
> Cambridge, MA 02142
>
> http://agelab.mit.edu
>
> [p]: 617.253.1894
>
> [c]: 770.881.0571
>
> [e]: trpats at mit.edu
>
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