UNL Project RAÍCES Scholars Program

The Project RAÍCES Scholars (PRS) program will grow the next generation of diverse educators that will lead the way for educational change. The program aim is to prepare teachers who will be educational pillars in the very same communities where they have grown up, contributing to the public schools and the communities where they come from. We intend that teachers who emerge from the PRS program will be prepared and excited to teach the vibrant and diverse students in their home communities.

Once they become teachers, PRS scholars will adeptly include all their students and parents in joint efforts to assure students’ academic and personal engagement and success.

The PRS EXPERIENCE

Academy Seminar
Peer Mentorship
Leadership & Volunteer Opportunities
Living & Learning Community with PRS Peers
Shared Coursework with PRS Peers

UNL Project RAÍCES Scholars Program Requirements

The UNL Project RAÍCES Scholars (PRS) program is now accepting applications for a special cohort set to begin in the Fall semester of 2024. PRS scholars will be selected from the pool of applicants who meet all the required criteria (detailed below). Additional points in the scoring process will go to students who meet the additional preferred criteria (also detailed below).

Required criteria:

Applicants hold a high school diploma from one of the following Nebraska schools: Columbus High School. Lincoln High School, Schuyler Central High School, South Sioux City High School, or Wakefield High School.
Applicants have an interest in becoming a teacher through UNL’s elementary or secondary education program.
Applicants agree to/are able to attend a two-week summer course for all PRS scholars on UNL campus in July 2024 (July 15-July 26).

Preferred criteria

Applicants are first generation college students.
In addition to English, applicants are fluent in a language that is spoken in their home community.

Priority Deadline to apply is October 30th, 2023 at 5:00pm.

Applicants accepted into the UNL Project RAÍCES Scholars (PRS) program will be awarded a scholarship (including tuition, housing & meal plan, book stipend (and laptop computer in year 1)) for up to 4 years of continuous enrollment in a CEHS teacher-education approved program.

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