Excellent speaking and writing skills are required. The recipient of the scholarship will receive and be required to perform a paid environmental studies internship in central Long Island for the summer season of 2000. The internship will start one week after recipient s school closes and the recipient will be required to work until one week prior to the start of the fall semester. Applicants will be judged on academic performance, community service, involvement with field related organizations, leadership skills, personal philosophy, diversity of interest and future employment intention. Semifinalists will be selected based on review of the attached application.
Additional sheets are acceptable if required.
All applications must include a copy of an official college transcript which must be forwarded to The Foundation for Long Island State Parks - Long Island State Parks Environmental Scholarship Committee, Belmont Lake State Park. Mr. Gary Lawton and received by the committee no later than December 10, 1999. Semifinalists will be required to attend an interview at the Long Island State Parks Regional Office in Babylon. N.Y., which will be conducted between January 3 and January 18, 2000. Transportation will be the responsibility of each semifinalist.