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The Dr. Rhonda Simpson
Memorial Scholarship

The Dr. Rhonda Simpson Memorial Scholarship has been established in the memory and honor of our colleague, friend and teacher in the Mindfulness Coaching School.

With gratitude, we honor who she was as a teacher, a medical doctor, an integrative practitioner, a visionary coach and an activist. Dr. Simpson passed away on February 9, 2018. She is missed….

 

The Simpson Scholarship is specifically for individuals who identify as Black Indigenous People of Color.

The scholarship covers one STRETCH class or two standard classes of the recipients choice.

Criteria:

The Simpson Scholarship is specifically for individuals who identify as Black Indigenous People of Color. Other considerations are race, socio-economic status, and sexual orientation.

Priority will be given to those applicants who are currently making a difference in the communities they serve, and who have a practical plan about where and how coaching skills will be engaged.

Consideration of an applicant’s potential to learn from and to contribute to the MCS community of learning, will also be a factor in the selection process.

Applications for the Scholarship will be reviewed once a year: Deadline for applications will be March 31st for both Fall and Winter semesters.

An individual may only be awarded the Simpson Scholarship once.

All classes must be completed within one year of receipt of the Scholarship. After one year, the value of the scholarship expires.

The Scholarship may not be used to request reimbursement for a class already taken, or already underway, or for private coaching through MCS.

Applicants will provide a 3-5 minute video focusing on who they are and a plan on how their studies in coaching will impact the work in their community.

Applicants may include any other information or material which they believe might be of value to Scholarship Committee to best understand their intent in making this application.

Please note:
Financial disclosure is not requested for this application.
Academic transcripts are not requested for this application.

Submit all applications to info@MindfulnessCoachingSchool.com with the subject line “Simpson Scholarship.

Application process:

Applications for the Scholarship will be reviewed once a year: Deadline for applications will be March 31st for both Fall and Winter semesters.

In both instances, ALL application materials, including letters of reference, must be received at the MCS office by the deadline. Ensuring that the complete application is received by MCS by the stated deadline, is the sole responsibility of the
applicant.

Incomplete applications will not be accepted. We encourage the applicant to confirm with MCS that all materials have been received.

An Application must include:

  • A personal statement of not more than 500 words describing:
    • Why this type of study
    • Why the Mindfulness Coaching School
    • Why now?
  • What is your vision?
    • What change you are wanting to make?
    • In your life?
    • In the lives of others?
  • What difference might this award make for your community?
    • Describe your current engagement in and contribution to the community.
    • Describe your history of learning
    • Describe how you have best learned in your community.
      (Our interest here is learning in the broadest definition and absolutely not specific to an academic setting.)
  • Applicants will provide a 3-5 minute video focusing on who they are and a plan on how their studies in coaching will impact the work in their community.
  • Two letters of reference.
    • These letters should be provided by referees who have direct experience of the applicant in relation to the Criteria named above. Referees are asked to personally send letters to the
      MCS Scholarship Committee. Applicants must not forward letters of reference on behalf of referees.
      info@MindfulnessCoachingSchool.com

Submit all applications to info@MindfulnessCoachingSchool.com with the subject line “Simpson Scholarship.