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Sharpe Community Scholars Program

Apply by May 31 at 11:59 PM (Eastern)

Limited Spaces Available for the 2023-2024 Sharpe Community Scholars cohort!

You’re invited to apply for the Sharpe Community Scholars Program, a residence-based, living-learning scholars' experience at William & Mary.

Do you have a passion for social justice and an interest in community engagement and research?

Sharpe Scholars are selected (through application) to join a tight-knit, living-learning community that offers mentoring support, faculty supervision, community-based opportunities and research development in your first year at William & Mary.

Through the Sharpe program, you will:

  • Participate in engaging seminars through a variety of departments that satisfy either the COLL100 or COLL150 curriculum requirement and involve community partnerships and integration
  • Build your skills for collaborating effectively, ethically, and responsively with others in community work and research through curated workshops and community partner visits
  • Foster transformational, collaborative learning with other students from a variety of backgrounds and identities
Plus, enjoy other benefits like priority enrollment in your first semester and the opportunity to apply for $4000 in summer research funding.
Apply By May 31 at 11:59 PM (Eastern)
Sharpe Community Scholars Program

Blow Memorial Hall
www.wm.edu/sharpe