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Show Us Your True Grit Scholarship Details: Award: $2,500 scholarship to be used at a college or university of your choice Runners up: A free class at Herzing University (up to 3 credits) Deadline: October 26th, 2016 To apply for the Show Us Your True Grit Scholarship, submit an essay of 650-800 words that demonstrates your “true grit” in the face of adversity.  Send essays to Tina Shanahan (tshanahan@herzing.edu). Essays will be evaluated for Relevance to the topic (preference given to essays that refer to the novel True Grit in some way) Originality and emotional impact Quality of writing   Wednesday Oct 26th Herzing University invites you to submit an essay demonstrating your “true grit” in the face of adversity.  A limited number of scholarships for a free class at Herzing (up to 3 credits) will be awarded.  One $2,500 scholarship that can be used at any college or university will be awarded for the first place essay.  Visit the Herzing University (Kenosha) Facebook page (facebook.com/herzingkenosha) for details. Thursday Nov 3rd 6-7pm Join Herzing University in congratulating the winners of the Show Your True Grit Scholarships.  Hear a reading of the winning essay.  Discuss the book and the impact of grit on our accomplishments.  Deadline for scholarship submission is 10/26.  Visit Herzing University’s Facebook page (facebook.com/herzingkenosha) for more information. Here is the Big Read website for our area: http://www.neabigread.org/communities/?community_id=2269   Pick up copies of the novel True Grit and a schedule of area events related to the book at Herzing University in September.