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• Hi there, I am curious what you decided to do?! We too have gender specific scholarships and we ask that information up front. I have thought about asking "what gender do you self identify with" or since a few of our scholarships are specifically for women, asking "do you identify as a female?". I was taking a survey the…

  in Gender versus Pronouns?? Comment by StefanieOBrien March 2022
• Hello @KristenBertrand! We are sure to send an email reminder of the due date for scholarships twice. A week before the due date and the day before. It's a super easy way to just give that gentle nudge for students who are probably trying to keep track of many due dates! Great question and hope that helps you!…

  in Do you remind your scholarship applicants of the due date? Comment by StefanieOBrien March 2022
• This is interesting. At ACF, I just ADDED a parent/guardian section. Students need to acknowledge if they are under the age of 18 and the parent/legal guardian needs to also e-sign the application and give us their contact information. We also added that applicants give ACF a "Secondary Contact" which needs to be an adult,…

  in Parent/Guardian Certification Comment by StefanieOBrien November 2021
• Hi all, We used to ask for students to self identify their gender. We now ask that they self-identify their preferred pronouns. Instead of asking "other" we provide a selection named "let me tell you" where they can provide their preference. The gender list was starting to become quite long so the preferred pronouns seemed…

  in Gender versus Pronouns?? Comment by StefanieOBrien October 2021
• Hello everyone! I am from the BIGGEST state of the nation! Looking forward to connecting. Stefanie O'Brien Senior Program Officer of Grants & Scholarships Alaska Community Foundation sobrien@alaskacf.org

  in West Coast Clients Represent! Comment by StefanieOBrien September 2021