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Phoenix Burton Barr Library to host scholarship expo for high schoolers

Phoenix Public Library will host its second annual scholarship expo for high school seniors on Feb. 1. 

Program administrator Judy Reno said last year’s expo attracted nearly 300 students and guardians.

“Students were able to get connected with great funding opportunities, including a scholarship lab hosted by the Arizona Community Foundation, so that students could leave having applied to a portal of more than a hundred scholarships,” she told a council subcommittee.

The event will include presentations and scholarship representatives. The program is part of College Depot at Burton Barr Central Library. College Depot offers no-fee planning services for middle and high school students and adults to earn GEDs or high school diplomas and apply for apprenticeships, trade schools, colleges and universities.

Scholarship expo

4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Feb. 1.

Deborah J. Dillon Auditorium, second floor of Burton Barr Central Library, 1221 N. Central Avenue in Phoenix.

4:30-5:15 p.m.: A panel with representatives from the Flinn Foundation, Arizona Community Foundation, and Earn to Learn will host a presentation and discussion featuring "Anatomy of a Scholarship" and "Writing Scholarship Essays."

5:15-6:30 p.m.: Meet and greet with scholarship representatives, community organizations and College Depot staff, or high school seniors can receive hands-on scholarship application assistance in College Depot's adjacent digital classroom.

As a senior field correspondent, Christina Estes focuses on stories that impact our economy, your wallet and public policy.