{"id":99380,"date":"2025-05-14T09:36:50","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T13:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/?p=99380"},"modified":"2025-05-14T09:36:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T13:36:50","slug":"kanoski-bresney-stand-up-to-distracted-driving-scholarship-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/2025\/05\/14\/kanoski-bresney-stand-up-to-distracted-driving-scholarship-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Kanoski Bresney Stand Up to Distracted Driving Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Amount Awarded:<\/strong> $1,000 (5 awards available)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Application Deadline:<\/strong> November 12, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Overview:<\/strong><br>The Kanoski Bresney Stand Up to Distracted Driving Scholarship supports students who are passionate about raising awareness of the dangers of distracted driving. This scholarship offers five awards of $1,000 each to students who share their personal stories and creative ideas for promoting safer driving habits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Eligibility:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Must be a U.S. citizen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Must have a minimum GPA of 3.0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Must meet one of the following:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program at an accredited U.S. college or university (continuing through at least Fall 2025), or<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A high school senior who will begin college in Spring or Fall 2025<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Requirements:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A 1,000-word essay responding to the prompt: How has distracted driving affected your life? What ideas do you have to raise awareness of the dangers of distracted driving and prevent this behavior among young drivers?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Essay must be double-spaced, in 12-point font, with one-inch margins, and submitted as a .doc, .docx, or .pdf file<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Academic transcript<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Professional photograph<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Contact information including full name, phone number, mailing address, and email address<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Selection Criteria:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Originality and impact of the ideas presented<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Organization, clarity, and writing quality<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fulfillment of all eligibility and submission requirements<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For more information, visit the website at:<\/strong> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kanoski.com\/community-involvement\/distracted-driving-scholarship\">https:\/\/www.kanoski.com\/community-involvement\/distracted-driving-scholarship<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amount Awarded: $1,000 (5 awards available) Application Deadline: November 12, 2025 Overview:The Kanoski Bresney Stand Up to Distracted Driving Scholarship supports students who are passionate about raising awareness of the dangers of distracted driving. This scholarship offers five awards of $1,000 each to students who share their personal stories and creative ideas for promoting safer &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/2025\/05\/14\/kanoski-bresney-stand-up-to-distracted-driving-scholarship-7\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Kanoski Bresney Stand Up to Distracted Driving Scholarship&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4846,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4846"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99380"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99381,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99380\/revisions\/99381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}