{"id":99530,"date":"2025-10-30T15:00:47","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T19:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/?p=99530"},"modified":"2025-10-30T15:00:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T19:00:47","slug":"breaking-new-ground-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/2025\/10\/30\/breaking-new-ground-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking New Ground Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Scholarship Amount:<\/strong> $1,500<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Scholarship Amount:<\/strong> $1,500<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Application Deadline:<\/strong> February 18, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Overview:<\/strong><br>The Breaking New Ground Scholarship, presented by Kisner Law, offers $1,500 twice a year to empower students who are determined to pursue future careers in business, transportation, or the liberal arts and sciences. This award is designed to celebrate the resilience and drive of first-generation college students who balance academic achievement with work experience while striving toward their educational goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Eligibility Requirements:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Must be a first-generation college student<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Must have a strong record of balancing school and employment during high school<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Must be committed to earning a degree at a two- or four-year college or university<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Must be at least 17 years old<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Application Requirements:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Completed online scholarship application form<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Documentation of academic and employment history<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Personal statement reflecting commitment to future goals and chosen field<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, visit the website at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jasonkisnerlaw.com\/scholarship\">https:\/\/www.jasonkisnerlaw.com\/scholarship<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scholarship Amount: $1,500 Scholarship Amount: $1,500 Application Deadline: February 18, 2026 Overview:The Breaking New Ground Scholarship, presented by Kisner Law, offers $1,500 twice a year to empower students who are determined to pursue future careers in business, transportation, or the liberal arts and sciences. This award is designed to celebrate the resilience and drive of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/2025\/10\/30\/breaking-new-ground-scholarship\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Breaking New Ground 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-99530","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\/99530","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=99530"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99530\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99531,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99530\/revisions\/99531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}