Spike Lee in partnership with GERSH Agency, provides Atlanta University Center Consortium (AUCC) students with up to $25,000 of student academic debt relief, industry mentors, (paid) post-graduate internships, career readiness, and potential full-time employment.
CRITERIA:
Must be a junior or senior from the AUCC – Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College or Spelman College;
All academic majors are eligible;
Must be a full-time junior or senior with a cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA) 2.75 or better;
Demonstrate good character, community and campus citizenship;
Submit a copy of your current college transcript (unofficial is acceptable);
Provide a personal statement on the following question: What has caused the greatest impact in your life?;
Provide an 2-to-3 minute video on the following question related to your personal statement: How will you use that impact/experience to make a difference in your community and in our vastly, unpredictable and changing global world?;
Submit a copy of your resume with three references. References must be from the following sources: former/current employer, volunteer agency/organization, clergy person, professor, student leader, advisor, and school administrator.
PROCESS:
Application deadline April 1, 2023;
Prior to acceptance into the SPIKE FOLLOWS PROGRAM – candidates will be contacted via personal/campus email to schedule an interview;
Gersh Campus Visit the week of March 13, 2023;
Selections and reference checks the week of April, 17, 2023;
Final candidates must intern/work at the Gersh Agency, Inc. located in New York or Los Angeles.
