2025 Scholarship Volunteer Reviewer Application - GSBA- Washington State's LGBTQ+ Chamber of Commerce

2025 Scholarship Volunteer Reviewer Application

Thank you for your interest in helping us select the 2025 GSBA Scholar Cohort. We aim to create diverse teams of folks that best reflect our scholars. Please answer the following questions completely to better assist to that end.

A few items to note:
- Volunteers will be assigned to small teams of 4 & up to 20 applications to review.
- From those applications, teams will then narrow down their applicant group to 3-4 applicants.
- Teams will then conduct interviews of their top 3-4 applicants.
- This is all held online via Zoom.

Dates of participation are:

Wednesday, January 29, 6-7:30 p.m.: New Volunteer Orientation, or
Thursday, January 30, 6-7:30 p.m.: Returning Volunteer Orientation

and:

Friday and/or Saturday, February 14-15 – Scholar Selection Meeting (who to push thru to interviews)
Friday and/or Saturday, March 14-15 – Scholar Interview Day

If you will have a conflict on any of these dates, please consider skipping this round & passing on the opportunity to another volunteer.
Folks will start hearing back on their status by Tuesday, January 21, 2025. If you have any questions, please email morganr@thegsba.org.

Thank you again!

Fields marked with an * are required.

Contact Info

First Name *

Preferred First Name (If Applicable)

Last Name *

Pronouns *

Select all that apply

She/Her

He/Him

They/Them

Other

If other, please enter here:

Email *

Address Line 1 *

Address Line 2

City *

State *

Phone

Required Dates for Reviewer Meetings *

To volunteer as a Scholarship Reviewer, you must be able to attend meetings (via Zoom) on the following days.

Wednesday, January 29, 6-7:30 p.m.: New Volunteer Orientation, or
Thursday, January 30, 6-7:30 p.m.: Returning Volunteer Orientation
Friday & Saturday, February 14-15, 2025 – Interview Team Selection Meetings
Friday & Saturday, March 14-15, 2025 – Team Interview Days

Can you commit to being available during these dates?

Post-Secondary Education Experiences

Did you graduate from college? *

Yes

No

What degree(s) did you earn? *

Are you or will you be a first generation college graduate? *

First Gen = no one in your immediate family (mom, dad, sibling) has received a college degree.

Yes

No

n/a

What was your field of study in college? *

Enter n/a if not applicable.

Demographic Info
Every effort is made to ensure that each interview team is comprised of a diverse group of LGBTQ+ and allied supporters of our scholarship applicants. Please complete the following questions to help us form teams of scholarship reviewers with a range of academic experiences, ages, genders, races, and sexual orientations.

Age *

18-24

25-29

30-39

40-49

50-59

60-69

70+

If other, please enter here:

If other, please enter here:

Are you currently residing in or are from a rural community? *

Rural is defined as a population of less than 50,000.

Yes

No

GSBA Connection

Have you received a GSBA Scholarship (are alumni of the program)? *

Yes

No

What year(s) did you receive a GSBA Scholarship?

If you are not an alum, you may leave this blank.

Are you (or your business) a current GSBA member? *

Yes

No

Are you a current (or former) donor to the GSBA Scholarship Fund? *

Yes

No

Have you volunteered as a volunteer reviewer for GSBA before? *

Yes

No

If so, how many years have you volunteered as a reviewer? *

1-2 years

3-5 years

5+ years

n/a

How did you learn of this volunteer opportunity? *

If other, please list here:

Your Why

What inspires you to get involved with GSBA Scholarship? *

What specific skills, experiences, or attributes do you hope to contribute to your interview team? *

Think about your lived experiences, and especially related to the college experience, interviewing/hiring, project-based work, data, &/or building consensus.