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The Kolajo Paul Afolabi Rising Star Scholarship is a joint offering from LifeWorks Learning Center and Yea Flicker valued at $10,000. This is a merit- and need-based scholarship that will be offered to a rising 11th grader who demonstrates intellectual curiosity, a record of academic excellence, and a commitment to giving back to the community, in addition to a financial need. This scholarship will provide the recipient with the following package of services:
To apply for this scholarship, please click here for the student application and here for the parent portion of the application. To nominate a student for this scholarship, please contact Yea.
The deadline for applying to the 2019-20 Rising Star Scholarship is Friday, June 21st, 2019.
- Weekly group tutoring sessions throughout the school year at LifeWorks Learning Center
- Enrollment in an ACT or SAT preparation course
- Placement in a College Essay Writing Workshop
- Two 1-on-1 follow up sessions with LifeWorks founder, Jai Flicker, for college essay completion
- Access to all finals review sessions at LifeWorks Mill Valley and Corte Madera
- Ongoing coaching and mentoring from Yea Flicker
To apply for this scholarship, please click here for the student application and here for the parent portion of the application. To nominate a student for this scholarship, please contact Yea.
The deadline for applying to the 2019-20 Rising Star Scholarship is Friday, June 21st, 2019.
*Biography of Kolajo Paul Afolabi
Kolajo Paul Afolabi focused his career in research on helping low-income, first-generation Americans pursue higher education. Kolajo was a 2003 graduate of Brown who earned special academic honors for his studies in public policy and American institutions. After graduation from Brown, Kolajo worked in educational consulting at Policy Study Associates in Washington, DC where he continued this line of work.
In 2007, Kolajo began a doctoral program in education at Harvard. His research focused on college access and success, community colleges, financial aid, and student success programs. His dissertation was to focus on the transfer function of community colleges for low-income students. While pursuing his doctorate at Harvard, Kolajo remained connected to Providence and the Brown community by teaching as an adjunct professor at Brown in the Department of Education in the fall of 2011.
Among his many accomplishments, Kolajo served on the Editorial Board of the Harvard Educational Review and received numerous honors and awards, including the Harvard Harold A. Berry Scholarship, the Harvard University Presidential Fellowship, the Education Pioneers Fellowship, and the Taubman Center’s Frederick Lippitt Prize.
In his memory, the Harvard Graduate School of Education awarded the first Kolajo Paul Afolabi Award for Commitment to Educational Justice in 2012. The College Success program at the non-profit organization, College Visions, was also named after him in 2012.
In 2007, Kolajo began a doctoral program in education at Harvard. His research focused on college access and success, community colleges, financial aid, and student success programs. His dissertation was to focus on the transfer function of community colleges for low-income students. While pursuing his doctorate at Harvard, Kolajo remained connected to Providence and the Brown community by teaching as an adjunct professor at Brown in the Department of Education in the fall of 2011.
Among his many accomplishments, Kolajo served on the Editorial Board of the Harvard Educational Review and received numerous honors and awards, including the Harvard Harold A. Berry Scholarship, the Harvard University Presidential Fellowship, the Education Pioneers Fellowship, and the Taubman Center’s Frederick Lippitt Prize.
In his memory, the Harvard Graduate School of Education awarded the first Kolajo Paul Afolabi Award for Commitment to Educational Justice in 2012. The College Success program at the non-profit organization, College Visions, was also named after him in 2012.
