{"id":45334,"date":"2022-03-21T17:25:27","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T23:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forum-polonia-houston.com\/?p=45334"},"modified":"2022-03-21T17:29:22","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T23:29:22","slug":"pact-scholarship-deadline-april-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forum-polonia-houston.com\/?p=45334","title":{"rendered":"PACT Scholarship Deadline &#8211; April 6"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Encourage all Polonia students to participate in the PACT Essay Contest!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"528\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/forum-polonia-houston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/PACT_scholarship_2022-528x600.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forum-polonia-houston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/PACT_scholarship_2022-528x600.png 528w, https:\/\/forum-polonia-houston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/PACT_scholarship_2022-264x300.png 264w, https:\/\/forum-polonia-houston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/PACT_scholarship_2022.png 534w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>ESSAY REQUIREMENTS<\/strong><\/li><li>Focus on one person currently living in Texas, who is either Polish or of Polish descent.<\/li><li>Include the date of the interview.<\/li><li>The title of your essay must be the name of your subject.<\/li><li>Compose a 400-700 word essay about your subject, using proper English, grammar, punctuation, and spelling. double spaced. INCLUDE YOUR WORD COUNT for essay only.<\/li><li>Include the story of their (or their ancestor\u2019s) immigration to Texas from Poland, biographical information, milestones, involvement in Polish-interest activities, organizations, and Polish cultural efforts. Discuss the subject\u2019s challenges as a Polish Texan.<\/li><li>Mention any Polish traditions the person practices and whether or not he\/she speaks Polish.<\/li><li>Discuss the person\u2019s contributions to further and strengthen Polish heritage and culture in Texas.<\/li><li>Include awards, recognitions or achievements related to your subject\u2019s Polish culture.<\/li><li>Include this person\u2019s hometown in Texas, and in Poland, if they lived there.<\/li><li>Discuss how this person has influenced you.<\/li><li>Include a bibliography.<\/li><li>Include up to 3 captioned photos (optional).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/pactx.org\/scholarships\/\">Click for FULL PACT CONTEST INFO<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Encourage all Polonia students to participate in the PACT Essay Contest! ESSAY REQUIREMENTS Focus on one person currently living in Texas, who is either Polish or of Polish descent. Include the date of the interview&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45337,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-calendar-future-events","category-events-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forum-polonia-houston.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forum-polonia-houston.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forum-polonia-houston.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forum-polonia-houston.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forum-polonia-houston.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45334"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/forum-polonia-houston.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45340,"href":"https:\/\/forum-polonia-houston.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45334\/revisions\/45340"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forum-polonia-houston.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/45337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forum-polonia-houston.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forum-polonia-houston.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forum-polonia-houston.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}