CSU Colorado resident students who have participated in Key Communities or Student Leadership, Involvement, and Community Engagement, “SLiCE” programs  are eligible to apply and will be selected through a competitive process 

 

The Puksta Scholar Program is a community engagement program that is has scholarship component.   Our vision is to: “Develop and support world class civic and community minded student leaders who make a significant positive impact on campus, and in the local and global community”. The program is funded by the Puksta Educational Foundation, a non-profit, educational foundation started as the last will and testament of Harry and Eva Puksta. The foundation's mission is to provide financial resources to upstanding, civic and socially minded Colorado students attending college in the state of Colorado.

 

Through their projects, training, and support from the program, CSU Puksta scholars will develop the skills, knowledge, attitudes, and experiences necessary to become change agents and active leaders in the global community.

 

Scholars are typically selected from Key Communities or SLiCE programs at the end of their first year to commit the remaining years of undergraduate work to their studies and their Puksta service project.

 

Supported through a gift from the Puksta Foundation, http://pukstafoundation.org/ the Scholars commit to serving and giving back. They have developed a wide ranging list of engagement and service projects including collaboration on the CSU Dream Project and helping to create Student Parent Programs at the Adult Learner and Veteran Services office. Scholars also are working towards making an impact internationally through clean water projects and other efforts.

 

In addition to a strong CSU community, students also connect with Puksta Scholars at the University of Colorado-Boulder, and the University of Denver.