Melissa Weeks Business & Marketing Excellence Scholarship

The Melissa Weeks Business & Marketing Excellence Scholarship is an annual award offered by SociallyInfused Media Ltd. in memory of Melissa Weekes, who exhibited a kind spirit and willingness to help others as an independent and successful businesswoman. The scholarship provides $1,000 to support students pursuing education in business and marketing fields. The scholarship requires applicants to write a creative essay of 1000+ words on the topic 'How Digital Marketing Will Change in the 2020s.' The essay must be published online for public consumption on a student blog, personal website, or public blog platform. Applicants must demonstrate originality and imagination in their thinking about the future of digital marketing. The award is open to undergraduate students from any faculty at the University of Calgary, with no restrictions on year of study or citizenship. The scholarship rewards creative thinking and aims to help support budding creative minds with the cost of education, recognizing that traditional education costs can be out of reach for many young people.