Each year, Urban Word NYC is proud to award a full four-year scholarship to the University of Wisconsin’s dynamic First Wave Spoken Word and Urban Arts Learning Community. First Wave is a cutting-edge multicultural artistic program for incoming students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Bringing together young artists and leaders from across the U.S., the First Wave program offers students the opportunity to live, study, and create together in a close-knit, dynamic campus community. Administered by the Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives (OMAI), the First Wave Learning Community is the first university program in the country centered on spoken word and hip-hop culture. The First Wave scholarship is offered through Urban Word NYC’s partnership with the Knicks Poetry Slam Series. Each fall, interested high school seniors will participate in Creatively College Bound workshops to prepare all application materials for the program. Culminating with the “Reason I Write” Essay Contest, students will have a chance to win by exploring the impact of the written and spoken word on their lives. The scholarship winner will be honored at the Knicks Poetry Slam Finals, as well as on court during a New York Knicks game. For more information about the First Wave program visit: To enter the “Reason I Write” contest for a chance to win a full scholarship to First Wave, sign up with Urban Word NYC signup@urbanwordnyc.org or visit www.knickspoetryslam.com |