LIVE SESSION FOR SCHOLARSHIP PROVIDERS
Office Hours
Bring the scholarship problem you're stuck on. Julia and Erika will work through as many as they can, live.
Tuesday, November 10, 2026 · 12:30 pm EST/9:30 am PST
60 minutes, live on Zoom · Recorded · Free
Bring the problem you haven’t solved
Every scholarship program has a problem that comes up again each cycle. The application asks for more than the committee uses. A fund gets no applicants. Reviewers are hard to recruit. A donor wants something the program can't do. Students are changing yet you want to keep up. In most organizations, one person is left to work it out alone.
This hour is for that problem. Bring your question, and Julia Da Silva and Erika Orsulak will work through as many as the hour allows. You’ll also hear the questions other providers bring, and many of them will apply to your program as well.
The session is open to anyone who runs or supports a scholarship program, including foundations, colleges and universities, nonprofits, or other types of scholarship providers.
How it works
Send your question ahead of time or ask it live. You can add your question when you register, or bring it to the session.
Real programs, real answers. We take questions in the order they come and give each one a specific answer, not a general one.
No slides and no pitch. The full hour goes to your questions.
Who you’ll hear from
This is office hours, not a presentation. Julia and Erika have spent much of their careers running and advising scholarship programs, and they’ll answer your questions directly.
Julia Da Silva
Founding Partner, Students First Consulting
Erika Orsulak
Founding Partner, Students First Consulting
Come with the problem you’re stuck on
Spend an hour with two people who work only on scholarship programs. No slides, no pitch.
About Students First Consulting
Students First Consulting is the only consulting firm focused exclusively on scholarship programs. We've worked with nearly 60 organizations and bring decades of experience in scholarship philanthropy.