{"id":4175,"date":"2025-09-29T10:31:56","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T14:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/business\/?page_id=4175"},"modified":"2025-10-09T13:12:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T17:12:53","slug":"student-opportunity-fund","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/business\/student-opportunity-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Opportunity Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>Ellyn A. McColgan Student Opportunity Fund<\/strong> provides financial support to Feliciano School of Business students and faculty for immersive, hands-on learning experiences that build leadership skills\u2014especially for students with financial need.<\/p>\n<p>Experiential learning strengthens career readiness by connecting students with companies and professionals through field trips, internships, research, global experiences, case competitions, and conferences. These opportunities enhance r\u00e9sum\u00e9s, build confidence, and extend learning beyond the classroom.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve ever thought, <em><strong>\u201cI\u2019d love to do this, but I can\u2019t afford it,\u201d<\/strong><\/em> the Student Opportunity Fund may be able to help.<\/p>\n<p>\u25cf Individual Student Information and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/business\/student-opportunity-fund-student-application\/\"> Applications<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u25cf Faculty, Staff, and Student Club Information and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/business\/student-opportunity-fund-faculty-staff-application\/\">Applications<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This fund is made possible by a generous gift from Montclair alumna Ellyn A. McColgan, whose dedication to expanding experiential opportunities inspires students to pursue ambitious career goals.<\/p>\n<h3>Contact Us<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Juliet Jones, Business Partnerships and Experiential Learning Coordinator<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:jonesju@montclair.edu\">jonesju@montclair.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2025\/10\/Guidelines-for-the-McColgan-SOF-1.pdf\">Full guidelines<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ellyn A. McColgan Student Opportunity Fund provides financial support to Feliciano School of Business students and faculty for immersive, hands-on learning experiences that build leadership skills\u2014especially for students with financial need. Experiential learning strengthens career readiness by connecting students with companies and professionals through field trips, internships, research, global experiences, case competitions, and conferences. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":359,"featured_media":3148,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4175","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/359"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4175"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4283,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4175\/revisions\/4283"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}