{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.hydesmith.senate.gov/wicker-hyde-smith-encourage-students-apply-us-senate-youth-program-1", "WICKER, HYDE-SMITH ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO APPLY FOR U.S. SENATE YOUTH PROGRAM", "2020-10-15", "2020", "2020-10", "Republican", "House", "MS", "Cindy Hyde-Smith", "H001079", "www.hydesmith.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WICKER, HYDE-SMITH ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO APPLY FOR U.S. SENATE YOUTH PROGRAM\nApplication Deadline is Dec. 1 for $10,000 College Scholarship Program\nWASHINGTON, D.C.  U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today encouraged Mississippi juniors and seniors involved in student leadership to apply for the 2021 U.S. Senate Youth Program (USSYP), an educational program that will provide $10,000 college scholarships to two delegates from the Magnolia State.\nA Dec. 1, 2020, application deadline has been set for the program's 59th annual Washington Week, March 14-18, 2021. Because of COVID-19 concerns, the USSYP 2021 Washington Week ONLINE will be virtual.\nThe 2021 U.S. Senate Youth Program is adapting to our current environment and going virtual. This year's program will provide a unique opportunity for our state's young leaders to engage with our nation's highest levels of government, said Wicker, who serves on the USSYP Senate Advisory Committee. I encourage every eligible student to apply for this special opportunity.\nEven as a virtual experience, the Senate Youth Program offers student leaders a chance to get firsthand exposure to our nation's leaders and the workings of the government. I encourage Mississippi's talented students to look at this valuable program and apply for the 2021 Washington Week, Hyde-Smith said.\nApplicants must be juniors or seniors and elected or appointed student officers for the 2019-2020 or the 2020-2021 academic year. Because of COVID-19, students unable to serve in qualifying leadership positions for the 2020-2021 academic year may use positions held in the previous year.\nThe selected Mississippi delegates will be among 104 student delegates overall. The Hearst Foundation fully funds this program, which provides a $10,000 college scholarship to each delegate.\nThe 2021 Washington Week ONLINE, like previous in-person programs, will connect USSYP delegates with the highest-level officials from each branch of government, including their Senators, the President, cabinet secretaries, a justice of the Supreme Court, senior members of the national media and other key policymakers.\nInterested students can visit https://www.ussenateyouth.org/ for more information. The USSYP 2021 Washington Week ONLINE brochure is available here . To apply, students should also contact their high school principal or Mississippi's state selection administrator:\nMrs. Sandra Hilliard  \nEducation Specialist, Sr.  \nMississippi Department of Education  \nshilliard@mdek12.org  (601) 359-2213  \nhttps://mdek12.org/OTL/OTC/USSYP \nMississippi's 2020 USSYP delegateswere Bobby Current of Olive Branch and Alex Stradinger of Ridgeland.\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.hydesmith.senate.gov/wicker-hyde-smith-encourage-students-apply-us-senate-youth-program-1"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.8122768960893154, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}