By Associated Press - Sunday, March 2, 2014

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Organizers of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s 38th annual Modern Language Fair are calling for entries into the $1,000 scholarship essay contest.

Junior and senior high school students can compete for four $1,000 scholarships in the essay contest. The contest is open to students who will enroll at UNL and declare a major in French, German or Spanish. To enter, students submit a 300-word essay written in Spanish, French or German around this year’s theme: “How will a degree in modern languages help me achieve my future goals?”

The submission deadline is Friday.

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The fair will be conducted April 10 in the Nebraska Union, 14th and R streets.

For more details, go online to https://go.unl.edu/abm or contact Shannon Parry at 402-472-7032 or sparry3@unl.edu.

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