MFHS senior seeking scholarship to NYC design school, needs community help
Cobey Lusinger
“When he told me last year he wanted to go to Parsons, I said, ‘What’s Parsons?’” Lusinger informed his mom it’s one of the top 5 design schools in the world. “He was humbled even to be accepted.”
Lusinger is bound for the scholars program at Parsons, which came with an $8,000 scholarship. He has completed a video as an additional, competitive scholarship project. Winning would “eliminate financial stress” for his family, he explains in his video. It would pay for all or half of his tuition (two scholarships are being offered).
That’s where community help comes in.
By visiting the link at the end of this story and commenting, liking and sharing Lusinger’s YouTube video, members of the community could help send a local man to one of the top design schools in the nation for free.
“He already has a good chance, we just want to boost him up there and give him a better chance,” Stacks said.
Judges will weigh the video’s content and merit, comments, number of views, likes and dislikes, Stacks explained.
Lusinger said popularity “is not the ultimate decider on winning, but they recommend getting as many views as possible because it speaks to the ability to publicize yourself, get your name out there, and advertise the school.”
He faces an uphill battle competing against people from larger communities and, by extension, more social media connections.
“I saw some people uploaded their videos a few days ago and already have 5,000 views,” he said.
Stacks is “hoping he will be picked because of content, not just popularity.”
She could not believe her eyes when she saw her son’s finished product.
“I thought, ‘Where did that come from? That was awesome,’” she said. “I thought he did a great job; of course, I’m biased.”
For more on this story, see Friday's Highlander.
View Lusinger’s video with this link (www.youtube.com/watch?v=y91r7O7NWL0&feature=share), or click on the link on the Highlander website or Facebook page.
