Jason Dernay Case Study

Jason Dernay is a current senior at Lakeland High School, employee of the Huron Valley School District, international theatre advocate, aspiring philanthropist, and a current applicant for the Highland-White Lake Business Association Scholarship. As he is reaching the college age, Jason is deciding between attending Western Michigan University and University of Michigan to study within their Bachelor of Fine Arts Acting and Bachelor of Science Statistics degree programs with the goal of working within the realm of equity level acting and syndicate representation while spending his personal time developing a charity focused around improving the living conditions and providing goods, services, and opportunities for the underprivileged and homeless. On a more
Recently, Jason has ran for and volunteered as head of the Michigan Thespian Society, Michigan Educational Theatre Association, Michigan Thespian Festival, Michigan Thespian Leadership Camp, and been proud to foster and grow the community of theatre within the state of Michigan. Locally, he has been President of several clubs within the school, works within his school district as a Lead Technician for the C.P.A., and enjoys being a part of the school track and field team while also balancing four AP classes, an advanced language course, and an internship. Above all else, Jason enjoys learning new things, whether it be about Kinesiology or statistics of the changing stock market, he always seeks to know more, improve himself, and improve the world around him. Jason would also like to thank the generous Highland-White Lake Business Association for allowing him the opportunity to apply for the chance to receive a scholarship and further his education that he so desperately loves in hopes that he will be capable of giving back to support those like him, and perhaps even those unlike him, in the near