Thank you to our community for your support throughout the 2022-23 academic year! Your support is vital in our work to ensure all residents have access to our state’s best jobs, and our companies have the diverse, local talent they need to innovate for the world. 

This year, we surpassed 8,000+ Opportunity Scholars graduating into high-demand careers in Washington state since WSOS was formed in 2011. This includes more than 1,000 engineers, 1,100 health care workers, and 1,100 computer scientists in Washington state.

We are so excited to step into the next academic year with our community, Opportunity Scholars, and partners! Below are some key dates in the upcoming year when we can collaborate and work together to improve education access and strengthen the Washington state workforce, together.

Key Dates  

Partners & Community

• OpportunityTalks: May 2024 
• Sign up to be a Skills that Shine mentor:
  • Opportunity to support Baccalaureate Scholars: Now until October! (Another opportunity will be available in February 2024) 
  • Opportunity to support Career & Technical Scholars: January 2024

Prospective Opportunity Scholars

• Apply for a Washington State Opportunity Scholarship 
  • Baccalaureate Scholarship: January 2024 
  • Career & Technical Scholarship: September 2023, January 2024, April 2024 
  • Graduate Scholarship: April 2024 

Current Opportunity Scholars

• Sign up for a Skills that Shine mentor 
  • Baccalaureate Scholars: Late September 2023 (Information session for Skills that Shine on September 26)
  • Career & Technical Scholars: January 2024 
• Sign up to become a Scholar Lead 
  • Baccalaureate Scholars: March 2024 
  • Career & Technical Scholars: January 2024  

Baccalaureate Scholars, learn more about required and optional dates on our new Scholars Milestones webpage.