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HIGHSCHOOL
SENIORS CAN GO TO
http://www.fastweb.com
and complete the student profile for scholarships
Art
Majors Scholarship
To
request an application for this scholarship write to:
Kristin Winkowski, Program Coordinator
National Scholarship Trust Fund of the Graphic Arts
200 Deer Run Rd.
Sewickley, PA 15143
Maxwell
House Coffee Minority Scholarship
Contact:
Maxwell House Coffee
250 North Street
White Plains
NY 10625
(914) 335-2500.
William
Randolph Hearst Scholarship for Minority Students:
The Nonprofit Sector Research Fund, a grantmaking program of the Aspen
Institute in Washington, DC, annually offers the William Randolph
Hearst Endowed Scholarship. The scholarship, which is based on academic
excellence and need, is open to both undergraduate and graduate students
who are members of minority groups.
To
request an application for this scholarship write to:
Jill Blackford, Program Coordinator
The Aspen Institute
One Dupont Circle, Suite 700
Washington, DC, 20036.
Emerging
Young Artist Award
(Scholarships for California Students)
Seniors must intend to pursue a career in the visual arts,
dance, music or theater, and enroll in four-yearcollege/university
degree program in any of the noted areas.
Applicants
must demonstrate financial need. The scholarships are sponsored by
the California Alliance for Arts Education (CAAE). To receive an
application you must email CAAE at:
Medical
Library Association Scholarships: ELIGIBILITY:
Minority Scholarship. Applicants must be members of a minority group
and be entering an ALA accredited graduate library school or have
at least one half of his/her academic requirements to complete during
the first year following the granting of the scholarship.
CONTACT:
Medical Library Association
919 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 3208
Chicago, IL 60611
(312) 266-2456
National Institutes of
Health (NIH) Undergraduate Scholarship Program
The NIH Undergraduate Scholarship Program is offering competitive
scholarships to students from disadvantaged backgrounds who are committed
to careers in biomedical research. The program is primarily designed
to provide an incentive for exceptional scholars to pursue biomedical
research careers at NIH.
An
online application and information on scholarship requirements, awards,
service obligations, and the evaluation process are available at:
http://ugsp.info.nih.gov
The
USA Group Scholarship Program
The scholarship is open to high school seniors or currently enrolled
college students.
For
complete information write or call:
USA Group
30 South Meridian
Indianapolis, IN 46204-3503
317-849-6510 or
800-428-9250
For
scholarship listing go to http://www.BlackExcel.org.
Black Excel offers a college guide with over 350 major scholarships
and includes a how-to-get-the-money tutorial chapter. The "Black
Excel African American Student's College Guide," is now on sale
at Amazon.com..
Contact:
Gale Awaya McCallum
Project Director
202-223-5500
GATES
MILLENNIUM SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS NOW AVAILABLE
Washington, D.C. — Nomination guidelines and forms for the second
year of the Gates Millennium Scholars awards are now available. Educators
are invited to identify and nominate outstanding students with high
academic achievement, leadership potential and demonstrated financial
need. Nominators must act in their personal capacity; institutional
nominations will not be accepted.
Funded
by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Gates
Millennium Scholars (GMS) was established in 1999 to provide African
Americans, American Indians/Alaska Natives, Asian Pacific Americans,
and Hispanic Americans with an opportunity to complete a college education.
The
goal of the GMS is to promote academic excellence and to provide an
opportunity for thousands of outstanding students with significant
financial need, particularly those intending to study mathematics,
science, engineering, education or library science, to reach their
fullest potential.
For
more information, please contact:
Gale Awaya McCallum
phone: 202-223-5500
email: gmsp@ocanatl.org
Go
to the website for complete information or contact:
lpeters@pop.uky.edu or
call 859-257-3261.
University
of Kentucky:
Free M.B.A.
The University of Kentucky's Gatton College of Business and Economics
is awarding full scholarships to qualified African Americans to pursue
an M.B.A. degree.
For
more information, contact:
Michael Tearney, associate dean/administrator, African American
Scholars Program
University of Kentucky Gatton College of Business and Economics
Lexington, KY 40506-0034
606-257-3592
or e-mail: TEARNEY@UKCC.UKY.edu
Scholarship
to Attend a UNCF School
For over ten years, The General Mills Foundation has partnered with
the UNCF to honor the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday by celebrating
his life and vision at an annual breakfast in Minneapolis. As a project
of the holiday breakfast committee, this year, for the first time,
a scholarship is being implemented for students to attend a UNCF school.
The
US Dept of Agriculture and 17 HBCU's
Offering scholarships to attend the 17 schools to study agriculture,
food or natural resource sciences. The purpose is to increase the
number of students in those fields and to provide career opportunities
with the USDA. USDA will require one year of service for each year
of scholarship support.
Foundation,
Ron Brown Scholarship Program Award
Description The Ron Brown Scholarship is open to African-American
high school seniors who are academically talented and highly motivated.
More
Minority Job & Scholoarship Information.
Anyone who attends or plans to attend college in or around the Washington,
D.C. Metro area or who will be attending one of the Universities through
an exchange program with their college, please contact.
Erica
L. Richardson, Legislative
Assistant/Intern Coordinator
Office of Congressman Sam Gejdenson
2304 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
202-225-2076
The
United Negro College Fund(UNCF) and Revlon Professionals
l want to know "How A UNCF Scholarship Will Affect My Future."
The two organizations have joined forces to offer a scholarship for
16 -21 year old students to the 37 United Negro College Fund colleges.
Write an original essay answering this question and be eligible for
the Grand Prize, a $25,000 scholarship. Five runners up will be awarded
$5,000 in UNCF scholarships.
Send
the 150 word or less essay to:
Revlon Scholarship
PO Box 9152
Medford, NY
11763-9152
Tuskegee
University's Summer program in Computer Science
For
more information, contact:
Dr. H. Narang
Computer Science Department
Tuskegee, AL 36088
phone/fax: 334-727-8593
email: narang@acd.tusk.edu
National
Endowment of the Humanities (NEH) Summer Interns Program
Visit the website for more information. http://www.neh.gov
Purpose:
The NEH Summer Interns Program introduces promising college students
in the humanities to the programs, policies, and operations of NEH,
the federal agency charged with promoting scholarship, education,
and public programming in the humanities in the United States.
Postal
inquiries should be sent to:
Mr. Russell Wyland
National Endowment for the Humanities
1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., room 318
Washington, DC 20506
Inquiries
should be sent by email to:
rwyland@neh.gov
or by telephone at (202) 606-8391.
TDD NUMBER (FOR THE HEARING IMPAIRED ONLY) IS 202/606-8282.
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