Tag: Scholarships: Page 49

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Brownsville Wins $1Million Prize for Academic Gains

One of the nation’s poorest school districts, already tousled by a hurricane and nervously awaiting division by a fence being built along the U.S.-Mexican border, won the coveted $1 million Broad Prize for Urban Education last week in recognition of its academic advances.

October 21, 2008

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Flagging Economy Spurs Increase in Library Use

When the going gets tough, the tough go to the library where the books, movies and internet are free and the information empowers.

October 19, 2008

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Students Need To Know They Matter

One message that emerges in this annual “Recruitment and Retention” issue is that minority students matter, and universities committed to their success will give students the tools they need.

October 15, 2008

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MONEY AND MENTORSHIP

Benefactors of the University of South Florida Latino Scholarship Program support students in more ways than one.

October 15, 2008

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Structured For Success

The Multicultural Affairs Office weaves tools for empowering minority students into the fabric of the Wake Forest University community.

October 15, 2008

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Scholarship Lets Sudan Native Get Education

WASHINGTON, D.C. Makwei Mabioor Deng looked out the shuttle-bus window on his way to class at George Washington University and wondered aloud whether there were crocodiles in the Potomac River. Three weeks earlier, he had never been on a plane, never heard of a microwave oven, never seen a library full of books and computers. […]

October 12, 2008

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Despite Credit Crunch, Loans Still Available

Despite the economic downturn and instability of the credit markets, college students are acquiring college loans, although the qualifying criterion has become more stringent, financial aid officials say.

October 9, 2008

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All-Star Player and Wife Start Education Foundation

The Martinez Foundation, which launched September 25, aims to help more Latino students attend college and more minority students become teachers.

September 30, 2008

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Nissan Funds Educational Initiative

Nissan North America, Inc. presented the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) with a $20,000 donation to fund a new educational initiative: “El Reto Supremo Academico.”

September 30, 2008

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Obama Effigy Found Hanging From Ore. Campus Tree

Officials of a small Christian university say a life-size cardboard reproduction of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama was hung from a tree on the campus, an act that outraged students and school leaders alike.

September 25, 2008

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Grants & Gifts

ARMSTRONG ATLANTIC STATE UNIVERSITY (Ga.) has received a $360,000 grant from the University System of Georgia to participate in the USG’s Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Initiative (STEM). CALIFORNIA LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY has received a $100,000 Wal-Mart grant from the Council of Independent Colleges to help CLU recruit and retain more firstgeneration college students. CALIFORNIA STATE […]

September 17, 2008

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Hispanic Heritage Month 2008

On September 15, academic institutions and cultural groups nationwide embarked on a month-long celebration of Hispanic heritage and culture.

September 16, 2008