Oconee students get UNG scholarships

The University of North Georgia awarded Oconee County Resident Scholarships to six graduating high school seniors planning to attend any of UNG's five campuses in the fall.

The students who received scholarships are: Madeline "Maddie" Magrino, of Oconee County High School and a pre-nursing major; Ethan Brown, of OCHS and an undeclared major; Itaska "Tassie" Garrett, of North Oconee High School and an undeclared major;Jacob Odum, of NOHSand who plans to major in biology and pre-occupational therapy; Brooke Keller, of NOHS and aspecial education major; Anna Elizabeth Wommack, of Prince Avenue Christian Academy and who plans to be a pre-pharmacy major.

Each scholarship is worth $1,000 and is renewable up to two years ($2,000 total). The scholarships were awarded on the basis of academic performance, service to school and community, and, in some cases, personal circumstances.

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Scholarships presented

The Scottish Rite Masons of the Valley of Steubenville presented $7,000 in scholarship money and framed scholarship certificates to seven local students during a dinner ceremony held May 7 and featuring entertainment by the Country and Bluegrass Extravaganza. Scholarship recipients and their colleges included, front, from left, Madeline R. Metcalf, Valley of Steubenville Scholarship, John Carroll University; Hanna L. Westlake, Valley of Steubenville Scholarship, Kent State University; and Haley Gorney, Abbott Scholarship, University of Akron; and back, Paige Benline, Abbott Scholarship, Ohio University, Lancaster; and Luke A. Dillahunt, Valley of Steubenville Scholarship, Lee University. Thomas Lancaster, West Virginia Wesleyan College, and Matthew R. Craven, Ohio University, also were Valley of Steubenville scholarship recipients. Scottish Rite Masons emphasize fraternal relations and philosophy within Freemasonry. Their 109 geographical units of the Northern Jurisdiction of Scottis h Rite include more than 360,000 members in a 15-state region.-- Contributed
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James Wu, second Gates Millennium Scholarship winner, will attend Ivy League's Columbia University with all expenses paid

With plans to work on Wall Street someday, James Wu will first complete his undergraduate degree at Columbia University in New York City, thanks to the Gates Millennium Scholarship.

"I was in shock. It felt unreal," said Wu, 18, describing the feeling when he found out he was one of 1,000 students in the U.S. to receive the prestigious scholarship this year, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. "It's such an honor and privilege to have gotten the scholarship. It means the world to me."

The 2016 graduate of Washburn Rural High School will have all tuition and expenses paid in full as he works for a bachelor's degree in financial engineering with a minor in computer science. Up to this point in his young life, Wu said his mother has been his "biggest encouragement."

"She always pushed me and motivated me to achieve something that she never had the opportunity to have," he said, "especially an Ivy League education. We're very excited."

The Gates Millennium Scholarship was established in 1999 to allow minority students to pursue undergraduate degrees in several science and technology-related fields at the college of their choice. According to Columbia's website, the estimated cost of tuition for the 2015-16 school year is $69,084, which includes tuition and fees, room and board, books and personal expenses. Wu said the scholarship will also cover his travel costs.

The first in his family to leave Kansas to attend college, Wu said the all-expenses paid education will allow him to focus on getting his degree to eventually promote investment in renewable energy or become an investment banker at a Wall Street bank.

Wu said the relatively small Columbia campus, with an estimated 6,000 undergraduate students, is a "good fit" for him.

"It's a nice community," he said. "It's a tight-knit community. Everybody is very close. It felt right."

Wu said his love for computers began growing soon after being introduced to robotics in the Wanamaker Elementary gifted program.

"That's where I started getting an interest in computer science," he said. "I remember one of the projects that we did was to assemble a robot in less than an hour and program that robot and bring it into competition. That was very exciting for me. That's what sparked my initial interest in computer science."

But Wu's fierce competitive nature later permeated into policy debate and forensics when he reached Washburn Rural High School. In addition to serving as his debate team's president, he is a three-time national qualifier in policy debate, crediting his coaches, Cynthia Burgett and Tim Ellis, for his success, describing them as "the absolute best."

"I feel so privileged to have gotten the chance to work with them over the past couple of years," he said, "because they definitely are part of the best coaching staff in Kansas for sure."

Wu also credits his debate partner, Laura Nicolae, who plans to pursue a double major in mathematics and economics at Harvard this fall, for his debate achievements.

"It's such a privilege to go out and debate with her every weekend," he said. "We're both very, very competitive as it is. We like to go out and win tournaments."

Wu and Alexis Tibbits of Topeka High School, are the only two Shawnee County students to have won the Gates Millennium Scholarship this year.

According to the foundation's website, the other Kansas recipients include Kailey Davis, Hiawatha High School; Brianna Barrientos, South High School (Wichita); Amanda Conway, Hill City Jr.-Sr. High; Zainab Dafalla, Wyandotte High School; George Ibarra, Liberal High School; Rogelio Martinez, North High School (Wichita); Tavian Smith, Northeast Magnet High School and Darion Stafford, Washington High School (Kansas City, Kan.).

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“Get To Know M.E.” to award scholarships to local college students

EDWARDSVILLE — Three universities in southern Illinois are set to participate in the "Get to Know M.E." campaign's scholarship program. Two students in each of the schools will $2,000 scholarships.

Lindenwood University-Belleville, McKendree University in Lebanon and Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in Edwardsville are the three participating institutions.

All students applying for the "Get to know m.e." Scholarship must meet all the following non-negotiable conditions:

1. All recipients of this scholarship must be residents of the Metro-East at the time of application and already enrolled as full-time students (minimum 12 credit hours) in good standing at one of the universities listed on the application;

2. Student must submit a GTKME application and required essay to the mailing address or website listed below before deadline date to be eligible for the scholarship. The scholarship will be applied during the academic semester immediately following the application submission and will be awarded for spring semester 2017 only;

3. Students must be deemed in good standing within the university guidelines to which they are applying;

4. This scholarship award must be used for the specified semester as indicated on this application. There is no exception; this will be evaluated at time of awarding;

5. This scholarship award may be superseded by any other tuition-only grant or scholarships received by the student;

6. This scholarship award pays tuition, fees, and books only;

7. All scholarship materials must be received (postmarked) no later than Oct. 15, 2016;

8. Students must intend to complete a degree or certificate at one of the universities listed on the application to receive the GTKME scholarship award.

Applications for the "Get to know m.e." scholarship can be found online at http://www.get2knowthemetroeast.com/projects/scholarship. If you have difficulty accessing the application or have questions, please contact [email protected]

The "Get to know m.e." campaign's organizers state it was launched "to help bring awareness to everyone living in and out of the St. Louis Metro-East area to get to know the outstanding cities and communities east of the Mississippi River, the abundant resources they have to offer, the welcoming people and their way of life."

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Deadline moved up for Lilly Scholarship

The 2017 Switzerland County Lilly Endowment Community Scholar will be announced early beginning in the 2016-2017 school year.

Next year's winner of the scholarship will be announced in early December of 2016. Previous scholarship recipients were identified in March of the year they graduated from high school.

The change in the timeline affects all Indiana community foundations, including the Community Foundation of Switzerland County.

The advanced timeline is the result of a "compelling recommendation" from community foundations who participated in a statewide evaluation of the program conducted by Lilly Endowment in 2015. During the evaluation process, a number of community foundations suggested that identifying Lilly Scholars earlier in the school year would give more time for them to decide which college or university to attend.

The Community Foundation of Switzerland County, Inc. is adjusting its timeline for choosing a local scholar. The Foundation's voluntee r Scholarship Committee members are currently meeting to review its scholarship criteria and selection process to ensure it is compatible with the new deadline.

The Foundation will make the online Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship application for 2017 graduates available in early August, 2016 at the latest. Completed applications will be due at 3 p.m. on September 1st, 2016.

In addition, the College Costs Estimator portion of the application will have an earlier deadline of August 10th. An Estimator must be completed in order to apply for the Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship.

One Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship will continue to be awarded in Switzerland County. The scholarship will provide full tuition for four years of undergraduate study leading to a baccalaureate degree, all required fees, and up to $900 a year for required books and equipment. It does not pay for room and board.

If you have any questions about the Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship or the Community Foundation in general, please contact Pam Acton or Melissa Andrew at (812) 427-9160 or info@cfsci.org.

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Get Cash for College Easily Via Scholarships on Social Media

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Reviewing Nigeria’s overseas scholarship policies

The recent global economic crunch sequel to the collapse of international price of crude oil has exposed the soft belly of improperly articulated policies of Nigerian administrations over the years. The visible manifestations of this global crisis in Nigeria are the non payment of workers' salaries, collapse of infrastructure, and increasing incidence of violent crimes including armed robbery and kidnapping. In its more subtle but by no means, not less significant form is the default of the various tiers of governments in their international financial commitments including payment of stipends and school fees in respect of Nigerian students who are on federal and state scholarships. This has left many students in very dire straits, in danger of starvation and eviction and possible deportation to their father land without accomplishing the mission of a life time! The plight of 350 students of Rivers State extraction, studying abroad under the auspices of the State's overseas sch olarship scheme seem to have made headlines in both local and international tabloids.

First indication of problem with payments of stipends and other entitlement emerged in June 2015 when the newly elected governor of Rivers State, Barrister Nyesom Wike signalled his intention to review the overseas scholarship scheme initiated by his predecessor Mr. Rotimi Amaechi. The reason is the dwindling resources at the disposal of the state government and what he termed "perceived scam". By December 2015, it was obvious that the Rivers State government would no longer continue to fund the overseas scholarship programme and had concluded plans to repatriate beneficiaries except those in their final year of study. The extent of the problem nationwide may never be fully appreciated. In June last year, the President of Ijaw Youth Council Worldwide, Mr. Udengs Eradiri suggested that over 6,000 Niger Delta students mainly of Ijaw extraction are highly distressed over the inability of the sponsoring governments to pays the fees and stipends. If we estimate that over 20, 000 Ni gerian students may be benefiting from the overseas scholarship scheme nationwide, at an average rate of about N5, 000,000 per student per annum for both undergraduate and post graduate programmes, this may translate into about N100 billion annually! This represents a huge capital flight from the Nigerian government into the educational system of the benefiting foreign universities at the detriment of our local institutions. Many of the beneficiaries of the Nigerian scholarship programmes never return to Nigeria at the completion of their studies, preferring to secure appointment in their host countries. This contributes to the perpetual brain drain that is characteristic of the developing countries and the perpetually poor staffing position of the public and private institutions at home. Incidentally, the little fund available is frittered away through corrupt practices and funding of an over bloated and incompetent administrative machinery.

Fifty years after independence and about as many years of overseas training of young Nigerians in advanced institutions in the West, the Nigerian tertiary institutions still remain grossly understaffed and ill equipped. Those that have benefitted from the cutting edge training in the West loathe returning to the crude conditions that still persist at home. We would need to change the picture on ground if we must move forward. With the yawning gap between the conditions of study at home and abroad, no normal thinking person would choose to return to Nigeria after studying abroad. The current situation when the nation cannot afford to fund the overseas scholarship is a golden opportunity to look inwards and improve on the facilities in Nigerian institutions.

The available funds must be used to upgrade the existing institutions, at least to standards comparable to some of the ones we throng to abroad. The existing funds could be made to go a long way by reducing the administrative burden by cutting down on an over-bloated and highly inefficient administrative work force which consumes a huge chunk of the available funds. This is in line with the recommendations of the NEEDS assessment report on the nation's universities calling for an immediate reorganization of the Registry and Bursary departments of Nigerian universities to produce leaner, more effective and professional units. But worse still is the brazen corruption that is characteristic of many Nigerian universities with inflated contracts, innumerable ghost workers, and unauthorized purchase of vehicles, all at the expense of funding academic programmes. Monies collected from different categories of students never manage to trickle down to the academic facilities like the clas srooms and the laboratories which are perennially overcrowded and devoid of functional equipment. An improvement in the operating environment at home would at least entice some of the students trained abroad to return home. Many trained in some of the best universities in the West have been rendered absolutely ineffective by the absolute desolation in the establishments we call universities here in Nigeria. The occasion of the economic collapse is an opportunity to deemphasize overseas training and refocus on rebuilding the Nigerian university system, to provide facilities for training effective manpower locally!

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