$10,000 Student Scholarships!
Ford PAS is pleased to announce that three $10,000 scholarships will be awarded to current Ford PAS students who attend a Ford PAS Partner college or university in the fall of 2005. One of the three scholarships will be awarded to a student entering the University of Detroit Mercy.
How to apply:
Complete information and application will be available soon on the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Web site: www.sme.org/foundation.
Deadline:
Feb. 1st 2005 (Application must be received by this date)
Details:
Two Ford PAS scholarships will be awarded to students attending any Ford PAS Partner college or university. One Ford PAS scholarship will be awarded to a student attending the University of Detroit Mercy
Each scholarship will consist of a $10,000 award to be distributed over four years at $2,500 per year (annual renewals contingent on the student continuing an approved program of study, maintenance of a 3.0 GPA and full time enrollment.
Criteria:
a) All scholarship applicants must have been enrolled in a Ford PAS Program in high school or in a Ford PAS after-school/weekend/summer program.
b) Scholarship recipients must attend a Ford PAS partner college or university. Current Ford PAS partner schools are the following:
• Arizona State University
• Milwaukee Area Technical College
• Ohio State University
• Turtle Mountain Community College
• Tuskegee University
• University of California-Berkeley
• University of Detroit Mercy
• University of Houston Downtown
• University of Michigan Dearborn
• University of New Mexico
• University of Texas Pan American
• University of Texas San Antonio
c) All applicants must be seeking a bachelor/associates degree in manufacturing engineering, industrial engineering, manufacturing technology or integrated manufacturing systems degree program
d) High school applicants must have a GPA of 3.0 or better on a 4.0 scale. Annual renewal will require a minimum GPA of 3.0
e) Scholarship would be made in accordance with the policies and procedures of the SME-EF scholarship program
f) A Ford PAS instructor must provide a letter of reference.
Good luck!
1,000 student scholarships per year to support the costs of attending a four-year accredited college or university beginning the Fall of 2005.
The award is renewable for graduate study for those scholars who choose one of the five graduate programs: math, science, engineering, education or library science.
Read on:
The Gates Millennium Scholars program is aimed at expanding access to higher education for students who reflect the diverse society in which we live. The foundation seeks to increase the number of African Americans, American Indians/Alaska natives, Asian Pacific Americans, and Hispanic Americans enrolling in and completing undergraduate and graduate degree programs. Individuals with academic promise, unmet financial need and demonstrated leadership are eligible for renewable awards. The first class of scholars entered school in fall 2000.
(From Gates Millennium Scholars Web site.) http://www.gatesfoundation.org/Education/Scholarships/
For information on applications and nominations please visit the Gates Foundation Web site at
http://www.gmsp.org/(dqedwlvwnyulixrur1bw2j45)/default.aspx
The deadline is January 14, 2005.
If you have questions, contact 1-877-690-4677 or email at info@gmsp.org.
As first appeared in Education Week, November 17, 2004. Reprinted with permission.
Business school deans at historically black colleges and universities are teaming up with private industry to implement a rigorous high school program for African-American students who plan to go to college.
The project, which will receive $100,000 in start-up funding from the Ford Motor Co., will be piloted in a handful of schools to be selected by the colleges’ Business Deans Roundtable.
The Ford Partnership for Advanced Studies will supply a college-prep curriculum in academic knowledge, interpersonal and human-performance skills, and business concepts. It was crafted with the help of the Education Development Center, a nonprofit research organization in Newton, Mass.
“It really is focused on enhancing a student’s possibility of going to college and being successful in college,” said Barron Harvey, the business dean at Howard University in Washington. “It also would probably highlight for the students who’ve not given strong consideration to college more information about the skills they will need to succeed in higher education.”
Ford also worked with the National Council of LaRaza this past summer to introduce the curriculum in high schools with large Latino populations in Kansas City, Mo.; Lancaster, Pa.; Milwaukee; and Washington.
— Kathleen Kennedy Manzo
Vol. 24, Issue 12, Page 9
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