The city is getting a boost from two donors for its nascent effort to encourage public school kids to go to college.

Wells Fargo plans to donate $300,000 toward New Haven Promise, the company announced in a press release Wednesday. A second donor, Yale-New Haven Hospital, will contribute an unspecified amount as well.

Wells Fargo’s contribution will go toward a new partnership between the public schools and an outfit called College Summit, according to Kevin Burke, a commercial loan officer and senior vice president with the bank.

College Summit is working to create a “College Corps” of volunteers, including local graduates, who will go “door to door” to work with families to get their kids ready for college. It will help students write essays and fill out applications, and develop a new college readiness curriculum for grades K to 12.

Only 50 percent of New Haven Public School graduates enroll in a second year of college within two years of graduating from high school, according to the most recent data. The district has set a goal to boost that number to 55 percent for current high school seniors, and another 5 percent for each subsequent grade.

The College Summit piece aims to support the main component of New Haven Promise, a scholarship program that guarantees up to full college tuition for city high schoolers who keep a 3.0 grade point average and show up to class. New Haven Promise is funded by Yale University and the Community Foundation For Greater New Haven.

Burke said the donation comes from the Wells Fargo Foundation, which focuses on tackling the achievement gap in grade school and supporting secondary education.

The bank plans to make a formal announcement on Friday at 10 a.m. at the Metropolitan Business Academy.

The contribution comes as the bank takes on a greater philanthropic role in New Haven on the heels of a merger with Wachovia bank.

The Wells Fargo Foundation also made a $30,000 contribution in the fall to support a “middle college” initiative run by Gateway Community College, Burke announced in a press event Tuesday. The donation expands a pilot program that has been going on at the Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School, where 25 ninth and 10th graders get extra tutoring and take classes at Gateway for credit. With the extra money, the school district is expanding the program to James Hillhouse High and New Haven Academy.

Gateway officials accepted a ceremonial check (pictured) for that contribution Tuesday. Gateway President Dorsey Kendrick, who just got appointed to the New Haven Promise board, said the middle college program helps kids earn up to 35 college credits, and prepares them by completing remedial work before starting college.

“Success is about completion,” Kendrick said.

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The 2010-2011 UA recipients of The Coca-Cola First Generation Scholarship program gathered for a luncheon in their honor Tuesday in Smith Hall. The scholarship is reserved for those who are the first in their family to attend college, and this is the fifth year the University has hosted the nationwide program.

The scholarship amounts to $5,000 per year and is renewable for four years if a student maintains a 2.8 GPA throughout his or her freshman year and a 3.0 GPA in the years following, according to ua.edu.

Additionally, the website states, recipients are granted eligibility to participate in services provided by Student Support Services, which caters exclusively to first-generation college students. Recipients also gain a support system as they adjust to college life. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program 2011( more information about bank scholarship)

In 1987, the World Bank, with funding from the Government of Japan, established the World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program (WBGSP) for graduate studies in subjects related to economic development. Each year, the program awards scholarships to individuals from World Bank member countries to undertake graduate studies at renowned universities throughout member countries of the Bank.

Now in its 23d year, the Regular program has awarded 3,153 scholarships, selected from 58,944 applicants. In addition, 1,226 scholarships have been awarded in the various JJ/WBGSP Partnership Programs for a total of 4,379 awards. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Google Policy Fellowship for Students Eligible to Work in the United States from scholarship program

Study Subject: Internet and Technology Policy
Employer: Google
Level: Undergraduate, Graduate, Master’s, PhD

scholarship Description: The Google Policy Fellowship program was inspired by Google’s Summer of Code with a public policy twist. The Google Policy Fellowship program offers undergraduate, graduate, and law students interested in Internet and technology policy the opportunity to spend the summer contributing to the public dialogue on these issues, and exploring future academic and professional interests.

Fellows will have the opportunity to work at public interest organizations at the forefront of debates on broadband and access policy, content regulation, copyright and trademark reform, consumer privacy, open government, and more. Participating organizations are based in either Washington, DC, San Francisco, CA, Ottawa or Toronto, Canada and include: American Library Association, Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic, Center for Democracy and Technology, Citizen Lab, Competitive Enterprise Institute, Creative Commons, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Future of Music Coalition, Internet Education Foundation, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, Media Access Project, National Hispanic Media Coalition, New America Foundation, Progress and Freedom Foundation, Public Knowledge, TechFreedom, and Technology Policy Institute. More information about the host organizations and the areas of focus for the fellows are outlined here.

Fellows will be assigned a lead mentor at their host organizations, but will have the opportunity to work with several senior staff members over the course of the summer. Fellows will be expected to make substantive contributions to the work of their organization, including conducting policy research and analysis; drafting reports and analyses; attending government and industry meetings and conferences; and participating in other advocacy activities.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 17 January 2011

more Enterprise-related scholarships

The Coca-Cola Foundation will award $5,000 scholarships, based on financial need to American Indian students who will be freshman in the fall term, and who are the first in their immediate family to pursue a higher education at a tribal college or university.

To be eligible for the Coca-Cola First Generation scholarship you must:

* Have at least a 3.0 grade point average;
* Be in your first or second semester of college
* Be the first in your immediate family to attend college
* Demonstrate leadership and commitment to the American Indian community;
* Be American Indian or Alaska Native with proof of enrollment or descendancy;
* Have demonstrated exceptional academic achievement and financial need.

For more information and to apply online, please visit:

http://www.collegefund.org/scholarships/main.html

Application Deadlines:    5/31/2011

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A key NMF initiative is mentored externships that focus on improving the educational experiences of minority medical students that can also increase access of underserved populations to quality healthcare delivery. The GE/NMF Medical Scholars program enhances the knowledge skills and competencies of health professionals serving a diverse client population nationally and globally, provides a program model of mentored externship experiences for 4th year US minority medical students, and improves patient care in partner countries. GE/NMF Medical Scholars complete a two-month elective in Ghana or Uganda, West Africa that focuses on critical regional health care needs.
This two-month clinical/public health elective is conducted in district hospitals, and focuses on critical health care issues such as HIV/AIDS, diabetes, tuberculosis, heart disease, cancer, and infant mortality. [Read the rest of this entry...]

job description: The first Churchill Scholarships, three in number, were awarded in 1963 and funded one year of study. Shortly thereafter the Scholarships were available either for one-year programs or for doctoral studies at Cambridge. In the early 1980’s the Foundation decided to support only one-year programs in order to increase the number of Churchill Scholars. In its early years the Foundation also made small travel grants to Churchill Fellows, distinguished senior faculty who would spend one year at the College. Eight of the Churchill Fellows won the Nobel Prize.

The Winston Churchill Foundation awards at least thirteen Scholarships and hopes to increase that number to fifteen soon. The one-year awards lead to the Masters of Philosophy (MPhil), the Certificate of Post-Graduate Study (CPGS in different fields), the Certificate of Advanced Study (CAS in theoretical or applied mathematics), and a Diploma (in Computer Science).

The economic strength of American corporations is growing. Today, they are in a position to give back a part of their wealth through corporate scholarship programs. They are this way investing in their own future as the students availing these scholarship programs are mostly absorbed by them. This enables these corporations to remain globally competitive. These corporations offer different types of scholarship.

Large corporations have created foundations which are separate entities by themselves. These foundations offer scholarship programs to deserving students. Most corporations offer scholarships to high school students.

Scholarship Programs

You need to browse through the net to check which corporations offer scholarship programs that suit you. Your best bet would be to check companies that appear in the Fortune 500 list. This list is replete with large and diverse corporations, such as soft drink and IT companies. These companies are more of giants than mere corporations. You will also find commodity brokers and grocery chains as a part of the list.

Research these companies and find out the type of scholarships they offer. You can find out the eligibility requirements from their websites.

Let us look at some of the corporations that offer corporate scholarship programs:

• Established in 1999, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation offer grants to graduate students in mathematics, engineering, science, education, and library science. Undergraduates are offered grants in all disciplines. The Foundation provides grants to students of the African American, American Indian, Alaska Natives, and Hispanic American origin, in addition to those Americans from Asian Pacific Islands. The grant is known as The Gates Millennium Scholars (GMS) grant. [Read the rest of this entry...]

NO.1REQUIREMENTS. scholarship applicants must complete all required questions in the WWDC Student Scholarship application form, and submit a resume in PDF (Portable Document Format). Applications may be submitted only through the WWDC 2010Student Scholarship Application website.

NO.2ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS. To be eligible to apply for a WWDC 2010 Student Scholarship you must be an Apple Developer Connection Student Member or iPhone Developer University program Student team member, enrolled part-time or full-time at a college or university, have a student identification number, and be at least 18 years of age. Void where prohibited by law. Eligibility subject to verification by Apple. Employees of Apple Inc., their affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies and their immediate family members and/or those living in same household of each are not eligible.

NO.3JUDGING. Student Scholarship applicants will be judged on technical ability, creativity of ideas expressed in products or projects, prior WWDC attendance, technical and work experience. If there is a tie between applicants in the final judging process, Apple will base its final decision on the number of past WWDC events the applicant has attended.

PRIZES. Each winner will receive a WWDC 2010 Student E-ticket which entitles winner to attend WWDC 2010, held between June 8–12 in San Francisco. Up to four hundred (400) prizes maximum will be awarded. Only one prize will be awarded per applicant. Prizes are non-transferable. There will be no substitution of prizes and no cash awarded in lieu of prizes. All applicable taxes are the sole responsibility of scholarship recipient. Expenses incurred in booking travel and accommodations are not reimbursable by Apple Inc. Apple reserves the right to substitute the entire prize for a prize of equal or greater value. The award of any prize to any winner is subject to Apple’s receipt of a fully executed Affirmation of Eligibility from the winner. If Apple is unable to verify a winner’s Affirmation, an alternate winner may be chosen based upon the judging criteria outlined above.

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