(New scholarships posted everyday)
Students Seeking Education by Experiencing Academic America (S.E.A.)
an Houston, Texas based mentoring program for high school students, students at risk, and college bound students who want to attend an Historically Black College / University. (HBCU).
S.E.A will post a scholarship for minority students each day. If you are a high school senior, junior, or an transferring college student, these scholarships are for you. FREE MONEY! We all know through life there is nothing Free, you have to apply to receive this money. Your cost is time. The time it takes to fill out the scholarship application.. Look for the S.E.A. blog each day, highlighting a new scholarship listing 2010/2011
WOMEN
SCHOLARSHIP OF THE DAY
9-08-2010
AWG Minority Scholarship
Announcement is also available in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) file.
This new program encourages young minority women to pursue an education and later a career in the geosciences. It provides financial aid and matches the student with a mentor in the same field who will offer guidance and support. This exchange will enhance the student’s experience and provide a view of the world ahead.
Award Amount: One or more awards totaling $6,000 will be given each summer for use during the next academic year (awards include AWG membership)
Application Deadline: June 30th
The applicant must be:
A woman who is African-American, Hispanic, or Native American
A full-time student who is pursuing an undergraduate degree in the Geosciences (geology, geophysics, geochemistry, hydrology, meteorology, physical oceanography, planetary geology, or earth science education) at an accredited college or university (high school students who will enter one of these fields during their freshman year may also apply)
A contributor to the larger world community through her academic and personal strengths
Application procedures:
Download an application: MS Word (.doc)
The application calls for a statement of academic and career goals, two letters of recommendation, high school and college transcripts, and SAT or ACT scores
Winners may reapply for continuing support.
CONTACT: Christina Tapia
Association for Women Geoscientists
Attn. Minority Scholarship
1400 West 122nd Avenue, Suite 250
Westminster, Colorado 80234
Scholarships are funded by the AWG Foundation with generous support from ExxonMobil and individual donors
RESOURCE: http://awg.org/EAS/minority.html
p.s. If you need help in your scholarship search, please contact S.E.A. c/o NORRIS COLEMAN @ mr.nncoleman@yahoo.com
*As part of S.E.A. Mentoring Program, we want to build our Mentees vocabulary. S.E.A. has chosen to italicize words and statements in blue for our Mentee to understand and use in their vocabulary
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