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		Scholarship Information

The University of Maryland Transfer Academic Excellence Scholarship is a two-year scholarship that covers the cost of tuition and is awarded for study beginning in the fall. Maryland community college students who have completed 56 or more credits or an Associate of Arts degree and have a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or better may apply for this award. Applications may be obtained from the Office of Undergraduate Admissions or from a Maryland community college. The application deadline for 2007 is March 31, 2007. Students who are selected for an interview will be notified towards the end of April and final decisions will be released in mid-May. Information is available at http://www.uga.umd.edu/sharedmedia/PDF/UM_transfer_scholarship2007.pdf. The Distinguished Scholar Community College Transfer Program is designed to identify Maryland students who attend Maryland community colleges and provide a transfer scholarship incentive for them to enroll in a Maryland 4-year college or university as a full-time undergraduate student. The amount of the scholarship is $3,000 per academic year. The scholarship may be applied to tuition, mandatory fees, room, board, books, and supplies. The award is in addition to any other State scholarships that may be offered to the student. This award is renewable for one additional year provided that the recipient continues to meet all eligibility requirements and maintains an annual 3.0 grade average for each academic year. Information is available at http://www.mhec.state.md.us. The application deadline for 2007 is March 1, 2007. The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship Program each year awards approximately 30 scholarships to students attending community colleges or two-year institutions and planning to transfer to four-year institutions. Each award covers a portion of educational expenses, including tuition, living expenses, required fees, and books for the final two to three years of the baccalaureate degree. The amount and duration of awards vary by student based on the cost of attendance and the length of the program as well as other scholarships or grants received. The maximum available per student is $30,000 per year. This is the largest scholarship offered in the US to community college transfer students. Students interested in this scholarship must be nominated by their community college. Students may not apply directly to the Foundation for this program. The FCC application deadline for the 2007 competition is January 5, 2007. The Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship information is available at www.jackkentcookefoundation.org. Students interested in this scholarship should contact Rachel Nachlas at [email protected] or 301-846-2471. Eligibility Requirements At a minimum, to be eligible, candidates must 1. Be a current student at an accredited US community college or two-year institution with sophomore status by December 31, 2006, or a recent graduate (since May 2002). 2. Plan to enroll full-time in a baccalaureate program at an accredited college or university in fall 2007. 3. Have a cumulative undergraduate grade point average of 3.50 or better on a 4.0 scale (or the equivalent). 4. Be nominated by his or her two-year institution. 5. Not previously have been nominated for a Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Program scholarship. Rachel Nachlas Frederick Community College [email protected] 301-624-2836

	A full scholarship for a single mom; housing provided for mom and up to two kids. The Sister Thea Bowman Foundation has four scholarships for African-American single mothers and their child to attend the College of St. Mary in Omaha, Nebraska. The Foundation will grant $30,000.00 over a period of four years to the College of St. Mary on behalf of each student. In return the College of St. Mary will match that grant with an additional $24,000. The student must be an African-American single mother who has completed high school. She must be from low income housing. She must be able to gain admission to College of St. Mary. She need not be Catholic. Each student will have an African-American mentor during her course of study at the College of St. Mary. Each student will also have an African-American host family from Omaha who will also serve as mentor. Each mother may take up to two children with her to the College of St. Mary. The cut off age for the child is nine. Each mother will live in a dorm w! ith other single mothers and their children. This dorm has been especially renovated to accommodate mothers and their children. If interested, please contact Mary Lou Jennings, Executive Director of the Sister Thea Bowman Foundation at: marylouj11@aol. com

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