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SHEFA board submit 3rd batch of scholarship recipients
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Posted on Nov 11 2004
Saipan Mayor Juan B. Tudela and the Saipan Higher Education Financial Assistance board will forward the scholarship list of recipients for Saipan’s Priority Study to the Secretary of Finance today, Nov. 12, 2004.
The request to the Finance chief is the third series of award this year the Office of the Mayor of Saipan and the SHEFA board will have awarded since the successful launching of this new financial assistance catering to Saipan residents who are attending U.S.-accredited colleges and universities at home and abroad.
Saipan’s priority fields of study were established in close collaboration with the Saipan business community, the local Division of Labor Employment Services, and a research report from a recent Department of the Interior-funded workforce improvement plan. These fields of study/career are now a permanent part of the Saipan Higher Education Financial Assistance rules and regulations.
The priority study scholarship is $1,500 for Fall 2004 and $1,500 for Spring 2005, bringing the total to $3,000 in additional assistance annually, on top of the 3.5 GPA academic performance scholarship of $4,000 and the $1,200 to $2,000 SHEFA grant.
Of the approximately 200 Saipan applicants for Fall 2004, almost 50 percent qualify for the priority study scholarship, but only 25.5 percent for the highly competitive 3.5 GPA scholarship.
To qualify for SHEFA’s financial assistance, a college student must be a bona fide resident of Saipan, including the Northern Islands; must be enrolled in a U.S. accredited college or university on full-time status; not taking any remedial classes; and a U.S. citizen or a U.S. permanent resident.
For more information about SHEFA and the assistance program log on to www.saipanshefa.com or call the SHEFA Office at 664-2585 and ask for Sue or the Office of the Mayor of Saipan at 235-7444 and ask for Florence Stephen. The e-mail address is contact@saipanshefa.com.
