Scholarships, financial aid open to minority students

There is a great need to raise the awareness of minority students in the United States, including those on Guam and the Micronesia, of available scholarships, fellowships and financial aid specifically open to these students.

This was stressed by Martha Cruz Ruth, an island resident and a commissioner on President Bush’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.

Ruth has released a compilation of websites listing 52 such scholarships funded by various businesses and organizations from across the nation specifically targeting minority youth compiled by the Minority Supplier Council in Kansas City, a diversity chapter of the National Minority Supplier Development Council.

Fellow AAPI Commissioner Joe Melookaran from Kansas City said there’s a need for more public awareness of the opportunities, especially since the program organizations often lack adequate manpower resources to promote them or to conduct outreach efforts. Many are known only in smaller circles and benefit only those who have knowledge and quick access to the funding sources. In some cases, the allocated funds are not fully distributed for lack of enough eligible applicants.

“It is part of our responsibility as Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders to make these options known in our communities,” Ruth said.

She expressed hopes of generating interest among students, parents, teachers and administrators to link with the websites for details and qualification requirements. (PR)

MINORITY SCHOLARSHIPS

1) Bell Labs Fellowships For Under Represented Minorities
http://www.bell-labs.com/fellowships/CRFP/info.html

2) Student Inventors Scholarships http://www.invent.org/collegiate/

3) Student Video Scholarships http://www.christophers.org/vidcon2k.html

4) Coca Cola Two-Year College Scholarships http://www.coca-colascholars.org/programs.html

5) Holocaust Remembrance Scholarships http://holocaust.hklaw.com/

6) Ayn Rand Essay Scholarships http://www.aynrand.org/contests/

7) Brand Essay Competition http://www.instituteforbrandleadership.org/IBLEssayContest-2002Rules.htm

8) Gates Millennium Scholarships (major) http://www.gmsp.org/nominationmaterials/read.dbm?ID=12

9) Xerox Scholarships for Students http://www2.xerox.com/go/xrx/about_xerox/about_xerox_detail.jsp

10) Sports Scholarships and Internships http://www.ncaa.org/about/scholarships.html

11) National Assoc. of Black Journalists Scholarships (NABJ) http://www.nabj.org/html/studentsvcs.html

12) Saul T. Wilson Scholarships (Veterinary) http://www.aphis.usda.gov/mb/mrphr/jobs/stw.html

13) Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund http://www.thurgoodmarshallfund.org/sk_v6.cfm

14) Financial Aid: The Smart Students Guide to Financial Aid scholarships http://www.finaid.org/

15) Presidential Freedom Scholarships http://www.nationalservice.org/scholarships/

16) Microsoft Scholarship Program http://www.microsoft.com/college/scholarships/minority.asp

17) Wired Scholar Free Scholarship Search http://www.wiredscholar.com/paying/scholarship_search/pay_scholarship_search.jsp

18) Hope Scholarships & Lifetime Credits http://www.ed.gov/inits/hope/

19) William Randolph Hearst Endowed Scholarship for Minority Students http://www.apsanet.org/PS/grants/aspen3.cfm

20) Multiple List of Minority Scholarships http://gehon.ir.miami.edu/financial-assistance/Scholarship/black.html

21) Guaranteed Scholarships http://www.guaranteed-scholarships.com/

22) BOEING scholarships (some HBCU connects) http://www.boeing.com/companyoffices/educationrelations/scholarships

23) Easley National Scholarship Program http://www.naas.org/senior.htm

24) Maryland Artists Scholarships http://www.maef.org/

26) Jacki Tuckfield Memorial Graduate Business Scholarship (for AA students in South Florida) http://www.jackituckfield.org/

27) Historically Black College & University Scholarships http://www.iesabroad.org/info/hbcu.htm

28) Actuarial Scholarships for Minority Students http://www.beanactuary.org/minority/scholarships.htm

29) International Students Scholarships & Aid Help http://www.iefa.org/

30) College Board Scholarship Search http://cbweb10p.collegeboard.org/fundfinder/html/fundfind01.html

31) Burger King Scholarship Program http://www.bkscholars.csfa.org/

32) Siemens Westinghouse Competition http://www.siemens-foundationorg/

33) GEand LuLac Scholarship Funds http://www.lulac.org/Programs/Scholar.html

34) CollegeNet’s Scholarship Database http://mach25.collegenet.com/cgi-bin/M25/index

35) Union Sponsored Scholarships and Aid
http://www.aflcio.org/scholarships/scholar.htm

36) Federal Scholarships & Aid Gateways 25 Scholarship Gateways from Black Excel http://www.blackexcel.org/25scholarships.htm

37) Scholarship & Financial Aid Help http://www.blackexcel.org/fin-sch.htm

38) Scholarship Links (Ed Finance Group) http://www.efg.net/link_scholarship.htm

39) FAFSA On The Web (Your Key Aid Form & Info) http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/

40) Aid & Resources For Re-Entry Students http://www.back2college.com/

41) Scholarships and Fellowships http://www.osc.cuny.edu/sep/links.html

42) Scholarships for Study in Paralegal Studies http://www.paralegals.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=13

43) HBCU Packard Sit Abroad Scholarships (for study around the world) http://www.sit.edu/studyabroad/scholarships/index.html

44) Scholarship and Fellowship Opportunities http://scholarships-college.uchicago.edu/

45) INROADS internships http://www.inroads.org/

46) ACT-SO bEURoe “Olympics of the Mind” B Scholarships http://www.naacp.org/work/actso/act-so.shtml

47) Black Alliance for Educational Options Scholarships http://www.baeo.org/options/privatelyfinanced.jsp

48) ScienceNet Scholarship Listing http://www.sciencenet.emory.edu/undergrad/scholarships.html

49) Graduate Fellowships For Minorities Nationwide http://cuinfo.cornell.edu/Student/GRFN/list.phtml?category=MINORITIES

50) RHODES SCHOLARSHIPS AT OXFORD http://www.rhodesscholar.org/info.html

51) The Roothbert Scholarship Fund http://www.roothbertfund.org/scholarships.php

52) American Institute of Architects/AAF Minority/Disadvantaged Scholarship (Architecture) http://www.archfoundation.org/scholarships/