Saipan Mayor Juan Borja Tudela and the Saipan Higher Education Financial Assistance board have forwarded this week to the Secretary of Finance SHEFA\u2019s first recipients of academic performance scholarship.<\/p>\n
A SHEFA scholar must maintain or exceed a 3.5 GPA on a 4.0 grade point average.<\/p>\n
The academic performance scholarship is SHEFA\u2019s second batch of financial assistance to qualified Saipan residents attending U.S. accredited colleges or universities at home or abroad.<\/p>\n
The amount of academic performance scholarship is $2,000 for Fall and $2,000 for Spring 2005.<\/p>\n
Of the approximately 200 Saipan applicants for Fall 2004 only 30 percent qualify for this highly coveted scholarship.<\/p>\n
To qualify for SHEFA\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n
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 234-6208\/6280 and ask for Florence Camacho-Stephen. The email address is contact@saipanshefa.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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