Scholarship Bulletin: April

As most of us find out where we are going to college it is important to keep looking for scholarships to pay for the ever increasing tuition rates. Yet no dream college should be given up because one can't afford it. That is why I will keep posting scholarships in hope that you guys will find these useful.

* University of California Berkeley

Holocaust Remembrance Project Scholarship
Award Amount: $100-10,000
Deadline: April 15, 2011
Requirements:
* High School student 9-12 grade, 19 years or under
* Submit an essay
* Open to all residents of the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, and
the U.S. Virgin Islands.
http://holocaust.hklaw.com

Yoshiyama Award for Exemplary Service to the Community
Award Amount: $5,000
Deadline: April 3rd of each year
Requirements:
* Graduating high school seniors must be nominated.
* Must demonstrate self motivation, leadership, creativity,
dedication, and a commitment to pursuing community service.
* GPA, SAT scores, and school clubs do not count
Log-on to website for complete details.
www.hitachifoundation.org

Salvadoran-American Leadership & Educational Fund: SALEF Education for Excellence Program
Award Amount: $500- $2,500 awarded annually
* Applicants must be Salvadoran, Central American, or other
* Overall GPA should be at least 2.5
* History of community service and involvement
* Open to high school, undergraduate, & graduate
Students. Undocumented students are encouraged to apply.
http://www.salef.org/

Lanzate Travel Award Program
Award Amount: 4 Roundtrip tickets to and from University
Deadline: April 30
Requirements:
* Must be a student at two-four year college/University
* Have a 2.5 or higher G.P.A.
*Undergraduate and Graduate students are eligible to apply
http://www.hacu.net/hacu/NewsBot.asp?MODE=VIEW&ID=764&SnID=214592862

CCNMA

*University of California Berkeley

Award Amount: $500-$2,000
Deadline: April 2011
Requirements:
* For California Latino students interested in journalism and
attend or plan to attend a California college
* Social Security number asked for, but student may receive award
without it
http://www.ccnma.org/

The Duracell/National Urban League Scholarship
Award: $10,000 + Paid Internship
Deadline: April 15, 2011
Requirements:
* Open to minority students focusing in engineering, sales,
marketing, finance and business

AAJA General Scholarship Award
Award Amount: $1,000 & $7,500
Deadline: April 20
Requirements:
* Graduating seniors, undergraduates, and graduate students with a
focus on journalism
* Must demonstrate financial need and journalistic ability
http://aajaonline.tumblr.com/

Davis Putter Scholarship Fund
Award Amount: up to $10,000
Deadline: Postmarked by April 1st of every year
Requirements:
* Open to graduate and undergraduate students
* Must demonstrate financial need
* Must demonstrate participation in expanding civil rights, economic
justice, and international solidarity
* Visit website for more details


World Studios Foundation Scholarships
Award Amount: Varies
Deadline: April 1, 2011
Requirements:
* Open to disadvantage or minority college students who are
currently enrolled at an accredited school
* Major requirements: see website for details
http://scholarships.worldstudioinc.com/

A.W. Bodine-Sunkist Memorial Scholarships
Award Amount: $2,000
Deadline: April 30th of each year
Requirements:
* Students entering any undergraduate grade level
* Must have a background in CA or AZ agriculture (you or someone
in your immediate family must have derived the majority of your/their
income from agriculture), financial need, and a minimum 3.0 GPA.
Selection is based on test scores, essay, and references

The Hispanic Engineers National Achievement Awards Conference
Award Amount: Varies
Deadline: April 30, of every year
Requirements:
* Students must be majoring in math, computer science, material
science, engineering or applied science
* Must have an overall GPA of 3.0 or higher

*Embarcadero, San Francisco

Transportation Clubs International Scholarships
Award Amount: Varies
Deadline: May 30th, of each year
Requirements:
* Award can be used at institution in Mexico, US and Canada.
*Must attend a four year institution
*Must intend to pursue a career in logistics, civil engineering,
transportation
*Must have finished at least one year of undergraduate studies
http://www.transportationclubsinternational.com/scholarships.html

HENAAC Graduate and Undergraduate Student Leadership Award Scholarship
Award Amount: $500- $5,000
Deadline: April 30, 2011
Requirements:
* Applicants do not have to be of Hispanic descent
* Must be enrolled in an accredited university or college, High
School senior
* Applicants must be Science, Technology, Engineering or Math
* Applicants must have an overall grade point average of 3.0 or
higher
http://www.greatmindsinstem.org/henaac/scholars/docs/2012HENAACScholarsApplication.pdf

MEChA de UC Riverside Alumni Scholarship
Award Amount: $300.00 one time (3 awards)
Deadline: April of each year
Requirements:
* Student must be either a high school senior with a 3.0 GPA,
transfer student with a 2.8 GPA
* UCR student currently enrolled with a 3.0 GPA or above.
* AB 540 high school students with a min. 3.0


Sigma Lambda Beta Fraternity: Tau Chapter Scholarship
Award Amount: $500
Deadline: April 18th of each year
Requirements:
* Award offered to a high school senior of Hispanic origin. Student
must have a 2.5 GPA or higher and accepted to CSU Dominguez
Hills for the Fall term.

California’s Wine Grape Growers Foundation Scholarship

Peace Tower Japantown, San Francisco

Award Amount: $2,000- $4,000
Deadline: April of each year
Requirements:
* Parent/Guardian must be employed as a vineyard worker by a wine
grape grower in CA during the past and current seasons.
* It is recommended that you already be in the process of establishing
residency
* Must submit application, 2 page essay, transcripts, letter of
recommendation, and SAT/ACT scores.
* Must be a graduating high school senior in 2008
*** May require a social security number. Call to inquire***
www.cawg.org/cwggf/
Contact:
Carolee Williams (916) 379-8995


The Cuban American Scholarship Fund
Award Amount: $1,000
Deadline: April 15
Requirements:
* Full-time student of Cuban descent
* 3.0 GPA required and recipients must be California resident,
enrolled in a college or university for the fall semester
* Must be U.S. Citizen or resident of California.

Graham-Fancher Scholarship
Award Amount: $300
Deadline: April 30,
Requirements:
* Student graduating from a high school in Northern Santa Cruz
County. Recommendation from a counselor required.
Call for details
Attn: Robert Daryl
149 Josephine Street, Suite A
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
(831) 423-3640

SALEF Fulfilling Our Dreams Scholarship Fund
Award Amount: 1,500 (Renewable for 4 years)
Deadline: April 30
Requirements:
*Reside and study in California
*Be a high school senior, undergraduate, graduate or professional
student.
* Be of Central American or other Latino etnicity
*Demostrate financial need and history of community service.

Most of these scholarships are taken from the MALDEF website check it out if you have any questions. Good luck on your search!
*All photos taken by me when I visited Berkeley.

College Guru

Alliance/Merck Scholarship: DEADLINE EXTENSION

The Alliance/ Merck Scholarship is a great opportunity for Hispanic students interested in the sciences. The Program will annually provide 10 promising Hispanic high school students from Brownsville, TX; Elizabeth, NJ; and Los Angeles, CA with $42,500 in college scholarships and internship support to pursue STEM degrees. If you live close to one of these areas please check out the website for your school might still qualify. In addition, the program will annually provide 25 Hispanic college students nationwide majoring in a STEM field with $2,000 scholarships. The scholarship is open to all students regardless of citizenship.

*University of California at Berkeley

THE DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO:

March 31, 2012 

Click Here to visit the The Alliance/ Merck Scholarship website.

Please make sure to take full advantage of this wonderful opportunity. 

*Photo taken by me at Berkeley.

College Guru

An Inspiring Story

College admission decisions are just around the corner and while we wait why not read an interesting story. I wanted to share a story written about my friend that has inspired me to be a better person and who I'm sure has inspired countless of others. I am posting the article from YumaSun.com in which he was featured in and I hope you guys enjoy reading it as much as I did.

Project Elijah founder approaches new phase in life

March 05, 2012 3:19 PM

BY SARAH WOMER - SUN STAFF WRITER

One Yuma student has been striving to make a difference in other people's lives since he was a boy — an effort that hasn't changed, even though he's a senior in high school this year.

Gila Ridge High School student Elijah Humphrey, 16, started a recycling program called Project Elijah in 2007 to raise funds for a local student who wanted to attend a summer enrichment course at California State University but couldn't afford to go.

Humphrey said that even though he was only 11 at the time and had limited resources, he didn't let that stop him.

“I collected money from family, friends and neighbors but I also collected cans. I turned the cans in for money and was able to help the student out.”

Now, five years later and nearing the end of his senior year, Humphrey has interviewed for a number of prestigious Ivy League schools and has already received over $20,000 in scholarships.

Humphrey said it has been his lifelong dream to attend an Ivy League school and that he has interviewed at schools like Princeton, Brown and Dartmouth. He is waiting for acceptance letters from Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Notre Dame and Columbia, to name a few.

Elijah Humphrey (far left)

“I received a Quest Bridge Scholarship late last year that paid the application fee as well as waived the regular application process to over 31 of the top college and universities in the country. This scholarship was well worth over $3,500 and saved me a huge deal of time with the admission process.”

He has also received the Kohl's Cares Scholarship and a $10,000 Coca-Cola scholarship with the chance to interview for another $20,000 next month in Atlanta.

“My family and I were thrilled to hear about all the scholarships and all the attention that I am starting to receive. We are truly blessed and honored and give all glory to God. He is the center of our lives and without him, none of this would be possible.”

In addition to being president of the Project Elijah initiative, Humphrey is involved in the National Honor Society, Junior Statesmen of America and National Society of High School Scholars. He was part of the National Youth Leadership Forum and the Global Young Leaders Conference as well as the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (CTY) Scholars Program, which he has been in since seventh grade.

“His most impressive quality is not his mind, but it is his heart,” said Sam Godfrey, communications coordinator for Johns Hopkins CTY Scholars. “Elijah has balanced his academics with countless volunteer activities.”

Humphrey also recently started a scholarship at Arizona Western College called the Steve Baxter Memorial Scholarship to help African-American students pursuing a law degree.

He will be giving $700 a year from Project Elijah funds, and a local attorney plans to give $1,000 in memory of Steven Baxter, a former AWC student who led many campus and community initiatives. Humphrey said that unfortunately, before Baxter could complete his degree, he collapsed on campus at the age of 20 and died from a pulmonary embolus.

“The student body president (at AWC) was looking through the schools newspaper archives and ran into Steven Baxter's story... She felt our lives paralleled. I did also.

“That is when I decided that we should start a Steven Baxter Memorial Scholarship from the recycling money that was generated on AWC's campus. I did not know Steven or his family but I feel a deep connection with them,” Humphrey said, noting that he and Baxter had a similar passion for law.

Past proceeds from the Project Elijah recycling project have also been donated to organizations like Paralyzed Veterans of America, The Breast Cancer Society, the Humane Society of Yuma, two local church youth groups and music programs at local schools.

Humphrey also volunteers 15 hours a week at the Sunrise Elementary School Discovery Club tutoring students in grades K-5 and spends 10 hours a week coaching their Odyssey of the Mind team.

Sarah Womer can be reached at swomer@yumasun.com or 539-6858. Find her on Facebook at Facebook.com/YSSarahWomer or on Twitter at @YSSarahWomer.

Read more: http://www.yumasun.com/articles/humphrey-77264-elijah-scholarship.html#ixzz1oaSH1EWa