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Article: ACHIEVEMENT REWARDS FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS FOUNDATION ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 14, 2008 ;     700+ words ...The University of Georgia issued the following news release: The Atlanta chapter of the ARCS Foundation, Inc. (Achievement Rewards for College Students) awarded $42,000 to seven outstanding American doctoral students in the biomedical and health sciences at the University of Georgia, four of whom

Article: GATES GIVES $1 BILLION TO MINORITY STUDENTS ...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  September 16, 1999 ;     700+ words ...Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda, will announce today that they are giving at least $1 billion to a new scholarship fund to help minority students pay for college. The gift dwarfs previous giving by the 5-year-old Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and is only the second

Article: OPENING CYBER DOORS TO SPECIAL-ED STUDENTS ...
The Boston Globe;  October 21, 2001 ;     700+ words ...WALTHAM - Every day at Sandra's Lodge Family Shelter, children are busy doing their homework in the computer room. Each night when program supervisor Kristy Sweet peeks into the room, the older children are playing computer games. The machines are valuable resources for the 35 families who stay at

Article: GRANT ALLOWS PARENTS TO VISIT SU STUDENTS; ...
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  October 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Nancy Buczek Staff writer Evida Green jumped at the chance to be one of 55 parents who will spend more than four hours on a bus today en route from New York City to Syracuse University for Parents Weekend. Besides the free round-trip bus ride, the university is putting Green and her

Article: A TIME TO LEARN, GROW; ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GIVES YOUNG ...
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  May 23, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Larry Richardson Staff writer The Post-Standard this school year ran a series that reflected on elementary school education in Madison County. The series - "Making the grade" - revealed the learning and teaching experiences and challenges during a typical day at each level of learning,

Article: SENSE OF INJUSTICE SPURRED HELP FOR MINORITY STUDENTS ...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  February 4, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Byline: CLAUDIA ROWE P-I reporter The injustices he witnessed 60 years ago still order R. Merle Palmer's life. They were average events for the time, easily ignored by most - the way blacks served only as cooks on the Navy ships Palmer sailed during World War II, or baseball fans' ridicule of

Article: Campus Tour for Lewis and Karsch: Banker, hedgie plan to bring ...
Investment Dealers' Digest;  December 18, 2006 ;     700+ words ...America's colleges and universities for women and minorities are in for a dash of Wall Street in coming semesters. In concert with the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, Lazard's William Lewis and hedge fund guru Michael Karsch of Karsch Capital Management plan to make some campus visits. Lewis