Educate Cleveland: November 2009

Friday, November 27, 2009

Scholarship Opportunities

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 Millennlum 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) FinAid: 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) WiredScholar 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-foundation.org/

33) GE and 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/Choice/2000west.htm

43) HBCU Packard Sit Abroad Scholarships (for study around the world)

http://www.sit.edu/studyabroad/packard_nomination.html

44) Scholarship and Fellowship Opportunities

http://ci.uchicago.edu/schl1.html

45) INROADS internships

http://www.inroads.org

46) ACT-SO bEURoeOlympics of the Mind> ">A 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/schol

Young Entrepreneur Awards

http://www.nfib.com/young-entrepreneur-foundation/yef-programs/young-entrepreneur-awards/

http://www.nfib.com/young-entrepreneur-foundation/yef-programs/young-entrepreneur-awards/

Young Entrepreneur Awards
NFIB YEF

Apply now for the NFIB Young Entrepreneur Foundation is accepting applications for the 2010 NFIB Young Entrepreneur Awards. Beginning midnight, October 31 through 11:59 p.m., December 31, 2009, any high school senior graduating in 2010 may apply online for a chance to win a scholarship valued from $1,000-$10,000.

NFIB Young Entrepreneur Awards are open to any graduating high school senior entering their freshman year fall 2010 at an accredited (not for profit) two- or four-year university, college or vocational/technical institute.

For more information please download one of the following:

Online Application Instructions

FAQ

Letter to Guidance Counselors

Poster

Key Dates

* Online application process: October 31 - December 31, 2009
* Semifinalist selection: January 1-31, 2010
* Semifinalist notification: February 1, 2010
* Semifinalist materials due: March 5, 2010
* Fax number for materials: 615-627-9669
* Winner notification: Mid-Late April 2010

Awards are renewable and non-renewable scholarships created to recognize young people who have demonstrated entrepreneurial spirit/initiative valued between $1,000-$10,000. Semi-finalists will be notified of their selection February 1, 2010, and must obtain a nomination from a dues-paying NFIB member. YEF will match semi-finalists with a NFIB member in their area.

To apply online for a 2010 NFIB Young Entrepreneur Award, click here.

The NFIB Young Entrepreneur program was established to raise awareness among the nation's youth of the critical role that private enterprise and entrepreneurship play in the building of America. Since 2003, the NFIB Young Entrepreneur Foundation has awarded 1,954 scholarships to graduating high school seniors totaling $2,122,000.

The NFIB Young Entrepreneur Award program is administered by International Scholarship and Tuition Services Inc. This assures complete impartiality in the selection of recipients and maintains a high level of professionalism.

To receive more information or to join our mailing list, please contact the NFIB Young Entrepreneur Foundation at yef@nfib.org.

Sunday, November 22, 2009

Magic Johnson Foundation - Taylor Michaels Scholarship Program

http://www.magicjohnson.com/index.php?/foundation/programs/taylormichaels/application/

Please click here for the 2010/2011 application. Please note this year’s deadline is February 5, 2010.

Application review timeline is as follows:

In February-March, the scholarship committee will score applications based on the following criteria:
academic achievement,
community/leadership service, and
compelling essay
Nominees will be notified via email and informed if they are selected or not.
Interviews will begin late March and convene in mid April.
Applications are posted every year in August.

Applicant qualifications

Applicants must be US citizens and a graduating high school senior
Applicants must have a minimum grade point average of 2.5 (C+) on a 4.0 system.
Applications will be judged on the following criteria: compelling essay, academic achievement, evidence of leadership and community service.
Applicants must be a resident of, Atlanta, Cleveland, Detroit, Houston, Lansing, Los Angeles County, or New York

Samsung’s Four Seasons of Hope

http://pages.samsung.com/us/4seasons_hope/education.jsp

Our goal is to improve the quality of life for children and families across the nation who face major challenges. Samsung is dedicated to meeting the needs of these children and their families through on-going partnerships with elite athletes, print publications and channel partners.

Samsung's Four Seasons of Hope supports community-based foundations and charities headed by some of this country's favorite sports legends. Samsung pledges to raise national awareness and funds for these outstanding charities and to find ways for others to make a difference in the lives of children and families.

Since its inception in 2002, Samsung’s Four Seasons of Hope and our Hope For Education programs have raised and provided more than $20 million to schools and the charities we support across the country. Beginning in 2009, Samsung will advance these programs by combining the Hope for Education initiative within Samsung’s Four Seasons of Hope umbrella to expand their reach and success.

Over the past five years, Hope for Education has provided millions of dollars in Samsung technology and Microsoft software to more than 270 K-12 schools across the United States in an effort to reduce the technology gap within our education system. Our education imitative will continue this mission now as a part of Samsung’s Four Seasons of Hope, which will in addition support the charities involved in the program.

Efren Peñaflorida CNN HEROES

http://www.asianjournal.com/aj-magazine/something-filipino/3027-efren-penaflorida-an-ordinary-man-doing-extraordinary-things.html

Friday, November 13, 2009

MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW)

http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm

MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) is a web-based publication of virtually all MIT course content. OCW is open and available to the world and is a permanent MIT activity.

What is MIT OpenCourseWare?
MIT OpenCourseWare is a free publication of MIT course materials that reflects almost all the undergraduate and graduate subjects taught at MIT.

OCW is not an MIT education.
OCW does not grant degrees or certificates.
OCW does not provide access to MIT faculty.
Materials may not reflect entire content of the course.
How do I register to use MIT OpenCourseWare?
There is no registration or enrollment process because OCW is not a credit-bearing or degree-granting initiative.

Can I get a certificate?
No. MIT OpenCourseWare is a publication of the course materials that support the dynamic classroom interactions of an MIT education; it is not a degree-granting or credit-bearing initiative. However, you should work through the materials at your own pace, and in whatever manner you desire.

How do I find what courses are available? How do I search your site?
A site overview is available for MIT OpenCourseWare. You can also browse courses by department or use the advanced search to locate a specific course or topic.

High school students and educators should check out Highlights for High School.

What it takes to support this work

Each course we publish requires an investment of $10,000 to $15,000 to compile course materials from faculty, ensure proper licensing for open sharing, and format materials for global distribution. Courses with video content cost about twice as much, but your feedback about the significant value of these video materials helps to justify the cost. Learn more.

Education Pays -- Get Yours

Every day, strong and intelligent young men, like yourself, are bombarded with negative messages from the media—on television, in song lyrics, in the movies. It is hard not to let those words and images affect you. We can help!
The Education Pay$ — Get Yours campaign is designed to show you that opportunity, stability, hope, happiness and success are in your grasp. How? Through education!

This website highlights educational and mentoring resources available to you in three Cleveland neighborhoods. Click on the neighborhood links —Central, Mt. Pleasant, Slavic Village—to learn more. If you do not reside near one of our target neighborhoods, click on Participate to uncover additional resources throughout the region.

http://www.policy-bridge.org/educationpays/index.php

Cleveland State launches scholarship program for incoming freshmen

Cleveland State launches scholarship program for incoming freshmen

Cleveland State University

By SHANNON MORTLAND

11:19 am, November 13, 2009

Cleveland State University has launched a new scholarship program that will apply to incoming freshmen in fall 2010.

Under the Freshman Scholars Program, full-time, incoming freshmen with at least a 3.0 cumulative GPA and an ACT score of at least 23 or an SAT score of 1060 will be eligible for a $3,000 scholarship from the university. Their economic situation will not be a factor.

“We created this program to help incoming freshmen and their families at a time when they are looking for an outstanding education at a reasonable price,” said Rob Spademan, assistant vice president for marketing and admissions at Cleveland State. “This new program gives parents a way to recognize and reward their children for maintaining good grades and test scores while in high school.”

The scholarship is renewable for three years as long as students maintain a 3.0 cumulative GPA and are enrolled full time. Annual undergraduate tuition for full-time students at Cleveland State is about $8,000. Students must apply for the scholarship by Feb. 1, 2010.

Saturday, November 07, 2009

Hobart Shakespeareans

http://www.hobartshakespeareans.org/

2010 ACLU Youth Activist Scholarship Program

November 6, 2009

To Whom It May Concern:
We have been selected as a nominator by the ACLU of Ohio to nominate potential recipients for the 2010 ACLU Youth Activist Scholarship Program. By the end of November we are to select random high school scholars throughout Ohio that meet the ACLU scholarship qualifications. These selected students will have the opportunity to receive a $7,000 scholarship for their first year of college. To be considered for nominations, we request that students send us a resume, a one-page biography, and a brief statement (no more than a paragraph) on why they feel that they qualify for this scholarship opportunity. Please email us your nomination material with your name and contact information to youngadultsinc@gmail.com no later than 11:59 pm on November 23, 2009.

Scholarship Qualifications
To qualify for the scholarship students must:
• Have demonstrated a strong commitment to civil liberties through some form of activism
• Be a high school senior planning on entering an accredited college or university as a full-time, degree-seeking student
• Have attained a cumulative GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale at the time of graduation
• Not be a current ACLU client or witness in a legal case
Benefits as an ACLU Youth Activist Scholar
Past scholarship winners were recognized for a wide variety of civil liberties activism including:
• Creating and teaching a class for middle school students that aimed to lower the risk that they would enter into the "school-to-prison" pipeline
• Challenging a principal's policy of punishing students for writing “gay pride” on their arms and notebooks
• Working with school officials to ensure that intelligent design would no longer be taught in the public schools
• Starting an organization to get teen girls involved in the decisions that affect them, such as policies on sexual harassment and access to comprehensive reproductive healthcare

Respectfully,

Antoinne M. McKinney
President/Founder

2 million minutes

http://www.2mminutes.com/

MC2 High School Events

http://www.mc2stemhub.org/all-events.aspx

All Upcoming Events
Event Name: Register now for Science + Reading for K-3 teachers
Date:10/24/2009
Science + Reading is a program developed by CRCST to provide professional development to K-3 teachers, an underserved segment of the teaching profession in our area lately. This hybrid, online and face-to-face opportunity will begin on the day of the Fall Conference (Oct. 24 at the Dolan Science and Technology Center on the John Carroll University Campus-directions and campus map at www.jcu.edu.) Registrants will attend the concurrent sessions offered at the conference in the morning and meet with instructor Renata Brown in the afternoon to learn how to take a pre-test and learn the computer access needed for the online portion of the course. The cost is $30 per person but the benefits are worth far more in terms of returns on the outlay as well as improvement of your craft in using standards-based, exceptional science and reading curriculum materials and methods. Optional non-degree graduate credit is available for you to purchase from Ashland University. There are a very limited number of openings still available as we are limiting enrollment to 20 individuals. Register now. Norm Schmidt nswims1@aol.com 216-961-1218 nschmidt@jcu.edu

Event Name: MC2STEM High School Open House
Date:10/27/2009
Time:5:30 P.M. - 7:00 P.M.
Join the students, faculty and administration of MC2STEM High School at an Open House event on one of the dates listed below. All Open Houses will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.at The Great Lakes Science Center 601 Erieside Avenue. October 27, 2009 - November 17, 2009 - January 19, 2010 - February 11, 2010 - March 18, 2010 - April 15, 2010

Event Name: Bioneers Cleveland
Date:11/5/2009
11/05/2009-11/07/2009 Click to read more.

Event Name: Design Lab Early College Open House Dates
Date:11/5/2009
Time:5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Join the students, faculty and administration of Design Lab Early College High School at an Open House event on one of the dates listed below. All Open Houses will be held from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.at 2373 East 30th Street (2nd Floor). November 5, 2009 - December 3, 2009 - January 14, 2010 - February 4, 2010 - March 4, 2010 - April 1, 2010 - May 6, 2010

Event Name: Design Lab Early Collge High School SPO meetings
Date:11/5/2009
Time:5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Parents & Guardians of current 9th & 10th graders are encouraged to attend these informative School Parent Organization (SPO) meetings on the dates below. Please note that all meetings will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, November 5, 2009 - Thursday, December 3, 2009 - Thursday, January 14, 2010 - Thursday, February 4, 2010 - Thursday, March 4, 2010 - Thursday, April 1, 2010 - Thursday, May 6, 2010-

Event Name: Victory & Beyond Career and College Fair
Date:11/7/2009
Time:8 a.m.- 4 p.m.
at Cleveland Convention Center Saturday, November 7, 2009

Event Name: NOCHE Fall College Caravan
Date:11/11/2009
Time:1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
MC2STEM High School and NOCHE wil have a " Fall College Caravan," At Nela Park-GE

Event Name: Cleveland Hub Annual Holiday Celebration
Date:12/3/2009
Time:5:30 p.m.- 7:30p.m.
Save the date for this annual celebration with partners, school faculty & students. Greater Cleveland Partnership, 100 Public Square, Suite 210, Cleveland, OH 44113-2227

Event Name: Design Lab Early College - Contact Information
Date:12/20/2009
Design Lab Early College - Administrative Office Jane Addams High School (2nd Floor) 2373 East 30th Street Cleveland,OH (216)621-5064 Raymon Spottsville, Head of School Raymon.l.spottsville@cmsdnet.net (216) 952-4418

Event Name: MC2STEM High School - Contact Information
Date:12/21/2009
MC2STEM High School Administrative Office General Electric, Nela Park 1975 Noble Road, Bldg #36 East Cleveland (216) 744-1512 Jeff McClellan, Head of School Jeffrey.d.mcclellan@cmsdnet.net (216) 780-6455

Event Name: STEM Schools Student Lottery - Round 1
Date:2/18/2010
Time:5:30 P.M. - 6:30 P.M.
The first student lottery will be held at 5:30pm on Thursday, February 18, 2010. Eligible students will have completed an online application and attended an Open House or visited the school with a parent or guardian. The lottery will be held at the Main Branch of the Cleveland Public Library (325 Superior Avenue NE) in the Louis Stokes Wing lower level auditorium.

Event Name: STEM Innovation Expo
Date:5/1/2010
Save the date! You dont want to miss this event! Come out and meet the STEM community,our STEM students, see their work, visit their school and celebrate.