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1. Issue #399 November 3rd, 2014
I. Financial Aid
UG: University of Wisconsin - Green Bay (WI) Undergraduate Scholarships
UG: The New School (NY) Scholarship Competition
Grad: The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law (OH) Offers Several Scholarships
II. Campus News
• Michigan State University's (MI) New Program Pairs Domestic and International Students
• Southwestern Law School (CA) Professor Receives International Lawyer of the Year Award
• Hiram College (OH) Receives U.S. State Department Grant for International Collaboration
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - GREEN BAY (WI) UNDERGRADUATE
SCHOLARSHIPS
University of Wisconsin - Green Bay has scholarships available for all
undergraduate international students. The awards range from $2,000 - $8,000.
To be considered for the scholarships, new and transfer students must apply
by the following deadlines:
Spring semester: November 1st
Fall semester: June 1st
For more information, please visit: http://bit.ly/ZJuz0D
THE NEW SCHOOL (NY) SCHOLARSHIP COMPETITION
Five full-tuition and five partial-tuition scholarships are available in The New
School Competition. The competition is open globally for graduating high school
students who want to begin undergraduate studies in fall 2015 at the renowned
The New School in New York City. Non-graduating high school students are also
welcome to join the competition and compete for Apple iPad Minis. Your future
starts now! Enter the contest by the deadline, February 1, 2015.
For more information, please visit: http://bit.ly/1q4AowI
2. THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY MORITZ COLLEGE OF LAW (OH)
OFFERS SEVERAL SCHOLARSHIPS
The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law offers the Moritz LL.M. Scholarship to outstanding
LL.M. applicants who will contribute to the intellectual diversity and strength of the LL.M. program.
Moritz College of Law also offers the Jones Day Scholarship for applicants from the People’s
Republic of China. The scholarship offers a 50% tuition waiver and seeks to support students who
show promise through a record of community service, academic or professional achievement,
leadership and/or overcoming hardship.
Additionally, regional scholarships are also awarded to students from the Americas, Africa, Europe
and Southeast Asia. Each of these regional scholarships are for $15,000. Some of the scholarships
offered by partners include COLFUTURO Grants (50% tuition waivers for winners from Colombia)
and Fulbright Grants (partial tuition waivers). Muskie Grants are also partial tuition waivers for
students from select countries.
For more information, please visit: http://bit.ly/10mSPGU
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY'S (MI) NEW PROGRAM PAIRS DOMESTIC
AND INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
Michigan State University and the city of East Lansing, MI have partnered to start
MSU East Lansing Together: Promoting Outreach through Translations (known
as MELTing POT). The new program will pair American students with
international students to translate city documents into different languages, such
as Chinese, Arabic and Spanish.
For more information, please visit: http://bit.ly/1p7PmHA
SOUTHWESTERN LAW SCHOOL (CA) PROFESSOR RECEIVES
INTERNATIONAL LAWYER OF THE YEAR AWARD
The International Law Section of the State Bar of California selected
Professor Robert Lutz as the recipient of the 2014 Warren M. Christopher International Lawyer of
the Year Award for his extraordinary service to the profession in the field of international law. Read
more about the award and Professor Lutz's extensive contributions to international law at
http://www.swlaw.edu/news/overview/lutz_christopheraward814.
For more information, please visit: http://bit.ly/1DYyO7T
3. HIRAM COLLEGE (OH) RECEIVES U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT
GRANT FOR INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION
Hiram College is the recipient of a U.S. State Department grant for
$500,000 to fund international collaboration. The program, “Connecting Pakistani and American High
Schools through International Watershed Partnerships,” calls for the formation of non-traditional
partnerships among American and Pakistani high schools, universities, local community partners
and government agencies – partnerships that are necessary to solve the unprecedented global
water crises of the 21st Century.
For more information, please visit: http://bit.ly/1odqttz
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