Issue #330 May 20th, 2013 I. Financial Aid Grad/Postgrad/Postdoc: Keck Graduate Institute Scholarships and Fellowships II. Campus News • Mount Holyoke Extension Program Offers Summer Credit • Concordia University Adds Accounting Major • Syracuse University Offers Summer English Seminar for International Students • StudyColorado Invites Students to View New Video on Studying in Colorado • CCI Greenheart Offers Intensive Summer English Academy Program • How Social Are You? Take the EducationUSA Student Social Media Survey
KECK GRADUATE INSTITUTE SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS The Keck Graduate Institute educates future leaders of the bioscience industry through distinctive Professional Science Master's and PhD programs offering integrated life science/engineering/business curriculums and focusing on industry projects and collaborations. KGI has the following Scholarships/Fellowships still available for the September 2013 Master of Bioscience incoming class. KGI is accepting applications for fall 2013 on a rolling basis. Catherine and Francis Burzik Fellowship Fletcher Jones foundation Endowed Scholarship Fund KGI Presidential Fellowship Pioneer Hi-Bred Endowed Fellowship Fund Robert A. Day Endowed Fellowship Fund Sydney J Weinberg, Jr. Founders Circle Fellowship William Randolph Hearst Foundation Endowed Fellowship Fund For more information, please visit: http://bit.ly/11HVpqv
MOUNT HOLYOKE EXTENSION PROGRAM OFFERS SUMMER CREDIT This summer, the Mount Holyoke Extension Program will offer collegelevel courses for academic credit for students of high school and college age and beyond. More than 25 courses across disciplines are now open for online registration. Mount Holyoke Extension operates a wide array of programs—including professional development, vocational training, and courses in the liberal arts—designed to provide a high-quality education to students beyond Mount Holyoke College’s traditional core student body. For more information, please visit: http://bit.ly/10lwvtd
CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY ADDS ACCOUNTING MAJOR Concordia University has recently added accounting as a third option for a School of Management major, joining marketing and business administration. With a degree in accounting from Concordia, you’ll be prepared for a broad spectrum of career paths – from start-ups, major corporations, and non-profits to auditing firms and government agencies. Our courses provide both the knowledge and the career experiences required to position you for an array of opportunities – all leveraging your accounting skills and on-the-job know-how. By developing an accounting major, we have increased the number of program electives and added to our highly skilled faculty. As a result, whichever business major or minor you select, you will be able to take advantage of the right courses for today’s global economy. For more information, please visit: http://bit.ly/14o7y0h
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY OFFERS SUMMER ENGLISH SEMINAR FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS Come to Syracuse University this summer for two-week English immersion program that provides English language instruction and the opportunity to learn more about the culture. You can visit up to seven college campuses in the northeastern United States to see how different they are from universities abroad, and decide which schools best meet your individual needs and goals. Experience residential life on the SU campus, and take classes that will prepare you for the college application process. Visit our website for a full list of offered courses as well as registration details. Orientation for this program is on Sunday, July 14. The program ends on Friday, July 26. For more information, please visit: http://bit.ly/13p0zlm
STUDYCOLORADO INVITES STUDENTS TO VIEW NEW VIDEO ON STUDYING IN COLORADO StudyColorado invites international students and advisors to view our introductory video and visit our website. We have 22 members in Colorado -- four-year colleges and research universities, community colleges, English language trainers. See why so many international students have already chosen Colorado. For more information, please visit: http://bit.ly/10SMAbQ
CCI GREENHEART OFFERS INTENSIVE SUMMER ENGLISH ACADEMY PROGRAM CCI Greenheart's Summer English Academy Program offers an intensive English language program exclusively for teenager's ages 14 to 18 years old. Participants have the opportunity to live and study with other international teens on beautiful boarding school campus, study English, see New York City or San Francisco and participate in fun, cultural afternoon activities. These two and three-week courses are led by certified ESL teachers who offer creative language lessons with a focus on conversational skills and provide English speaking opportunities at all times: meals, activities and class. Each day students participate in recreational activities on and off campus and excursions each weekend. Enrollment is on a first-come, first-serve basis, there are still a few spaces left! 2013 Program Dates: New York: July 13 - July 27 (two-weeks) San Francisco: July 26 - August 16 (three-weeks) For more information, please visit: http://bit.ly/13B2gjk
HOW SOCIAL ARE YOU? TAKE THE EDUCATIONUSA STUDENT SOCIAL MEDIA SURVEY EducationUSA wants to hear from you! How do you use social media in your daily life as well as in your college admissions process? Where do you go for information? What do you want to see on U.S. college & university social media sites? Please take this brief 13 question survey to help us better reach you! For more information, please visit: http://svy.mk/10Gqbtn
Contact an EducationUSA adviser near you for guidance on finding and applying to an accredited U.S. college or university. EducationUSA.state.gov (Note: students must apply for financial aid directly with the institution listed) An archive of these and other past financial aid and news announcements is available at EducationUSA.info/financial-aid EducationUSA would like to thank all the institutions, foundations, and other organizations which so generously provide the financial aid and news information contained herein.