[SEARAC Forum] Scholarships for immigrant families

[Perom Uch]

--- On Wed, 12/2/09, Naomi Steinberg <na...@searac.org> wrote: From: Naomi Steinberg <na...@searac.org> Subject: [SEARAC Forum] Scholarships for immigrant families To: fo...@searac.org Date: Wednesday, December 2, 2009, 7:45 AM *SEARAC has no additional information about this scholarship opportunity.* *** *New Scholarship Program for Immigrant Families* http://updates.phennd.org/2009/11/new-scholarship-program-for-immigrant-families Western Union Foundation Announces New Scholarship Program for Immigrant Families Deadline: February 5, 2010 The Western Union Foundation’s Family Scholarship Program is a new educational initiative for migrants, immigrants, and their families in the United States. The Family Scholarship Program is intended to help two members of the same family move up the economic development ladder through education. Scholarships may be used for tuition for college/university education language acquisition classes, technical/skill training, and/or financial literacy. For example, one family member may request assistance to attend college and the other family member may request assistance to attend English as a Second Language courses.All applicants must be 18 or older. The country of origin for at least one of the applicants must be outside the U.S. Applications must include educational providers for primary and secondary award recipients (must be two family members). Scholarships will only be made to nonprofit accredited higher education institutions and nonprofit training/educational providers. Recipients are eligible to receive scholarships in amounts of $1,000 to $5,000 per family. Recipients are determined in a selection process independently managed by the Institute of International Education, an international nonprofit educational exchange organization. Applications for the winter scholarship are due February 5, 2010. Visit the Western Union Foundation Web site for complete program information. *_http://foundation.westernunion.com/ourProgramsScholarships.html_* -----Inline Attachment Follows----- **************************************************************************** SEARAC (http://www.searac.org) is a national nonprofit organization working to advance the interests of Cambodian, Laotian, and Vietnamese Americans through capacity building, advocacy, and education.  SEARAC is proud to work with a national network of over 180 Southeast Asian American grant-eligible organizations accessible at http://www.searac.org/maa/. DISCLAIMER: The opinions expressed on SEARAC's listserves are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect SEARAC's positions. SUBMISSIONS: SEARAC invites members to submit materials directly to this listserve by sending them to fo...@searac.org TO UNSUBSCRIBE: To unsubscribe from this listserve please send an email to forum-un...@searac.org. **************************************************************************** http://mail.searac.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/forum

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From: Patrici...@phila.gov
Sent: Tue, Nov 24, 2009 3:24 pm
Subject: New schoilarship program for immigrant families - fyi

New Scholarship Program for Immigrant Families
Posted November 23rd, 2009 in Miscellaneous
Western Union Foundation Announces New Scholarship Program for Immigrant Families
Deadline: February 5, 2010
The Western Union Foundation’s Family Scholarship Program is a new educational initiative for migrants, immigrants, and their families in the United States.
The Family Scholarship Program is intended to help two members of the same family move up the economic development ladder through education. Scholarships may be used for tuition for college/university education language acquisition classes, technical/skill training, and/or financial literacy. For example, one family member may request assistance to attend college and the other family member may request assistance to attend English as a Second Language courses.
All applicants must be 18 or older. The country of origin for at least one of the applicants must be outside the U.S. Applications must include educational providers for primary and secondary award recipients (must be two family members). Scholarships will only be made to nonprofit accredited higher education institutions and nonprofit training/educational providers.
Recipients are eligible to receive scholarships in amounts of $1,000 to $5,000 per family.
Recipients are determined in a selection process independently managed by the Institute of International Education, an international nonprofit educational exchange organization.
Applications for the winter scholarship are due February 5, 2010. Visit the Western Union Foundation Web site for complete program information.
http://foundation.westernunion.com/ourProgramsScholarships.html


Patricia G Coyne
Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations
601 West Lehigh Avenue
Philadelphia, PA  19133
215-685-9754  patrici...@phila.gov

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