EdUSA Weekly Update Issue #327 April 29th, 2013
Education USA
Issue #327 April 29th, 2013
I. Financial AidUG: Rice University Merit-Based Scholarships UG: Mount Holyoke College Merit-Based Scholarships UG: Point Park University Cinema and Digital Arts Merit-Based Scholarships UG/Grad: Keuka College Merit-Based Scholarships UG/Grad: Grand Valley State University Merit-Based Scholarships Grad: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Athletic Scholarships Postgrad: The New School for Social Research Fellowships
II. Campus News
• University of Arkansas School of Law Helps Accelerate Your Law Degree Completion • Virginia International University Holds Graduation Representing Over 50 Countries • Washington University School of Law First to Offer Online Legal English Class for Foreign Lawyers 
RICE UNIVERSITY MERIT-BASED SCHOLARSHIPS Rice's small size allows personal interaction between students and professors, while our eminent faculty foster the intellectual excitement of a major research university. At Rice, undergraduates at all levels participate in cutting-edge research with world-class faculty in the humanities, social sciences, engineering and natural sciences. Premier architecture and music professors enhance classroom experiences with their exceptional talent and artistry. A Rice education offers personal involvement and excellence in programs that prepare graduates for a changing world. 
MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE MERIT-BASED SCHOLARSHIPS As the first of the Seven Sisters—the female equivalent of the once predominantly male Ivy League—Mount Holyoke has led the way in women's education. A model upon which many other women's colleges were patterned, it quickly became synonymous with brilliant teaching and academic excellence. Located in South Hadley, Massachusetts, Mount Holyoke is 90 minutes west of Boston and three hours north of New York City 
POINT PARK UNIVERSITY CINEMA AND DIGITAL ARTS MERIT-BASED SCHOLARSHIPS Located in the heart of downtown Pittsburgh, one of the United States' most livable and film production vibrant cities, Point Park University and the Department of Cinema and Digital Arts offers an immersive, hands-on education in professional film and media production, animation & visual effects and screenwriting. We equip students with the technical and aesthetic skills necessary to compete in today's global media industries. Students have the opportunity to produce films, develop digital production projects and write scripts and teleplays starting year one through year four in a real-world production environment. When students leave our programs, they have all the tools and know-how needed to survive and thrive in their chosen field.
KEUKA COLLEGE MERIT-BASED SCHOLARSHIPS Keuka College was founded in 1890 and is located on the shore of Keuka Lake in New York state’s Finger Lakes region. Keuka is a private, undergraduate and graduate, residential college that also offers bachelor’s degree completion and master’s degree programs through its Accelerated Studies for Adults Program and international programs in China and Vietnam.
GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY MERIT-BASED SCHOLARSHIPS Allendale, Michigan is home to Grand Valley's main campus, established in 1960, situated on 1,304 acres 12 miles west of Grand Rapids. The 38-acre Robert C. Pew Campus in the heart of Grand Rapids is comprised of two separate sites with a total of 11 buildings including the Cook-DeVos Center for Health Sciences (CHS), John C. Kennedy Hall of Engineering, and the new L. William Seidman Center. Classes are also offered in the Meijer Campus in Holland, and at our regional locations in Muskegon and Traverse City. 
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIPS Since its founding in 1867, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has earned a reputation as a world-class leader in research, teaching, and public engagement. A talented and highly respected faculty is the University’s most significant resource. Many are recognized for exceptional scholarship with memberships in such organizations as the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences, and the National Academy of Engineering. Our faculty have been awarded Nobel Prizes, Pulitzer Prizes, and the Fields Medal in Mathematics.The success of our faculty is matched by that of our alumni: 11 are Nobel laureates and another 18 have won Pulitzer Prizes. 
THE NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS The New School for Social Research provides an education grounded in history and informed by a legacy of critical thought and civic engagement. The school’s dedication to academic freedom and intellectual inquiry reaches back to the university’s founding in 1919 as a home for progressive thinkers and the creation of the University in Exile in 1933 for scholars persecuted in Nazi Europe. The interdisciplinary education offered by The New School for Social Research today explores and promotes global peace and justice as more than theoretical ideals. The New School for Social Research is a second home for students from a variety of geographical, cultural, economic, and political backgrounds. It enrolls more than 1,000 students from all regions of the United States and from more than 70 countries. Here, civic engagement begins in the classroom. Seminar-style classes facilitate mutual respect and intellectual rigor and take advantage of the school’s diversity and location in New York City. 
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS SCHOOL OF LAW HELPS ACCELERATE YOUR LAW DEGREE COMPLETION The University of Arkansas School of Law offers one of the lowest tuition rates at approximately $12000 per semester for international students. Among the benefits offered to accelerated candidates, is the ability to transfer in a number of credits from a student’s previous legal coursework outside of the U.S. into their Juris Doctor program, thus "accelerating" the time required to finish their degree. In addition, successful completion of the Juris Doctor degree will satisfy the degree requirement for eligibility to sit for the bar examination in any state in the U.S. The University of Arkansas School of Law does not require an LSAT score.
VIRGINIA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOLDS GRADUATION REPRESENTING OVER 50 COUNTRIES Virginia International University’s mission is to educate students from all over the world through a highly qualified, equally diverse faculty and staff while striving to provide academic programs that engender the intellectual curiosity, critical thinking, and creativity urgently needed in the global community.
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW FIRST TO OFFER ONLINE LEGAL ENGLISH CLASS FOR FOREIGN LAWYERS Washington University School of Law’s mission is to be the best place in the country to learn to be a lawyer; to be a community creating outstanding research and providing service to the world; and to be a school structured around the most current and important ideas bearing upon the law. It offers students a great legal education in an intellectually challenging and collegial environment. Our faculty members are recognized for their excellent teaching and scholarship, and they are highly accessible to our students. The law school’s curriculum blends traditional theory and opportunities to participate in a wide variety of lawyering skills courses and co-curricular activities in St. Louis, New York, Washington, D.C. and around the world that encourage the development of practical skills and interdisciplinary learning.
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Noemi B. Fontão- EducationUSA Adviser