Scholarship Oppurtunities

[Brandon Rader]

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Hello, Debate Coaches,

I hope you had a great week.  The attached article is a MUST read for each of us in Memphis Debate, especially our coaches and student debaters.  This is a stunning success story that we are helping create in our Memphis community.

 

Here are a few updates:

1. Debate coach stipends have been submitted to Student Support Services.  I will follow-up next week to find out the timing of the payments to you. Thanks again for our successes this school year...the result of the hard work and creativity of you and our students.
2. Our summer debate institute plans are shaping up. I really hope to see an increase in atteandance and look forward to seeing our current and new students attend. 
3. Note that lunch will be provided daily and we will pay for the first 80 students that register to visit the Memphis Pink Palace Museum Planetarium and Hubble IMAX film since our 2011-12 resolution is on space exploration.  This an incentive to get those registrations to me ASAP!!
4. I need you to submit your suppy orders to me ASAP.  I plan to place these orders during the summer for delivery to your school just after school starts in August.  This will help us "hit-the-ground-quickly" for next school year.
5. Our year-end coaches meeting voted to use a rules committee to develop potential 2011-2012 MUDL rules changes.
6. Our rules committe begins meeting next week and they will produce a list of potential rules changes for vote via Survey Monkey.  Our representatives include Jamie Siebrase Hudgins (jaim...@gmail.com), Jan Martinez (jmartin...@yahoo.com), Davis Smith (smith...@mcsk12.net), Jordan Leveque (tigers...@gmail.com - new father of a future great debater, Kai Foster Leveque, who checked into a local hospital Tab Room at his birth this past Sunday at 6 lbs. and 9 oz.--he and his mother are doing fine ), and Brandon Rader (raderb...@gmail.com).
7. Coaches in attendance or via e-mail and several of our student debaters who went to NYC for NAUDL national championships suggested rules changes that include the use of laptops/technology in rounds, spreading, open cross examination, widening the speaker scale for greater definition of speaker performance, requiring affirmative plans be published at least one-week prior to tournaments on a wiki website like done in other UDLs and debate leagues, debaters being able to stand next to the speaker during rounds to obtain evidence cards, clarifying MUDL policies on filing issues / disputes during debate tournaments to require inclusion of the league director, timeframes for holding evidence cards during rounds, and on who can be in a room during a debate round (note that our current rules state that anyone can be in a debate round if they are following rules for quiet and non-signaling and that any witnesses CAN flow and take notes during rounds--this is acceptable behavior).  These changes will help our students become more competitive locally and nationally and will improve the management of our league.
8. I have attached our MUDL reporting notebook and the guidelines from NAUDL for our 2010-2011 participation levels.
9. Scholarship opportunities are attached and below and note that the University of Oklahoma charges $350 for a comparable debate camp that our MCS students receive for FREE.

I look forward to continuing our work together.  Let me know how I can be of service.  Have a great weekend.

 

These came to me from a MUDL Advisory Board Member

 

Be sure to look at the attachment as well as the scholarships listed below which have links. Of special note the Hallie Q. Brown and Dell Scholars are for high school juniors whose deadline is in January.  If you have a student/child who is a h.s. freshmen or sophomore keep the info for future reference.  Also, the Jacob K. Javits Teacher Schlarship sounds good(Jamila and Cicely, I thought about both of you). Also, the Coca Cola scholarhip early deadline in October (I think) and the Ron Brown sounds really  for h.s. seniors.  So, check those out as well as others that may be of interest.  There is a wide variety.
 
The attachment has a great deal of scholarships particularly for ALL  minorities.  Please pass on.
 

 

 
 
 
The attachment contains many more scholarship opportunities...
 …thanks from efamily member Clara Meek
A
AARP Foundation Women's Scholarship Program
For women 40+ seeking new job skills, training and educational opportunities to support themselves.
Academic Competitiveness Grant
For first-year and second-year college students who graduated from high school.
Actuarial Diversity Scholarship
For minority students pursuing a degree that may lead to a career in the actuarial profession.
Akash Kuruvilla Memorial Scholarship Fund
For students who demonstrate excellence in leadership, diversity, integrity and academia.
American Copy Editors Society Scholarship
Available to junior, senior and graduate students who will take full-time copy editing jobs or internships.
AORN Foundation Scholarship
For students studying to be nurses and perioperative nurses pursuing undergrad and grad degrees.
Automotive Hall of Fame Scholarship
For students who indicate a sincere interest in an automotive related career.
AWG Minority Scholarship For Women
Encourages young minority women to pursue an education and later a career in the geosciences.
AXA Achievements Scholarship
Provides more than $600K in annual scholarships to 52 students - one from each state.
B
Beacon Partners Healthcare IT Scholarships
Awarded to a student pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree in the IT Healthcare field.
Best Buy Scholarship
For students in grades 9-12 who plan to enter a full-time undergraduate program upon high school graduation.
Burger King Scholars Program
For high school seniors who have part-time jobs and excel academically in school.
C
CIA Undergraduate Scholarship Program
Developed to assist minority and disabled students, but open to all who meet the requirements.
Coca-Cola Scholars Program
Four-year achievement-based scholarships given to 250 high school seniors each year.
D
Davidson Fellows Scholarship
Recognizes and awards the extraordinary who excel in math, science, and technology.
Davis-Putter Scholarship Fund
Need-based scholarships for college students are part of the progressive movement in their community.
Dell Scholars Program
For students who demonstrate a desire and ability to overcome barriers and achieve their goals.
Development Fund For Black Students in Science and Technology
For students studying science or technology at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
Discovery Scholarship
Annual scholarship for high school juniors to support continued education and training beyond high school.
E
Ed Bradley/ Ken Kashiwahara Scholarships
Open to full-time students who are pursuing careers in radio and television news.
EMPOWER Scholarship Award
Designed to increase diversity in the medical rehabilitation field by awarding students of color.
ESA Foundation Computer and Video Game Scholarship Program
For minority and female students majoring in a field related to computer and video game arts.
F
Fulbright Scholar Program
Sends faculty and professionals abroad each year to lecture and conduct research.
Future Engineers Scholarship Program
For students pursuing a career in engineering who shows outstanding academic performance.
G
Gates Millenium Scholarship
Funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; established to help low income minority students.
Go On Girl Book Club Scholarship
Supports authors of the Black African Diaspora who wan to write their way to college money.
Google Anita Borg Scholarship
For women who excel in computing and technology, and are active role models and leaders.
H
Hallie Q. Brown Scholarship
For African American women who have a minimum C average, and can demonstrate financial need.
HBCU Study Abroad Scholarship
Provides travel opportunities for students of color who are traditionally under-represented in such programs.J
Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program
Provides fellowships to students who excel in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.
Javits-Frasier Teacher Scholarship Fund
To increase diverse students' access to talent development opportunities through teacher training.
Jeannette Rankin Women's Scholarship Fund
For low-income women who have a vision of how their education will benefit themselves and their community.
Joe Francis Haircare Scholarship
For cosmetology and barber school students who can demonstrate a financial need.
K
KFC Colonel's Scholars Program
For college-bound students who can demonstrate financial need, and have a GPA of at least 2.75.
L
Lincoln Forum Scholarship Essay Contest
A writing contest pertaining to the life and times of Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War era.
M
McKesson Pharmacy Scholarship
Designed to assist pharmacy students who plan to continue their education.
N
National Achievement Scholarship
Established in 1964 to provide recognition for outstanding African American high school students.
National Black Police Association Scholarships
For students pursuing careers in law enforcement, criminal justice, and other related areas.
National Institute of Health (NIH) Undergraduate Scholarship
For students from disadvantaged backgrounds who are pursuing science and health-related research.
National SMART Grant
Available to full-time students who are majoring in science, math, technology, engineering, and more.
P
PMI Educational Foundation Scholarships
Established for students in the field of project management or a project management related field.
R
Ron Brown Scholar Program
Seeks to identify African American high school seniors who will make significant contributions to society.
Ronald Reagan College Leaders Scholarship
Seeks to recognize outstanding young people who are promoting American values on college campuses.
S
Siemen Competition
Competition for individual or team research projects in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology.
T
Thurgood Marshall College Fund Scholarships
For first-generation students majoring in business, finance, science, engineering, and more.
Tri-Delta Scholarships
For students who excel in chapter and campus involvement,community service, academics, and more.
Tylenol Scholarship
For students pursuing a career in health care who can demonstrate leadership and academic qualities.
U
United Negro College Fund Scholarships
Administers 400 different scholarship programs so low-income families can afford college, tuition, and books.
U.S. Bank Internet Scholarship
For high school seniors planning to enroll or college freshmen, sophomores, and juniors already enrolled.
USDA/1890 National Scholars Program
For students seeking a Bachelor's degree in agriculture, food, or natural resource sciences and related majors.
V
Vanguard Minority Scholarship Program
Provides merit-based scholarships to minority students studying business, finance, economics, and more.
W
William B. Ruggles Right To Work Journalism Scholarship
Available to undergraduate and graduate students who are majoring in journalism or a related field.
Writer's Digest Annual Short Story Competition
Contest for writers who can compose the best fictional short story, written in 1,500 words or less.
X
Xerox Technical Minority Scholarship
For academic high-achievers in science, engineering, and information te

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From: Cook, Gabe <cook...@umkc.edu>
Date: Thu, May 12, 2011 at 5:01 PM
Subject: Cool Article
To: "LeagueD...@googlegroups.com" <LeagueD...@googlegroups.com>

Hello Everyone –

 

I just wanted to share this news story about Marcus Leach, one of the Central debaters featured in the book Cross-x:

http://www.kansascity.com/2011/05/10/2865755/success-story-from-debate-squad.html

 

Take care

 

-Gabe

 

Gabe Cook

Director, DEBATE-Kansas City

OP: 816-235-5267

CP: 816-217-1846

 

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