Duration : 0:3:24

Technorati Tags: Arrival, by, CM, education, European, Pkg, scholarship, Shafiq, Sharif, students

Duration : 0:3:19

Technorati Tags: Albinos, Annual, Ash, Body, Brutality, contest, cut, Cutting, Death, essay, help, high, international, interview, Killed, mayhem, murder, Mutilation, Off, Parts, Persecute, Persecution, Peter, Same, scholarship, school, Shocking, Slaughter, students, Suffering, sun, Superstition, Superstitious, Tanzania, the, Under, underthesamesunfund, Violence, Witch, Witchdoctor, Zeru

Duration : 0:4:37

Technorati Tags: awards, ceremony, ducks, edge, ehu, glamour, Hill, money, scholarship, students, university

Duration : 0:4:36

Technorati Tags: donations, donors, financial assistance, florida, hillsborough county, scholarships, schools, students, teachers, thanks

Duration : 0:1:32

Technorati Tags: Ambassador, Anaheim, COLLEGE, community, Danielle DuBois, Disneyland Resort, education grants, Farley, Graffiti, High School Seniors, Jesse Gutierrez, Lexi Martin, Magnolia, nonprofit, Orange County, Prize Patrol, Prom Dress Drive, Scholarship Program, students, Trabuco Hills, University High, Volunteering, Volunteerism, Working Wardrobes

Great Lakes Higher Education Guaranty Corporation chose the Phuture Phoenix program to receive a portion of the 2009-10 Wisconsin College Access Challenge Grant to replicate the pre-college awareness program at another state college or university. The effort was announced at a press conference on campus today, Tuesday, March 24.

This model program takes a year-round, year-in-and-year-out approach that provides students with the support they need to help them stay on track toward high school graduation and enrollment in college, UW-Green Bay Interim Chancellor David Ward said of the Phuture Phoenix program.

A $125,000 grant will be shared between UW-Green Bay and another Wisconsin college or university to duplicate the success of Phuture Phoenix, including the promotion of academic achievement and the programs mission to help every child pursue higher education.

Phuture Phoenix began in 2003 and has since served more than 6,100 schoolchildren from low-income elementary schools in Green Bay, West De Pere, Oneida Nation and several outlying districts. The programs signature event is an annual tour of the UW-Green Bay campus for about 1,300 fifth-graders from elementary schools with significant poverty rates. As the children visit UW-Green Bay and experience college, they are encouraged to be excited about education, eventual high school graduation, and the possibilities for college, university or technical college careers. For many students, visiting a college campus is the first step toward feeling motivated to attend college.

Hundreds of UW-Green Bay students volunteer each year to serve as hosts and role models for the fifth-graders during these Phuture Phoenix Day activities. They also conduct follow-up visits to elementary schools. UW-Green Bay students provide continued contact and additional mentorship during the middle and high school years, tutoring more than 900 students annually throughout Brown County. Tutoring in schools is aimed at raising student attendance, improving academic success and increasing high school graduation rates for at-risk students.

This exciting opportunity to replicate our pre-college program on another Wisconsin campus strengthens our ability to reach more students and send the message that a college degree is possible, said Phuture Phoenix Director Kim Desotell. We know that a college degree improves overall success and doubles average income. This grant assists to leverage our Phuture Phoenix mission throughout Wisconsin and make college admission a reality for low income students that may never have been encouraged to think about higher education.

Officials at Great Lakes saw a need for more programs that inspire the states youth to purse a college degree.
We are excited about this partnership and are confident that replication of the Phuture Phoenix program will be of great benefit to the students of Wisconsin, said Maria Bundy, director of College Access Advising for Great Lakes Higher Education Guaranty Corporation.

Phuture Phoenix was invited to compete for the grant with top pre-college programs throughout the state. The initiatives goal is to add to statewide efforts to help every child achieve a higher education in Wisconsin.

For more information visit: www.uwgb.edu/phuturephoenix/.

Duration : 0:4:42

Technorati Tags: access, Bay, Challenge, conference, corporation, Doyle, education, First, grant, great, Guaranty, Higher, Jessica, Lady, lakes, learning, mentors, of, Phoenix, Phuture, press, students, university, UW-Green, UWGB, Wisconsin

Duration : 0:5:2

Technorati Tags: for, high, hispanic, nursing, scholarship, scholarships, school, students, walmart, women

Krista’s research explores the way fears and false beliefs lead to negative self-fulfilling prophecies, and student disengagement. The aim of her project is to identify strategies and interventions aimed at breaking the cycle of failure avoidance; ultimately raising achievement, resiliency, and students sense of control over challenges in their lives.

Krista is the daughter of 1985 World Champion Triathlete, Gayelene Clews and former Australian of the Year and World Champion marathon runner Robert De Castella.

The prestigious Fulbright program is the largest educational scholarship of its kind, created by U.S. Senator J. William Fulbright and the U.S. Government in 1946. Aimed at promoting mutual understanding through educational exchange, it operates between the U.S. and 155 countries.

Krista is one of 25 talented Australians, and 19 Americans to be recognised as a Fulbright Scholar in 2010. Applications for Fulbright scholarships in 2011 open on 1 June, visit www.fulbright.com.au

Duration : 0:3:2

Technorati Tags: ANU, canberra, education, failure, false beliefs, Fulbright, Krista Clews De Castella, motivation, postgraduate, psychology, scholarship, students, The ANU

Duration : 0:9:14

Technorati Tags: aid, Builder, business, certified, CFP, clients, COLLEGE, college funding, college plan, CPA, discounts, economy, efc, eight, FAFSA, financial, for, FUNDING, get, identify, immediate, income, Institute, kids, knowledge, less, loans, merit, money, more, National, NICCP, of, parents, Pay, planner, Planners, Planning, private, process, raise, reduce, reduce college costs, results, sales, school, software, specialist, steps, student, students, teach, tough, tuition, universities, workshop

Expert: Brooke Kramer
Contact: www.argosy.edu
Bio: Brooke Kramer is the financial aid officer at Argosy University in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Filmmaker: Michael Burton

Duration : 0:1:4

Technorati Tags: academic scholarships, college scholarships, Financial Aid, financial awards, scholarship applications, scholarships, students, undergraduates