What’s Bill & Melinda Gates up to in Chatty?
Putting their money where their mouth is for sure. The Gates Foundation and their Millennium Scholarships have funded 5 Chattanooga area students complete college education! In the past 10 years the Gates have given more than $614 million to this program.
View the FreeTimes article and learn more. http://tinyurl.com/78f2hcp
WHO’S ELIGIBLE?
To qualify for the Gates Millennium Scholarship, students must:
• Be an African-American, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian Pacific Islander American or Hispanic American students who are U.S. citizens, or legal permanent residents.
• Have a cumulative GPA of 3.3 on an unweighted 4.0 scale or have earned a GED
• Have demonstrated leadership abilities
• Meet federal Pell Grant eligibility criteria
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- FCA training for Music City 1/2 Marathon Begins!
- On the train headed to Zurich from Salzburg.
- “The Hills Are Alive With the Sound of Music.”
- Dachau-a visit to horror past. Moving experience & prompting questions.
- Tour of Disney inspired castle, Mad King Ludwig of Bavaria & other sites of Munich
- We made it to Munich & Pension Lindner
- Can you sleep on an international overnight flight? Here’s what I do.
- A long walk home as a 3rd grader in Waco, TX. 50 yrs ago today.
- On our way! Early flight to NY & then on to Munich, Germany
- AdvancED (SACS) Accreditation Conference
- A hike in the Grand Tetons is well… Grand! Cascade Canyon was spectacular.
- 9 Mile Hike to Fairy Falls and a visit to the Grand Prismatic Spring. It was HOT!
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