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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

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

May 15, 2012 - Posted by hughharrisfca | Education