Sentences with phrase «full scholarship at»

Feeling that he had already acquired all the technical skills in high school he turned down scholarships at art schools and accepted a full scholarship at Columbia University which he attended from 1931 to 1935.

Dan played NCAA tennis on a full scholarship at Vanderbilt University.

His mother's family «was all entrepreneurs,» and Sunny, before all his dishwashing and furniture moving hard work to earn a full scholarship at the University of South Carolina, had earned a partial scholarship there «because of my SAT scores.»

Today, he's on a full scholarship at Fordham University and will graduate in May, on time, with a major in economics.

Given those findings, it wasn't surprising that the committee also determined that only 23 % of all athletes on full scholarship at State, and only 48 % at Chapel Hill, graduated.

Ritzo recalled Bode's talent and arranged for virtually a full scholarship at CVA, a private school at the base of the Sugarloaf ski area with an emphasis on winter sports.

Rhein received his BFA and MFA degrees through full scholarships at the School of Visual Arts, NY.

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You never once smacked one of those kids, the ones there on full scholarship with visions of patched sport coasts in the Ivory Tower, you never once icily mentioned that you were working full time, going into debt, commuting two hours to school, that you had three small babies at home, that you worked in a fast - paced and exhausting industry under tremendous pressure just to come home, kiss your kids for a brief moment, launching into that thesis until well past midnight, just to get up at 6 the next morning and do it all over again, relentlessly.

There, with no scholarship, she paid her way with a full - time job testing ammunition on the night shift at a St. Louis ordnance plant.

Church congregations are creating «Alternative to Military Scholarships» for at - risk youth, and colleges like Eastern University are doing all they can to laugh in the face of a recession and create full - rides for kids like Michael because it is the right thing to do.

Liberal critical scholarship, coming into full flower at the time of Strauss and thereafter, was not prepared to accept a rendering of the gospel texts into a Christ myth and then the dissolution of that myth into a speculative Christology.

While Emmert has always parroted the NCAA's message about amateurism, he was at the helm of the organization as it instituted full cost of attendance stipends which go above the traditional room and board scholarships.

He talks about the commitment that wrestling in high school for a program like Graham takes, and the impact of not having a full ride scholarship waiting at the end of the trail if successful.

Their story was at the same time inspiring and tragic, and only three starters in the dugout were on full scholarship.

In 2011, I also studied at Old Dominion University (ODU) in Virginia, after receiving a full sports scholarship and competed as part of the Old Dominion Field Hockey, who were ranked number one nationally and that year were named CAA (Colonial Athletic Association) champions.»

The team would get at least nine full scholarships, have a full - time head coach and full - time assistant coach, and «compete in at least two - thirds of its regular season against NCAA varsity rugby teams.»

Meeting his wife Stephanie at Oregon State (Stephanie earned a full ride scholarship in Gymnastics and was ranked # 8 nationally), they were married in 2006 and had their first son Mathew in 2011 and second son Ryan in 2013.

Harbaugh offered VanSumeren a full scholarship to play football at Michigan.

A $ 15 million gift from the Batten Foundation unlocked a matching gift from UVA's Bicentennial Scholars Fund, and the resulting $ 30 million endowment will ultimately provide every student in Darden's full - time MBA program a scholarship to attend a Darden Worldwide Course at no incremental cost.

The full - scholarship biology major at Queens College already earned a degree in neuroscience, but could not afford the leap to graduate school due to a roadblock barring -LSB-...]

Students who want to go on to become teachers will receive a full - tuition scholarship at SUNY Buffalo State, along with financial assistance for room and board.

* Full tuition scholarships to the top 10 percent of high school graduates who pursue science, technology, engineering or math degrees at SUNY and CUNY.

At LaGuardia Community College in Queens, the governor revealed he would ask the State Legislature to allocate $ 163 million to create the «Excelsior Scholarship,» which will offer free tuition full - time State University of New York and City University of New York students from households earning up to $ 125,000 per year.

Those extra expenses would not be covered under Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Excelsior Scholarship proposal, which would pay only the difference between financial aid and tuition at State University of New York or City University of New York campuses for full - time students from families earning $ 125,000 or less.

And another senior, Moctar Fall, who spent two years of his childhood in a homeless shelter, got a full scholarship to study engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

More than 22,000 students across the state received the Excelsior Scholarship, a program that covers tuition for full - time students at New York's public colleges and universities, according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

In addition to 600 campers attending Camp Ska - No - Ka - San, some through the scholarship program, East Aurora utilizes the funds to provide programming at its facility in the village, providing full - day programming, along with extended day camp.

The governor also called for full SUNY and CUNY scholarships for the top 10 percent of high school students who pursue a math or science career and agree to work in New York for at least five years.

He received a full scholarship to study at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, through Carl Rowan's Project Excellence, a program founded by Rowan, a syndicated columnist who died in 2000, to aid African - American high - school seniors from the Washington, D.C., area who plan to attend college.

Students from Indonesia applying to Master's studies at Lund University may be eligible to apply for the full scholarships from LPDP to cover their costs.

I was always incredibly active growing up, and eventually earned a four - year full scholarship to play for the women's basketball team at The College of St. Rose in Albany, NY.

EL: «I'm currently a freshman at the University of Pennsylvania with a full ride scholarship.

An enduring champion of the motion picture arts, Audi nurtures new and established voices through its support of AFI FEST and beyond, including the Audi Fellowship for Women at the AFI Conservatory, a new full - tuition scholarship investing in the future of female directors in film and television.

A 10 - year - old boy «discovered» playing at an aging Kissimmee motel and cast in the film «The Florida Project» has been promised a full four - year scholarship to Rollins College — the youngest recipient in college history.

Further information The CAS curriculum can be downloaded by clicking here Full details of the criteria including how to register an interest for the scholarships can be found at: www.bcs.org/teachingscholarships www.education.gov.uk/get-into-teaching www.bcs.org / CSteachingexcellence

«My mom used [our undocumented status] as a way to get me to excel in school because she knew the only way I could go to college was to get into an elite school that would give me a full scholarship,» says Diaz, co-director of Act on a Dream, who was at the top of her high school class until her senior year, when her dad lost his job and she began working at Burger King 35 hours a week to support her family.

The Hope scholarship also pays full tuition at Georgia public universities and community colleges and a similar amount at private colleges in Georgia.

Results from the other Cristo Rey schools have proven the model works with kids who at one time were lead gang members, involved in violence or drugs and are now being accepted and going to universities like Georgetown, Brown, and Boston College, many with full scholarships.

A handful of Icahn students are now enrolled at elite private schools on full scholarship.

Part time students are completely excluded, as are many full - time students (students must complete at least 30 credits per year to renew, more than the 24 credits required for full - time status), and students must live in - state for a specified period after leaving school or else the scholarship is converted to a loan.

The advocacy also purports to offer a closer look at «public school options» available to students nationwide, including in its count 310,000 students in full - time virtual schools and 190,000 receiving «tuition assistance from tax - credit funded scholarship programs.»

He thrived at ArtsWest his junior and senior years and went on to secure a full scholarship to the University of Miami.

Lawmakers have phased out funding for the highly praised NC Teaching Fellows program, which awarded full college scholarships to North Carolina students who promised to teach in the state for at least four years.

Our study looked at many more aspects of CSFB scholarships student outcomes, which can be examined more fully in the full report.

With the support of his school, friends and the community, Erik graduated at the top of his class and earned a full scholarship to South Mountain Community College, where he attended for a year before transferring to the University of Arizona.

Yet today, Blackmon, now 21, is a standout student at Southern University at New Orleans, in the Honoré Center for Undergraduate Achievement, an intensive new program that gives full scholarships to young African American men who show promise despite unremarkable transcripts.

In exchange for a full scholarship — free room and board and a small monthly stipend — each Honoré Man receives a loan that is forgiven if he teaches in public school for at least two years.

Governors State University, for example, offers a dual degree program and scholarship for qualifying students who are enrolled full - time at Chicagoland community colleges and who transfer to Governors State.

When looking at the full body of evidence, Florida's scholarship program is far from broken, and is, in fact, very successful.

We can raise the standards for entry into the profession and award full scholarships to those who agree to teach at least five years.