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All,
I thought some of you might be interested in this.
Cheers,
Morrie K.
On Thu, 16 Aug 2001 14:51:18 -0700 (PDT), [log in to unmask] wrote:
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> > > From: [log in to unmask]
> > > Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 00:58:59 EDT
> > > Subject: MBA Scholarship Opportunity
> > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > >
> > > In an effort to increase the number of African
> > > Americans in business school, the
> > > University of Kentucky's Gatton College of Business
> > > and Economics is awarding full scholarships to qualified African
> > > Americans to pursue an MBA degree.
> > >
> > > The African American Scholars Program was developed
> > > in response to the
> > > school's historical difficulty in recruiting African
> > > Americans to its MBA program.
> > >
> > > "The campus had the reputation - deserved or not -
> > > of not being user
> > > friendly to African Americans," says Dean Richard
> > > Furst. In an effort to
> > > overcome that image, the program offers scholarship
> > > winners full tuition, a
> > > $10,000 stipend and a guaranteed summer internship
> > > with a Kentucky-based company.
> > >
> > > There are no set minimum requirements; all
> > > scholarship applicants are
> > > evaluated on an individual basis. Today, 18 African
> > > American Scholars make
> > > up more than 10% of the full-time students at the
> > > business school, up from three in 1994.
> > >
> > > Degree concentrations are offered in banking, real
> > > estate and finance;
> > > accounting and corporate finance; marketing and
> > > distribution and information systems management.
> > >
> > > For more information, contact:
> > >
> > > Michael Tearney, Associate Dean/Administrator
> > > African American Scholars Program
> > > University of Kentucky
> > > Gatton College of Business and Economics
> > > Lexington, KY 40506-0034
> > > [log in to unmask]
> > >
> > > Mertine Elizabeth Moore
> > > Publicist
> > > MELM PUBLIC RELATIONS
> > > P O Box 60685
> > > Washington, DC 20039
> > > 202-723-4653
> > > F: 202-726-2199
> > > [log in to unmask]
> > >
> > >
> > >
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