MAEOPP Scholarships
The Mid-America Association of Educational Opportunity Program Personnel (MAEOPP) offers four scholarships annually to eligible TRiO participants:
MAEOPP Board Scholarship (one awarded per state)
Ralph J. Pruitt Scholarship (one awarded in specified state)
Silas Purnell Scholarship (one awarded in specified state)
James B. Hamilton Scholarship (one awarded for region)
The 2009-2010 competition has been announced and applications will be due March 19th, 2010 (postmarked by March 16th, 2010). Be sure to download the cover letter to submit with your application. Visit http://www.maeopp.org/Scholarship.htm to learn more about MAEOPP scholarships.
The following MN TRiO participant was awarded a scholarship in the 2009 MAEOPP Scholarship competition:
| Nuredin Ali, MAEOPP Board Scholarship Recipient | |||
| The winner of the Minnesota MAEOPP Board of Directors Scholarship is Nuredin Ali, an SSS student from Minnesota State University, Mankato. Nuredin is pursuing a degree in Urban Planning so that he can obtain a career in Urban Development. Not only is he an outstanding student, but Nuredin is also involved as the vice-president of the Somali Student Association, and has contributed to the Somali youth-Violence Rally and Jumpstart, which is a program to help young kids enjoy reading and writing. "Student Support Services has had a major impact on my education because this is the only program that has defined my college career," Nuredin says. His father passed away when he was only nine months old and he says that he "had to take on my father's role." He came to the United States when he was 18 by himself, for his entire family is still in Somalia. He says, "My family is the reason why I wake up every morning...and I don't know where their next meal comes from."
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