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Four School of Education and Social Policy students have been named Gates Millennium Scholars (GMS) for the 2007-08 academic year. They are sophomores Keenya Hofmaier and Corey Winchester, senior Alice Kim and graduated senior Stephanie Patterson (BS07). Twenty-nine Northwestern University students and alumni were selected to receive the award. Gates Millennium Scholars have the opportunity to complete an undergraduate degree program in any academic discipline at the college of their choice. The award also funds graduate school for continuing Gates Scholars in the areas of education, engineering, library science, mathematics, public health and sciences. The grant supplies support for the cost of education by covering unmet need and is renewable for Scholars maintaining satisfactory academic progress. In this way, it provides continuous support from undergraduate through doctoral programs. The Gates Millennium Scholars program was created by Bill and Melinda Gates in 1999 to provide academically talented, low-income African American, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian Pacific Islander American and Hispanic American students with an opportunity to complete a college education. According to the program, a primary goal of GMS is to promote academic excellence and allow outstanding minority students to reach their highest potential. Patterson, whose SESP concentration was social policy, is currently a graduate student at Harvard University's School of Education in a counseling and advocacy program; her focus is on risk and prevention. Hofmaier's undergraduate concentration is also social policy while Kim's area of study is learning and organizational change, and Winchester's is secondary teaching. |
Last Modified: 8/14/09