<div dir="ltr"><div>FYI</div><div><br></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Anselmo Villanueva</b> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:anselmo.villanueva@gmail.com">anselmo.villanueva@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Jan 15, 2020 at 1:13 PM<br>Subject: [UWMOSAIC] APIA Scholarship Program - Deadline January 22<br>To: <<a href="mailto:uwmosaic@u.washington.edu">uwmosaic@u.washington.edu</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><span style="color:rgb(15,159,218);font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:18px">APIA SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM</span><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><a href="https://apiascholars.org/scholarship/apia-scholarship/" target="_blank">https://apiascholars.org/scholarship/apia-scholarship/</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><h4 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-weight:500;line-height:1.1;color:rgb(68,68,68);margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:18px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(15,159,218)">APIA SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM</span></h4><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;font-family:Muli,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:15px">Scholarship awards range from one-time $2,500 awards to multi-year $20,000 awards. APIA Scholars provides scholarships to underserved APIA students with a special focus on those who:</p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 0px 1.25em;padding:0px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Muli,sans-serif;font-size:15px">Live at or below the poverty level, or are otherwise of low socioeconomic status;</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Muli,sans-serif;font-size:15px">Are the first in their families to attend college;</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Muli,sans-serif;font-size:15px">Are representative of the APIA community’s diversity, (geographically and ethnically}, especially those ethnicities that have been underrepresented on college campuses due to limited access and opportunity; and</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Muli,sans-serif;font-size:15px">Have placed a strong emphasis on community service and leadership as well as solid academic achievement.</li></ul><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;font-family:Muli,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:15px"> </p><hr style="box-sizing:content-box;height:0px;overflow:visible;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;border-right:0px rgb(216,216,216);border-bottom:0px rgb(216,216,216);border-left:0px rgb(216,216,216);border-top-color:rgb(216,216,216);border-top-style:solid;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;font-family:Muli,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:15px"> </p><h4 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-weight:500;line-height:1.1;color:rgb(68,68,68);margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:18px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(15,159,218)">HOW TO APPLY</span></h4><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;font-family:Muli,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:15px">The APIA Scholarship Program application must be completed online and submitted electronically once all of the required questions have been answered. You do not have to complete the online application in one sitting. Until you are ready to submit, you may access your application and edit your answers as many times as you like with your login from any computer with internet access. The application will be available for the 2020-2021 academic year from September 4, 2019 until January 22, 2020 at 5:00 PM EST.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;font-family:Muli,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:15px">If you need some tips on helping you prepare to apply, please check out our <a href="https://apiascholars.org/scholarship/resources/" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(68,68,68);text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank">Applicant Resources</a>.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;font-family:Muli,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:15px"> </p><hr style="box-sizing:content-box;height:0px;overflow:visible;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;border-right:0px rgb(216,216,216);border-bottom:0px rgb(216,216,216);border-left:0px rgb(216,216,216);border-top-color:rgb(216,216,216);border-top-style:solid;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;font-family:Muli,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:15px"> </p><h4 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-weight:500;line-height:1.1;color:rgb(68,68,68);margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:18px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(15,159,218)">APIA SCHOLARS MINIMUM ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR 2020-2021 ACADEMIC YEAR:</span></h4><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 0px 1.25em;padding:0px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Muli,sans-serif;font-size:15px">Be of Asian and/or Pacific Islander ethnicity as defined by the U.S. Census</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Muli,sans-serif;font-size:15px">Be a citizen, national, or legal permanent resident of the United States. Citizens of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of Palau are also eligible to apply</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Muli,sans-serif;font-size:15px">Be enrolling as an undergraduate student in a U.S. accredited college or university in the Fall of 2020.</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Muli,sans-serif;font-size:15px">Have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.7 on a 4.0 scale (unweighted) or have earned a GED</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Muli,sans-serif;font-size:15px">Must apply for federal financial aid for the 2020-2021 academic year using the Free Application for the Federal Student Aid (FASFA) by early April 2020</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Muli,sans-serif;font-size:15px">Submit one letter of recommendation online</li></ul><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;font-family:Muli,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:15px"> </p><hr style="box-sizing:content-box;height:0px;overflow:visible;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;border-right:0px rgb(216,216,216);border-bottom:0px rgb(216,216,216);border-left:0px rgb(216,216,216);border-top-color:rgb(216,216,216);border-top-style:solid;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;font-family:Muli,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:15px"> </p><h4 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-weight:500;line-height:1.1;color:rgb(68,68,68);margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:18px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(15,159,218)">QUESTIONS?</span></h4><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;font-family:Muli,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:15px">Please review our detailed <a href="https://apiascholars.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/APIA_Scholarship_FAQs_-_2020-2021.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(15,159,218);text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank">Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)</a> document to see if your question has been answered.<br style="box-sizing:border-box">If your question is not within the FAQs, please contact <a href="mailto:info@apiascholars.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(15,159,218);text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank">info@apiascholars.org.</a></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;font-family:Muli,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:15px"> </p></div></div>
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