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George Mason Partners with IntelliDyne to Develop Undergraduate Scholarship - November 28, 2006 (By Jennifer Freeman)
George Mason alumnus Robert Grey (BA '89), president and CEO of IntelliDyne, will donate $60,000 to The Volgenau School of Information Technology and Engineering to create the IntelliDyne Distinguished Undergraduate Scholarship. The scholarship will provide the Volgenau School with the means to compete with other universities that are able to provide “full-ride” scholarships to top high school students. “The Volgenau School is a comparatively new school, having recently celebrated its 20th anniversary, and we simply do not have the funding and alumni count of older schools,” says Dean Lloyd Griffiths. “In order to acquire the very best students, the Volgenau School must provide resources comparable with those offered by other universities in the commonwealth and in the nation. Scholarships like this one allow George Mason to bring some of the best high school graduates to Northern Virginia.”
The IntelliDyne scholarship will be awarded to a full-time, in-state freshman student pursuing a degree in the Volgenau School in the fall of 2007. The student will be eligible for priority access to courses, opportunities for research and scholarship commensurate with his or her talent and background and an opportunity to work with a mentor whom IntelliDyne will choose from among its employees. By partnering with the Volgenau School, IntelliDyne will be able to sponsor or propose a project in the senior design capstone class of the recipient’s major and come to campus to deliver a lecture to a class. Both opportunities provide the corporation with access to and visibility before many more students and faculty members. “IntelliDyne appreciates the opportunity to provide a full-ride scholarship for one of the nation’s top high school scholars to attend one of Virginia’s best universities,” says IntelliDyne’s Grey. “Working with the Volgenau School, we hope to help attract top-notch students who will one day become major players in the nation’s information technology industry.”
The scholarship recipient will be selected from among next year's freshmen who have indicated a major in the Volgenau School; there is no separate application process. High school seniors who are interested in the IntelliDyne Distinguished Undergraduate Scholarship should apply for admission to George Mason by Jan. 15, 2007, to be eligible for consideration. The scholarship recipient will be announced in spring 2007.
Contact Jennifer Lamb, director of development, The Volgenau School of Information Technology and Engineering, at jlamb@gmu.edu or 703-993-1752.
National Science Foundation Scholarships for Service - 11/9/06
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2006-2007 National Scholar Award for Workplace Innovation and Design - 10/13/06
The purpsoe of the NISH National Scholar Award is to encourage college students to design creative technological solutions to carriers that prevent people with disabilities from entering or advancing in the workplace. NISH will accept functioning prototypes that create greater access to employment for people with disabilities in these areas: Computer access, environmental accommodations, functional control and access, transportation/mobility, communication assistance. This competition is open to any student or team of students at the graduate or undergraduate level. Both hardware and software designs are accepted. For additional criteria for entries, view the application on the NISH Web site, www.nish.org.
Up to 3 awards are granted anually! 1st place: $10,000. 2nd place: $5,000. 3rd place: $3,000. Application Deadline has been extended to Friday April 6, 2007. For more information email: scholarship@nish.org or visit www.nish.org.
Computing Research Association: Awards for Outstanding Undergraduates - 8/22/06
This annual awards program recognizes undergraduates enrolled in North American colleges or universities who show exceptional promise in an area of importance to computing research. Students must be nominated by 2 faculty members and recommended by their department chair. A cash prize of $1000 is awarded to 2 undergraduate students, one female, one male, who show outstanding research potential. The 2 winners also receive financial assistance for travel to a major research conference where they will receive their awards. Deadline: October 16, 2006. For more information, visit the CRA website, http://www.cra.org. The 2007 awards are sponsered by Microsoft Research.