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Updated: Thursday, July 5, 2007
Published: Thursday, July 5, 2007 |
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NABJ Awards 14 Scholarships to College Students
New partnership with General Electrics African-American Forum also announced
WASHINGTON, D.C.July 5, 2007-The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) named 14 students who are interested in a career in journalism to receive financial awards to attend a college or university.
The organization also announced a new annual scholarship partnership with the General Electrics (GE) African-American Forum (AAF). Through the GE Lloyd Trotter Scholarship Program, AAF members and employees contribute funds matched by the GE Foundations Matching Gifts Program. Since May of this year, the program has raised over $12,000 towards NABJ scholarships.
With college becoming even more difficult to afford, we are proud to offer these students a jump-start on their education, said NABJ President Bryan Monroe, vice president and editorial director of Ebony and Jet magazines in Chicago. The support offered by companies like GE also proves that corporate America also has their back.
The GE AAF scholarship program also partners with the National Association of Black Accountants, the National Society of Black Engineers, and the National Black MBA Association.
The following students are recipients of this years NABJ Student Scholarships:
CNN Scholarship
Christian Cooks St. Peter Chanel High School Solon, OH
Ebony Corneiro Hightower High School Richmond, TX
Alondra Hunt Melrose High School Memphis, TN
Brittany Marshall St. Johns College High School Silver Spring, MD
Carole Simpson Scholarship
Sierra Coppage Penn State University University Park, PA
Gerald Boyd/Robin Stone Scholarship
Khashan Poitier Paul Quinn College Dallas, TX
Allison E. Fisher Scholarship
Ava Tabb Northwestern University Chicago, IL
NABJ Scholarship
Tiffany Blevins University of Alabama Birmingham, AL
Alfred Lockwood New York City College Brooklyn, NY
Newhouse Foundation Scholarship
Jamille Fields University of Missouri Columbia, MO
Allison Groce Western Michigan University Grand Rapids, MI
Adele Hampton West Potomac High School Alexandria, VA
Kareem Maddox Oak Park High School Oak Park, CA
Ryan Strong Northern Illinois University Dekalb, IL
The 2007 class is the latest to benefit from NABJ's Student Education Enrichment and Development (SEED) Committee, which helps support student members each year with internships and scholarships and the chance to cover the annual convention with student media projects.
For more information on the NABJ scholarships or to donate to the program, please visit www.nabj.org.
An advocacy group established in 1975 in Washington, D.C., NABJ is the largest organization of journalists of color in the nation, with more than 4,100 members, and provides educational, career development and support to black journalists worldwide.
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