Scholarships at St. Mary's University, USA

Carlos and Malu Alvarez recently announced a $100,000 gift to St. Mary’s University making possible the establishment of the International Student Scholarship Fund. Each ‘International Scholar’ will receive $2,500 a year, for four years.

Students of any major are eligible and must maintain full time status (12 semester hours or more) and a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher. Eligible ‘International Scholar’ recipients are those born or living outside the United States at the time of application, with priority given to students from Mexico and Latin American countries.

Carlos Alvarez is the founder and President of The Gambrinus Company, a craft brewing and sales and marketing organization. The Gambrinus Company owns and operates the Spoetzl Brewery in Shiner, Texas, Bridge Port Brewing Company in Portland, Ore. and the Trumer Brauerei in Berkeley, Calif.

Alvarez is a dedicated supporter of higher education, and has given generously of his time and talents to various schools and universities, many in San Antonio, including being a trustee for St. Mary’s Hall (a Protestant primary, middle and high school not affiliated with St. Mary’s University) and a trustee and former chairman of the World Affairs Council of San Antonio. He also serves as trustee for the following organizations: World Affairs Council of America (Washington D.C.), Davidson College (Davidson, N.C.) and School Year Abroad (Lawrence, Mass.).

St. Mary’s University, as a Catholic Marianist University, fosters the formation of people in faith and educates leaders for the common good through community service, integrated liberal arts and professional education, and academic excellence. With a nearly 60 percent graduation rate of all students (including minorities) that is just one of the reasons why St. Mary’s University is ranked fourth in the West Region for quality and value in the “Great Schools, Great Prices” category of the U.S. News & World Report’s 2009 edition of “America’s Best Colleges.”

Source: http://www.stmarytx.edu/news/?go=national&id=2139

Scholarship for Pakistani Women in Economics

Scholarships for Women’s Leadership Training in Economics

The program will provide post-graduate training in applied policy economics for 31 women from eight developing countries including Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Nepal, Guinea, Angola, Vietnam, Ecuador and Pakistan.

The women selected will benefit from a two-year U.S. based Master’s program in Economics starting in September 2009.

Participants are expected to return to their various home countries to participate in the economic policy making their, upon graduation.

The Women Leadership Training in Economics program is designed with a view that an advanced training in policy economics for women will lead to a qualified cadre of female economists to participate in and eventually lead economic policy making.
The objectives of the program include providing participants with the leadership skill necessary to assume senior level positions at the forefront of economic policy making in USAID-assisted countries; providing participants with a solid training in economics that is policy oriented and providing participants the opportunity to study with colleagues from the United States, their own countries and other countries, thus providing a network of fellow economists to draw upon in their careers.

The program covers all costs including required visas, academic qualification test fees, tuition, and room & board.

The scholarship does not cover travel for the family or children of selected participants. However, U.S. academic institutions sometime have provisions that can meet this need.
Candidates are required to submit an application form and curriculum vitae. The application form is available on the US Embassy and USAID websites.

Source: http://www.advance-africa.com/Womens-Leadership-Training-in-Economics.html