Scholarships at Monmouth University, USA

Students at Monmouth University benefit from one of the most generous merit-based scholarship  programs in New Jersey.

 If you are admitted to Monmouth, your chances of receiving a grant or scholarship are excellent.   Every applicant will automatically be considered for all scholarships awarded by the University.  You can even receive an estimate of your scholarship eligibility before you apply for admission.

For more information, visit: http://www.monmouth.edu/admission/scholarship_inquiry_form/default.asp

Scholarships at Boise State University, USA

To be considered for scholarships, students must do the following:
Turn in a completed application packet to the Admissions Office. An application is available online at http://admissions.boisestate.edu/apply.

In order to automatically be considered for Boise State scholarships, students must submit all materials to the Admissions Office no later than Feb. 15.

Complete a 2011-2012 FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid). The online FAFSA application is found at http://www.fafsa.ed.gov.

If needed for a specific scholarship, also complete a Supplemental Scholarship Application, available online at http://financialaid.boisestate.edu/scholarships/HowToApply.shtml.
The financial aid deadline for current Boise State students is March 15. Students who apply early have the best chance of being eligible for many limited types of federal aid. Early applicants also stand a better chance of ensuring that their funding is available when classes begin in the fall.
Please note that international students have earlier deadlines. Visit http://international.boisestate.edu/ to learn more.
For more information, contact the Boise State Admissions Office at (208) 426-1156 or visit http://admissions.boisestate.edu. Scholarship information also can be found at http://financialaid.boisestate.edu/scholarships.

Source: http://www.idahostatesman.com/2011/01/08/1480945/apply-for-fall-2011-scholarships.html#ixzz1AkDAuSeu

A Lady's courage

Disability couldn’t deter Zara from doing PhD!

Physical disability can be sidelined provided one has the will and determination. A brilliant example of this is the life and academic achievements of a deaf girl from Lahore who is doing PhD in special education from Johns Hopkins, a prestigious university in the USA.

In her message from USA, she said that she was thankful to God and everyone in her family, friends, professors and those who have been in her life for support and made things easier to her to excel in her studies. According to the data provided to this correspondent from her near and dear ones, Zara Hussain, a deaf but outstanding student, daughter of Iftikhar Hussain and Salma was born in Lahore in 1981.

When she was about a year old, her parents had discovered that she was deaf. It was not easy for them to accept this bitter reality, especially when Zara was their first child. They consulted many physicians to get her cured but to no avail. She was admitted to a school for primary education where she was only deaf child in her class and it was difficult for the teachers to treat her normally as they used to do so with other child students.

Zara did her high schooling from W.T. Woodson School (USA) where her father was posted in the Pakistani mission. She passed her high school with high grades and won ‘Role Model Award for American Deaf Children.’ She also learned CUED Speech, a system of communication used with and among deaf or hard of hearing people. She was also editor of the children magazine in her school at Virginia. She also wrote a guide for the deaf children studying at the American schools that was highly appreciated by the teachers and is now being used as a ‘Handbook for Deaf Children.’

When her family moved back to Pakistan, she got admission in Kinnaird College, Lahore, where she graduated with her major subjects including English Literature, Journalism and Psychology. After completing her bachelors, she got admission in the Punjab University and chose special education as her subject for masters. She topped all the four semesters and in recognition of her achievements former Punjab chief Minister Ch. Pervaiz Elahi awarded her a gold medal and cash prize worth Rs100,000.

Zara also represented Pakistan in ‘Annual Disability Conference 2004’ held in Washington DC. Despite resistance from the organizers, she displayed a stall through personal efforts, using only the ‘Punjab University, Pakistan’ as a label.

Though her mother wanted her to go for Information Technology or Computer Sciences but she got an HEC scholarship and went to the United States for doing her PhD in special education.

Her hobbies include socializing, especially with those people who work for the cause of special persons. Much of her time is utilized sitting on the computer and browsing the Internet and writing proposals for well-being of the deaf community.

She has a plan to set up an institute for the deaf community after completion of her PhD, initially in Islamabad and Lahore and then to spread its branches across the country with the aim to provide level playing field to help them shine in their areas of study and contribute effectively in the national development.

The academic achievements of this brave and talented young student needs attention of the government that must acknowledge and encourage such youths that can become a role model for many others in the society.


Source: http://www.thenews.com.pk/print1.asp?id=223215

Scholarships for International Master in Fine Arts at Transart Institute

Transart Institute announced that six scholarships of USD 12,000 each have become available to students from Eastern Europe and developing countries and four scholarships of 3,000 USD each to students from anywhere to participate in Transart Institute's international MFA program. An application form to the program is online:
http://www.transartinstitute.org/Newpages/ApplicationForm.html
Scholarships are given on the basis of artistic merit and financial need to artists of all media and genres.

Scholarship applications are accepted online:
http://friendsoftransartinstitute.org/Pages/MFA-Application.html


PROGRAM OVERVIEW
Transart Institute is a student-centered, self-directed MFA program, uniquely located in Europe offering an accredited two year low-residency course for working artists, teachers and all professionals in related fields who are seeking advancement in visual arts and new media. The innovative program consists of three intensive summer residencies with lectures, workshops, critiques, seminars, performances and exhibitions in Europe and two shorter, optional winter residencies in New York. In the four semesters between residencies, students create their own course of study realizing individual art and research projects with the support of faculty and self-chosen artist mentors wherever they work and live.

The Transart MFA program is geared towards the development of a sustainable artistic praxis rather than training in certain media or genres, challenging students to think conceptually and work creatively in new ways. Current students work with animation, curating, digital media, film, gaming, graphic design, installation, painting, performance, photography, robotics, sculpture, sound, text, video, virtual reality.


FACULTY
Transart faculty comes from a wide range of academic and artistic backgrounds as well as geographic locations. Current theoretical areas of expertise include software art, curatorial work, cyberfeminism, interface technologies, born-digital arts, continental philosophy, media, conflict and peace studies, social studies in colonialism, capitalism and tourism, and contemporary asian art history. Studio faculty include international artists working with sound, performance, dance and choreography, photography, drawing, sculpture, clothing design, film and video, intervention and installation art.


STUDENTS
The majority of Transart students are emerging and mid-career artists and teachers at tertiary institutions. Transart Institute's residencies are a true meeting place for cultural exchange. Current students will converge for the summer residency from areas as diverse as Puerto Rico, Pakistan, Iceland, Croatia, Ethiopia, Canada, Costa Rica, Germany, Austria, Egypt, the Netherlands, Philippines, UK and US.

DEADLINES
The deadline for scholarship applications is May 1, 2009, the final application deadline to the program for 2009 without scholarships is June 1st.
For further information please contact: admin@transartinstitute.org

Cella, MFA, Klaus Knoll, Dr. phil.
Directors, Transart Institute

http://www.transartinstitute.org
Phone USA: (347) 410 9905
Fax USA: (508) 682 2853
Phone Europe: +43 (676) 742 0071
Mail: 228 Park Ave S. #34726, New York, NY 10003

PhD assistantships in communication disorders at University of Louisiana

Ph.D. Assistantships are available for the start of Fall 2009 (mid-August) or for Spring (January) 2010. All tuition fees and a stipend for living expenses will be paid. Candidates with good GRE scores (or those about to take GRE) should contact Ph.D. Coordinator for more details (Dr John Tetnowski).

Please attach a current CV with GRE and GPA scores. Candidates from the US should have a Master’s degree in Communication Disorders or a Master’s or honors bachelor degree in Linguistics. Candidates from outside the US can apply if they have a good honours bachelor degree in Speech-Language Therapy if that is the qualifying level for the profession, or in Linguistics.

See website for details about the doctoral program in Applied Language and Speech Sciences. Supervision is offered in all areas of language and speech disorders but not in audiology.
For a Fall 2009 start, candidates should contact us immediately. Overseas applications are welcome, but should bear in mind they will need to take the GRE exam.
Alternate contacts:
Head of Department, Dr Nancye Roussel (ncroussel@louisiana.edu);
Director of Research Center, Dr Martin J. Ball (mjball@louisiana.edu).
Application Deadline: 21-Jun-2009
Mailing Address for Applications:
Attn: Dr John Tetnowski
Dept Communicative Disorders
P O Box 43170
Lafayette LA 70508
USA
Web Address for Applications
Contact Information:
Dr John Tetnowski
tetnowski@louisiana.edu
Phone:+;1 337 482 6721
Web Address: http://www.louisiana.edu