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Applications Now Available; Deadline is February 15, 2006
WASHINGTON, DC; December 15, 2005The Asian and Pacific
Islander American Scholarship Fund (APIASF) announced today that it is
accepting applications for the organizations second scholarship
competition. Asian and Pacific Islander Americans who are entering
college for the first time in the fall of 2006 are eligible, provided
that they are United States citizens or permanent residents, or
citizens of the Freely Associated States. The deadline for submission
of applications is February 15, 2006.
In its first full year of operation, APIASF distributed $330,000 to
165 applicants during the 2005-2006 academic year. This year, APIASF
plans to match that level, and will increase the number of
scholarships awarded if additional funds are secured. Previous
scholarship recipients have came from thirty states, the District of
Columbia, and several of the Freely Associated States in the Pacific.
They have followed courses of study ranging from the sciences, to the
arts, to the humanities, to education, and hospitality fields. They
have excelled at two-year colleges, as well as four-year colleges. And
they have been drawn from more than a dozen ethnic communities,
including Cambodian, Chamorro, Chinese, Filipino, Hmong, Japanese,
Laotian, Korean, Native Hawaiian, Samoan, South Asian, and Vietnamese.
Many Asian and Pacific Islander Americans encounter huge obstacles in
obtaining higher education,said Robert Underwood, Chair of APIASF, who
is a former Congressman from Guam and former Chair of the
Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus. Many of our scholars are
the first in their families to attend college, and are from low-income
backgrounds. Many are also recent arrivals to the U.S. from countries
where only the wealthy had access to higher education. The U.S. Census
shows that several of the ethnic groups with the lowest academic
achievement rates are Asian or Pacific Islander American, and they
need a helping hand. APIASF was formed to see that all Asian and
Pacific Islander Americans have the opportunity to pursue a higher
education, regardless of their ethnicity, national origin, or
financial means.
APIASFs scholarship recipients must have a minimum 2.7 grade-point
average. Each scholarship award is for $2,000. Awards are made on the
basis of academic record and plans, community service, financial need,
and leadership. Scholarship decisions will be announced in May of
2006.
<file://scholarship_app/Applicants are encouraged to apply on-line by
visiting www.apiasf.org, where printable materials are also available.
The Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund (APIASF) is the
only national organization that promotes the pursuit of higher
education among Asian and Pacific Islander American students by
distributing scholarships to qualified first-year undergraduate
college, university, and vocational school students. Established in
2004, APIASF has already earned the support of major corporations
including AT&T, the Asian McDonalds Operators Association, The
Coca-Cola Company, Federated Department Stores, Inc./Macys West, the
General Mills Foundation, the Hilton Hotels Corporation, the IW Group,
McDonalds USA, LLC, and Wells Fargo & Company. Additional supporters
include Federal Express, the J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott
Foundation, the MetLife Foundation, Nissan North America, DLA Piper
Rudnick Gray Cary, Sodexho, Southern California Edison, Wal-Mart
Stores, and Washington Mutual. APIASF is also supported by several
major scholarship programs, including the Hispanic Scholarship Fund,
the United Negro College Fund, the American Indian Graduate Center
Scholars and the Gates Millennium Scholars/APIA. APIASF is a nonprofit
organization devoted solely to the financial scholarship needs of
Asian and Pacific Islander American students.
Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund (APIASF)
1628 16th Street, NW - Suite 400
Washington, DC 20009
Tel: (202) 986-6892 or (877) 808-7032
Fax: (202) 667-6449
E-mail: <mailto:info@apiasf.orginfo@apiasf.org
Internet: <file://index_.html/www.apiasf.org
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