[Mn-abs] Fwd: Scholarship opportunities for Some Minnesotans

[David Andrews]

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> >>> "Crozier, Ouida" <Ouida.Crozier at state.mn.us> 2/9/2007 9:09 AM >>>
>FYI --
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>Scholarship Opportunity for Southeast Asian High School Seniors
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>Creating Hope for Future Generations: 30 Scholarships Totaling $40,000
>Available to Southeast Asian High School Seniors
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>A number of people from the local community have come together to administer
>a national scholarship fund that will award $40,000 to Minnesota Southeast
>Asian high school seniors. The Nisei Student Relocation Commemorative (NSRC)
>Fund is offering approximately 30 scholarships between $1,000 and $2,000
>each to first- or second-generation Southeast Asian students from Cambodia,
>Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, or Vietnam.  Candidates must live and attend high
>school in Minnesota, plan to graduate from high school or receive their GED
>during the 2006-07 academic year, and be accepted to an accredited program
>in fall 2007. Accredited programs include vocational and cosmetology
>schools, colleges and universities.
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>The NSRC Fund is a national non-profit organization founded in 1980 by
>second-generation Japanese Americans (Nisei) to commemorate the work of the
>National Japanese American Student Relocation Council, which assisted the
>Nisei students when their college educations were interrupted due to forced
>evacuation into U.S. internment camps during World War II.  Comprised of
>religious, academic and civic leaders, this Council provided administrative
>resources and financial support between 1942 and 1946 that enabled nearly
>5,000 college-aged Nisei to leave the internment camps to continue their
>studies elsewhere.
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>The Southeast Asian refugee population was selected for assistance because
>they shared the Nisei¹s experience of war, displacement into camps, and
>disruption of education.  Minnesota NSRC Fund co-chair Janet Maeda Carlson
>explains that the Fund is the modern counterpart to the World War II era
>Council whose efforts enabled Nisei to help their community recover from
>potentially disastrous, racially motivated wartime injustices. It is not
>surprising that the Nisei feel a connection to Southeast Asian students who
>also hope and dream that they can improve their families¹ and communities¹
>futures.
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>Each year, NSRC Fund¹s Board of Directors chooses a different U.S. region
>with a significant Southeast Asian population and focuses its scholarship
>awards in this area.  Since 1982, 457 scholarships totaling nearly $400,000
>have been awarded to Southeast Asian graduates in 23 cities and regions in
>the U.S.  In 1987, Minnesota awarded 12 scholarships, totaling $5,000.  In
>2007, they will once again host the scholarship program, which will be
>administered by the Minnesota Chapter of the NSRC Fund.  The Twin Cities
>Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League is a local sponsoring
>organization.
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>To obtain a scholarship application or to make a tax-deductible donation to
>the Minnesota Chapter of the NSRC Fund, visit www.NSRCFund.org or e-mail
>MNScholarship2007 at hotmail.com.
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>The scholarship application deadline is March 1, 2007, and an awards
>ceremony is scheduled for Saturday, May 5, 2007.
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David Andrews and white cane Harry.