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2009 GF Scholarship Recipients
Congratulations to the 2009 GF Scholarship recipients!
Based on rigorous evaluation of an extremely competitive collection of applications this year, we are very pleased to announce that the following students have been
selected to receive the 2009 Gadab Foundation scholarship. We are excited and proud to award the
scholarship to outstanding students demonstrating academic excellence, leadership
and service in both school and community.
Furthermore, the Gadab Foundation
Scholarship Committee selected these students based not only on their strong
academic achievements, but also on their educational goals, personal characteristics
and their financial need.
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Name: Abu Kedir
Age: 19
School: N/A
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Name: Dero Geleto Budie
Age: 18
School: N/A
Major: N/A
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Name: Fatiye Weyema
Age: 19
School: N/A
Major: N/A |
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Name: Muhdin Abdulahi
Age: 19
School: N/A
Major: N/A
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Selection method
The students were evaluated in four major areas:
- Grade Point Average (GPA) (35%)
- Essay (20%)
- Leadership ability/financial need/community and school involvement (30%)
- Teacher recommendation (15%)
Distribution of scholarship
The scholarship will be disbursed every semester
if a 3.0 GPA is maintained. The money can be used for books, supplies, tuition as well as personal use such as clothing, transportations and meals.
In order to receive the scholarship the students must:
- send a copy of semester schedule of classes from the university in which they are enrolled
- provide mailing address as well as the contact information of the university’s admission office
- submit official academic transcript at the end of each semester
- be a full time student with good academic standing.
Benefits
- Based on their financial need, the students will receive the scholarship money which can be applied to tuition, fees, books, etc...
- Renewable for up to four years as long as he/she maintains eligibility
- Summer internships, in most cases
- Mentor from Gadab Foundation staff assigned as informal student advisor
- Opportunity to meet other scholarship recipients
The Foundation would like to congratulate the Gadab Foundation Scholarship recipients on earning this comparative scholarship. We are, once again, very excited and thrilled to award these outstanding students who we believed have the potential to change their
society.
We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all our contributing members. We couldn't do it without you. Thank you for believing in our foundation.
If you are new and would like to contribute to the Foundation, you can become a member by filling out the membership application. Thank you very much
Also if you are an organization or you own a business and would like to sponsor Gadab Foundation, please send us an email at: sponsor@gadabfoundation.org. Thank you
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