Goodyear, University Of Akron Set To Drive Opportunity For Local Students
Company funds 15 full scholarships for new Driving Opportunity Scholars Program covering tuition, mentoring and internships
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AKRON, Ohio, June 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The Goodyear Foundation (Goodyear) is committing $1.6M to The University of Akron (UA) for a new program designed to increase job readiness training for underserved students called The Driving Opportunity Scholars Program.
Goodyear s gift will support full tuition and fees scholarships for 15 undergraduate students over the next three years with the first five beginning this fall. Selected freshmen will represent a wider range of underrepresented communities in the workplace and will be enrolled in a training and mentoring program for up to five years.
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Updated: 2:48 PM CST December 22, 2020
ST. LOUIS The University of Missouri–St. Louis has waived all undergraduate admission application fees for spring, summer and fall applicants for 2021.
The application fee waiver applies to all new undergraduate applications from the United States and abroad, according to a press release from the university.
UMSL is also extending its competitive scholarship deadline for high school students from Jan. 4 to Feb. 1. In addition to automatic scholarships, there are more than 100 competitive scholarship opportunities open to students. Most of the competitive scholarships are valued at $1,000 or more.
Admitted students can fill out one application to be considered for all the scholarships by clicking here.