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2009
	The Gates Millennium Scholars Program is a $1 billion initiative of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to promote academic excellence and increase the number of underrepresented students enrolling in and completing undergraduate and graduate degree programs. Guided by the belief that every life has equal value, the goal of the Foundation is to give students from diverse backgrounds the opportunity to pursue their academic and career goals without the financial barriers that make it difficult for them to attend and succeed in college. Gates Millennium Scholars are chosen for their academic excellence and their promise to assume roles as leaders in their professions and in the community. We are honored that these scholars have chosen to pursue their educational goals at Arizona State University.

ASU Gates Millennium Scholars' Annual Reception 2008-2009, An opportunity to recognize and celebrate GMS for their high scholastic achievement.
"On behlaf of the Graduate College we would like to thank former GMSO Officers Kenneth Shurley: Co-Chair, Monica Joe: Co-Chair, and Kevin Bitsie: Secretary/Treasurer for their role in establishing the first GMSO student organization in the country. They have set in motion an organization set on high academic achievement and community service." "A recent GMSO 2008-2009 election brought in new Officers for the academic year. Please join us in congratulating the new GMSO officers." Dr. Andrew N. Webber Associate Vice Provost, Graduate College Professor, School of Life Sciences
2008-2009 Executive Officers
President	Vice President
Heather Stifanos College of Design Pre-Graphic Design	Joshua Smith Barrett the Honors College Civil Engineering
Public Relations Secretary	Recording Seretary
Aleron Toledo Ira J. Fulton Civil Engineering	Amber Williams Liberal Arts and Sciences Speech adn Hearing Sciences
Meet Some Gates Millennium Scholars
Kenneth Shurley is a doctoral student in Educational Technology with ASU’s Mary Lou Fulton College of Education. Kenneth is Navajo, raised in Window Rock, Arizona. In addition to his Gates Millennium Scholarship, he also received the Navajo Nation’s Chief Manuelito Scholarship, and recently completed a one-year internship at the ASU’s College of Nursing and Healthcare Innovation as a Research Aide. “After I attain my Ph. D. degree, I plan to return back to the Navajo Nation to assist and educate the Navajo people on educational technology applications to support learning,” says Kenneth. “The mixture of education and technology is still quite innovative to the Navajo people. My goal is to use my degree to ease the transition between the two and to show the Navajo people the sky’s the limit when it comes to technology and education.”

From left to right: Lindsay Belone, Biology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Maria Pettigrew, Nursing, College of Nursing and Healthcare Innovation Marianna Martin, Nursing, College of Nursing and Healthcare Innovation	Craig Bailey Construction Ira J. Fulton School of Engineering

For more information about the ASU Gates Millennium Scholars Program, please contact Debra Crusoe, debra.crusoe@asu.edu or Jennifer Cason, jennifer.cason@asu.edu