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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. Become part of our fast growing ASU Gates Millennium Scholars Organization (GMSO). GMSO is a community of Gates Scholars aspiring to leadership, mentorship and professional development. GMSO promotes diversity and inclusivity as defined by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. We encourage you to attend GMSO meetings, get to know other Gates scholars and share your ideas on how we can make your education a more rewarding experience. |
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ASU Gates Millennium Scholars' Annual Reception 2009-2010, an opportunity to recognize |
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More than 13,000 Gates Millennium Scholars have been funded nationwide since the inception of the program. Nearly 80% of GM Scholars complete graduation in five years. GM scholars are enrolled in more than 1,500 colleges and universities across the 50 states and five outlying areas. Gates Millennium Scholars at ASU have received 43 Bachelors degrees, and five of the 43 continued on to receive second undergraduate ASU degrees; 8 of the 43 continued on into ASU graduate degree programs. Eleven Gates Millennium Scholars have been awarded ASU doctoral degrees. We currently have 8 Gates Millennium Scholars in Barrett, the Honors College. Sixty-two Gates Millennium Scholars are enrolled at ASU as of fall 2009, and the numbers increase yearly. |
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2009-2010 Executive Officers |
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Vice President |
| Heather Stifanos Barrett the Honors College College of Design Pre-Graphic Design |
Joshua Smith Barrett the Honors College Civil Engineering |
Public Relations Secretary |
Recording Secretary |
| Aleron Toledo Liberal Arts and Sciences Psychology |
Amber Williams Liberal Arts and Sciences Speech and Hearing Sciences |
Historian |
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| Jennifer E. Duran W.P. Carey School of Business Business Exploratory |
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Meet Some Gates Millennium Scholars |
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| 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.” |
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Craig Bailey
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| Find more information on the ASU Gates Millennium Scholars Program and the American Indian community in The American Indian Graduate magazine at graduate.asu.edu/files/pdfs/AIGarticle.pdf. Former GMSO co-chairs Kenneth Shirley and Monica Joe are featured, as well as other high-achievers in the American Indian community.
For more information about the ASU Gates Millennium Scholars Program, please contact the GMSO President Heather Stifanos at hstifano@asu.edu or Graduate College staff: Debra Crusoe, debra.crusoe@asu.edu or Jennifer Cason, jennifer.cason@asu.edu. |
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