{"id":8356,"date":"2016-08-17T14:15:17","date_gmt":"2016-08-17T18:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=8356"},"modified":"2021-05-05T14:43:52","modified_gmt":"2021-05-05T18:43:52","slug":"mdc-students-win-tuskegee-presidential-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/mdc-students-win-tuskegee-presidential-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"MDC Students Win Tuskegee Presidential Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Three recent Miami Dade College graduates won the 2016 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tuskegee.edu\/\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Tuskegee University<\/span><\/a> Distinguished Presidential Scholarship Award.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fredricka D. Jean-Pierre (criminal justice administration), Alicia Royes (accounting) and Alexzandria Hunter (biology) each received a scholarship of $32,000 per year, which covers their attendance, tuition, and room and board at Tuskegee University for two years. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The scholarship has been in place since 2009 and awards three MDC students yearly. To qualify, students must have a 3.5 cumulative GPA or higher and must have completed their associate in arts degree at MDC.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All three students were part of the TRIO program at MDC. Two of the students attended North Campus and one was a student at the Carrie P. Meek Entrepreneurial Education Center. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt\u2019s mind-blowing to know that I\u2019ve earned this type of scholarship,\u201d Royes said. \u201cI know it\u2019s going to be beneficial toward my education and knowledge.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three recent Miami Dade College graduates won the 2016 Tuskegee University Distinguished Presidential Scholarship Award. Fredricka D. Jean-Pierre (criminal justice administration), Alicia Royes (accounting) and Alexzandria Hunter (biology) each received a scholarship of $32,000 per year, which covers their attendance, tuition, and room and board at Tuskegee University for two years. 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