Briefing

Vangard Women In Information Technology $10,000 Scholarship Program

Female students demonstrating academic excellence in computer science, computer engineering, web design or other information technology related disciplines are being  offered $10,000 scholarships through The Vanguard Women in Information Technology Scholarship Program.

Starting this fall, the program offers merit-based scholarships of up to $10,000 to female students entering their junior or senior year of college during the 2013 school year.

Applications are being accepted until Nov. 30.

To apply, students must be currently enrolled full-time at a qualifying four-year accredited college or university in the US and remain enrolled for the entire 2013-2014 academic year; they must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale

“The program’s goal is to help female students excelling in computer science, because there’s an increasing need to encourage the girls having those skills”, said Connie P. Gartner, the Program Manager.

For more information, visit https://scholarships360.org/vanguard-women-information-technology-scholarship-program/ or call 1-800-537-4180.

Jonel Juste

Jonel Juste, 34, is a Haitian-born journalist and writer. Juste, who earned a journalism degree in Haiti, serves as a columnist for The Reporter. He completed the REVEST program at Miami Dade College and is now majoring in Mass Communications\Journalism. From 2007 to 2011, he worked as editor-in-chief of the monthly French-language, Views of Haiti and the daily news website Haiti Press Network. In 2011, after moving to the US, Juste worked for the Haitian American news website Haiti Sentinel. Since 2013, he has hosted a monthly sociocultural rubric in Le Floridien, a Haitian American newspaper. As a writer, he published the poem book Carrefour de Nuit (Crossroad) in 2012 and Joseph, Prince d’Egypte (Joseph, Prince of Egypt) in 2013.

Jonel Juste has 29 posts and counting. See all posts by Jonel Juste