The Gates Millennium College Scholarship
Dear Friends & Colleagues,
Please share this Gates Millennium Scholarship Application information with everyone you know who is eligible and interested. This is your opportunity to help me academically engage and empower the future generation of college leaders! So, thanks in advance for reaching out and up to young people in your lives and family.
Gates Millennium College Scholarship Applications for 2009 - 2010
This fall, 1000 highly talented students of color will begin their college experience as Gates Millennium Scholars (GMS). The 2008 class of Gates Millennium Scholars graduated from more than 800 high schools, represents 47 states and American territories, and will attend 360 different institutions of higher learning.
Gates Millennium Scholars exhibit leadership roles across a wide variety of areas. For example, inaugural year Gates Millennium Scholar Brian Barton now goes to bat for the St. Louis Cardinals Major League Baseball team. Christina Lopez, a 2001 Gates Millennium Scholar and current Ph.D. candidate in education, raised funds and built a portable library for an impoverished school in South Africa. Tyler Corey (Cherokee/Creek) a 2002 Gates Millennium Scholar, is a 2008 recipient of the Morris K. Udall Native American Congressional Internship and interned in the office of U.S. Rep. Mark Udall. Chiwing Jessica Qu, a 2006 Gates Scholar, volunteered for Unite For Sight in Chenai, India. Antoine Stoval, a 2007 Gates Scholar, lost his worldly possessions to Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and in 2007 was elected class president at the University of Virginia. With more than 5,000 alumni, there are many other examples of Gates Scholars making a difference in their communities as educators, authors, engineers, business leaders, etc.
A renewable award, the Gates scholarship funds a student’s unmet need based on their cost of attendance, including tuition, room, board, books, meals, and fees.* Gates Millennium Scholars can pursue any field of undergraduate study and can receive funding through their doctoral degrees in fields of study including: computer science, education, engineering, library science, mathematics, public health, and science.
The GMS program provides African American, Asian Pacific Islander American, American Indian/Alaska Native, and Hispanic American students an opportunity to pursue their dream of receiving an education.
The 2009 GMS application process will launch in August 1, 2008 with a deadline of January 12, 2009. For more information, visit
*Based on the students financial aid award letter and GMS awarding policies
Peace & Blessings,
Joy Coleman
Senior Relationship Manager
Gates Millennium Scholars Program
http://www.gmsp.org