Rotary District 7710 2017-18 Global

ScholarshipApplications for 2017-18 being

accepted through April 30, 2016

Rotary Global ScholarshipDistrict 7710• Rotary's (Ambassadorial) Scholarship program, founded in 1947, was a program of The

Rotary Foundation that ended in 2013 after supporting nearly 38,000 men and women studying in institutions throughout the world. Although District 7710 has not participated in the Foundation's restructured scholarship program for the past several years, the District will once again offer a Global Scholarship for graduate study abroad in the 2017-18 academic year.

• The purpose of the Global Scholarship is to further international and peaceful relations among people of different cultures and races while, pursing a graduate program of study at an institution of higher education in a foreign country.

• The scholarship is funded in the amount of $30,000 to include tuition, books, travel, and living expenses. Priority is given to fields of study in one of Rotary's six areas of focus.

• The deadline for submitting a Global Scholarship application is April 30, 2016 for the 2017-18 academic year. Completed applications must initially be submitted to the club president of a local Rotary club for review and approval. The District Scholarship Committee will interview all recommended candidates on August 8, 2016 and name a scholarship recipient.

• For more information and to apply, go to http://rotary7710.org/global-scholarships/

Kelsi Cox, Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar and Digital Learning Room project director, on Taveuni Island in Fiji, 28 February 2014. Cox is originally from Vancouver, Canada, and studied in Auckland, New Zealand. With Cox's help, the Digital Learning Room, a Rotary project aimed at improving education outcomes in the South Pacific, distributed a total of 70 tablets in two Taveuni high schools using Matching Grant #79359.

IPTC – Creator: Monika LozinskaIPTC – Credit: © Rotary International

Former Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar Jesse Sullivan and his wife, Monique, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where they are developing their organization, Live OneWorld. Live OneWorld’s mission is to promote global citizenship through education, immersion, and action to create leaders that live for global justice. It is supported by the Rotary Clubs of Petersburg, Illinois, USA, and Marlow Thames, Buckinghamshire, England. Sullivan received his Master of Science in Global Governance and Diplomacy from the University of Oxford, England. He says, "If I had not received this scholarship then I would not have had the chance to study at Oxford. I would not be the person that I am now. Thank you. I will spend the rest of my life trying to pay back the investment you have made in me."IPTC – Creator: Alyce HensonIPTC – Credit: © Rotary International

QUESTIONS?For more information and to apply, go to

http://rotary7710.org/global-scholarships/