**FIRST EMAIL**/FIRST Scholarship Alert

[Mark McLeod]

*** Please be sure to pass this information on to students, parents, and to high school guidance counselors! ***

Greetings Teams,

We hope you have taken a look at the FIRST Scholarship web page (www.usfirst.org/scholarships) and used the new search capability to find FIRST scholarships for which you are interested in applying. Please note that since we first announced the 2008 FIRST Scholarship offerings, there have been a number of changes:

New Scholarship Offerings that have been added:

• Bradley University (IL)
• DePaul University (NY)
• Digipen Institute of Technology (WA)
• Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Foundation (college of your choice)
• Molloy College (NY)
• Montclair State University (NJ)
• University of Hawaii at Manoa/BAE Systems (HI)
• University of Washington (WA)
• William Paterson University (NJ)

Changes to Scholarships:

• Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University – has extended their application deadline to February 1st. Note that their scholarships can be used at their Prescott, AZ campus or at their Daytona Beach, FL campus.
• University of Rochester –has extended their application deadline to January 1, 2008 and is now offering an unlimited number of FIRST scholarships.

** Keep checking the website for new and updated information.
Hint: you can sort the scholarship list by clicking on the Date Posted column header and look at any new or updated listings since the date you last visited the site.

Seniors: These scholarships have application deadlines in January:

• Adelphi University - 1/1/08
• University of Rochester - 1/1/08
• Bradley University - 1/15/08
• Clarkson University - 1/15/08
• Fairleigh Dickinson University - 1/15/08
• Florida Institute of Technology - 1/15/08
• Hampshire College - 1/15/08
• University of Central Florida - 1/30/08
• Grand Valley State University - 1/31/08
• University of Missouri-Kansas City - 1/31/08
• Washington State University - 1/31/08

Go Teams!

[Greg Marra]

While you're at it, check out The Blue Alliance's Scholarship Special where we interview Ken Stafford of WPI about FIRST Scholarships in general and WPI's FIRST Scholarships.