PROGRAM INFORMATION
Program Description: Students applying from high school that have taken the SAT or ACT exam may be eligible for an academic scholarship. The scholarship is awarded based on high school grades and SAT/ACT test scores. It is renewable for 4 years, as long as a minimum grade average of 3.0 is maintained.
Website: www.uiw.edu/internationaladmissions
Host Institution Name: University of the Incarnate Word
Host City: San Antonio
Host State: Texas
Areas of Study:
*All
Levels of Study:
Undergraduate
Open to Students from Any Region
AWARD INFORMATION
Award Types:
Scholarship
Avg. Award Amount: Varies
Number of Awards: Unlimited
Award Coverage: Tuition.
Award Duration: Maximum of 4 years
Award Notification Month: Upon admission
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Requirements 1: Presidential Scholarship: $12,000. The average profile is a high school GPA of 3.9 with an SAT average of 1205 or ACT average of 26.
Requirements 2: Dean's Scholarship: $10,000. The average profile is a high school GPA of 3.72 with an ACT average of 22 or SAT average of 1053.
Requirements 3: Distinguished Scholarship: $10,000. The average profile is a 3.53 GPA with an ACT average of 19 or SAT average of 946.
Requirements 4: Achievement Award: $8,000. The average profile is a 3.25 GPA with an ACT average of 17 or SAT average of 881.
Requirements 5: Incentive Award: $2,000. Students that score at or above an SAT score of 1100 or an ACT composite score of 24.
APPLICATION INFORMATION
Contact: University of the Incarnate Word
Amy DeStefano
International Admissions Counselor
847 East Hildebrand
San Antonio, TX
78212
Phone #: +1 (210) 805-5707
E-Mail: intladmis@uiwtx.edu
Instructions: Submit ACT and SAT scores to University of the Incarnate Word when registering for the exam or applying.
Saturday, July 25, 2015
University of North Texas Scholarships for International Students
Program Description: A variety of scholarships, research and teaching assistantships are available. International students receiving any SFAS Academic Scholarship with an amount of at least $1,000 for the academic year would have their out of state tuition waived.
Website: financialaid.unt.edu/scholarships
Host Institution Name: University of North Texas
Host City: Denton
Host State: Texas
Levels of Study:
Undergraduate
Graduate
Doctorate
Open to Students from Any Region
AWARD INFORMATION
Award Types:
Fellowship
Scholarship
Tuition Reduction
Avg. Award Amount: $1000-$10,000
Number of Awards: Multiple Awards
Award Coverage: Varies.
Award Duration: Students can apply every year.
Award Deadline: Most scholarship deadlines are March 1st for the next academic year.
Award Notification Month: April - August
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Requirements 1: Students must be admitted into the University of North Texas to apply for scholarship opportunities.
Requirements 2: General Academic Scholarships: In order to be considered for these scholarships, students must complete the General Scholarship Application annually.
Requirements 3: UNT Excellence Scholarships: Entering freshmen must provide high school rank and SAT/ACT test scores are used to determine UNT Excellence Scholarship award amounts.
Requirements 4: UNT Texas Transfer Scholarship: Students must be transferring at least 45 credit hours from a Texas Community/Junior College or Texas University and have at least a 3.5 cumulative GPA .
Requirements 5: Departmental Scholarships: Students can find out more information on those scholarships by visiting their college, department or school in which they plan to major.
APPLICATION INFORMATION
Contact: University of North Texas
Student Financial Aid and Scholarships
1155 Union Circle #311370
Denton, TX
76203-5017
USA
Phone #: 940-369-7624
E-Mail:studyatunt@unt.edu
Ghana is second leading producer of palm oil in Africa and yet…
Mr Gabriel Opoku-Asare, the Head of Corporate Affairs, Unilever Ghana, has described the palm oil sub-sector as the next “gold” for the country if it can meet the increasing global demand for sustainable palm oil.
He said the palm oil sector currently employs over 300,000 people in the country and this must be given the needed attention to exploit its full potential.
Mr Opoku-Asare said this during the Tropical Forest Alliance 2020 Palm Oil Initiative Ghana Country Workshop, held in Accra.
The workshop, organised by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture and the Tropical Forest Alliance 2020 Africa Palm Oil, was to identify the challenges that affects sustainable oil palm production, whiles developing practical principles to help guide sustainable production and expansion of oil palm in the country.
He said the oil palm sub sector could easily be developed into a key foreign exchange earner and job creator to improve the livelihoods of millions of Ghanaians.
“Even though Ghana is one of the leading palm oil producing countries, the second in Africa and eight in the world, the country was still a net importer of Palm Oil. “Ghana’s current deficit of 50,000 tonnes in supply could hit over 100,000 tonnes in the near future, this trend can be reversed and Ghana can become a net exporter of palm oil”, he said.
“Currently, most of the global consumer goods companies like Unilever source their palm oil as a raw material for their products from South East Asia and as their businesses in Africa have expanded, they import part of their palm oil from outside Africa to supplement local supply, ” he said.
He said this did not make sense as palm oil was a crop indigenous to West Africa, but Ghana would only be able to access the large and growing market for sustainably produced palm oil if it commits to sustainable production.
He said Uniliver, as one of the world’s largest buyer of palm oil for use in products such as margarine, ice cream, soap and shampoo and buys nearly 3 per cent of global supply.
He said in 2004, Unilever became a founding member of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, and four years later, it has committed to source all its palm oil sustainably by 2015.
The Corporate Affairs Manager said Unilever’s sustainable palm oil sourcing policy commits to halting deforestation in its supply chain, protecting peat lands and ensuring a positive social and economic impact for local communities.
“Unilever believes that a profitable and sustainable palm oil sector must find the right balance between social, environmental and economic objectives, which is a shared responsibility between governments, the private sector and civil society to work towards a collaborative solution for a sustainable palm oil industry” he said.
Source: GNA
National Service Secretariat boss trial – eight to return stolen money with interest
Prosecuting Mrs Yvonne Attakora Obuobisah, Chief State Attorney said they are 95 per cent complete on the decision to pay the money, adding what they is left is as the time to start paying.
The prosecutor therefore prayed for a date in order to inform the court on the way forward.
According to the court one of the accused persons Festus Obeng Sefah, Central Regional Administrator of the NSS, per the court records have completed paying the money.
He misappropriated GH¢63,575.00 from September 2013- August 2014.
Mr Denis Adjei Dwomoh, Counsel for Alhaji Imoro Alhassan, former NSS Executive Director asked the court to vary the bail condition of his client which spells out that he should report to the BNI every Wednesday.
This the court obliged after inquiring from the case investigator as to whether the former NSS boss is needed.
The matter was adjourned to December 10.
Imoro is standing trial with 34 other persons implicated in the massive fraud that struck the scheme.
The 34 others were variously charged with conspiracy and stealing.
Imoro is facing additional charge of “giving bribe to influence a public officer.”
The prosecution alleged that Alhaji Imoro, within the said period at the NSS headquarters in Accra, dishonestly appropriated GH¢28,749,395.80 belonging to the state.
The former NSS boss is said to have, on August 1 to September 26, 2014, given GH¢25,000 and GH¢15,000 to one Charles Kipo, Bureau of National Investigation (BNI) Investigator, to influence him.
The accused persons have pleaded not guilty before the court presided over by Mrs Justice Georgina Mensah Datsa.
They are currently on bail.
Prosecution said in July 2014 the BNI commenced a nationwide investigation into the operations of the NSS with regard to the payment of monthly allowances to service persons.
The prosecutor said a report received by the Bureau indicated malfeasance in the postings and payment of allowances.
According to prosecution, investigations established that from September 2013 – August 2014, the payroll of the NSS was bloated by 31,516 names for both the national service postings and the national voluntary service recruitment.
The prosecutor said during that service year, national service persons were paid GH¢243 per month and GH¢350 per month from January to August 2014.
The state alleged that an elaborate plot hatched by Alhaji Imoro, supported by senior officers of the scheme at the National Secretariat and all the regional directors of the scheme, and implemented by the district directors, involved the generation of ‘ghost’ names.
Prosecution said the ghost names were added to the genuine names on the nominal rolls based on which payment vouchers were prepared, adding that the vouchers were prepared by the Chief Accountant, Ayeltiga, and passed on to the internal auditor.
According to prosecution Aku Mensah, whose duty it was to audit and vet all the accounts and payment vouchers, did not do so and yet passed them on to Ayeltiga and received regular payments from some regional directors.
The prosecutor stated that the ghost names which were detected in all the districts in the country were mostly posted to the rural areas and in some cases, to non-existent institutions and departments.
Prosecution averred that Alhaji Imoro never dealt directly with the district directors and that the ghost names were sent by the accused to the regional directors with firm instructions as to how much was to be sent to him every month.
The number of names, the prosecutor said, Alhaji Imoro gave to each regional director depended on the trust and loyalty he had developed with each of them.
Source: GNA
Government inaugurates Youth Employment Agency Board
The Board was also charged to make the procurement services of YEA transparent for its mandate of serving the youth to be achieved over its four- year tenure.
The Board has Mr Samuel A. Jabanyite as Chairman, with Mr Haruna Iddrisu, the Minister of Employment and Labour Relations, Mr Vincent Kuagbenu, Chief Executive Officer, Ms Alice Attipoe, Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations and Mrs Emma Akua Amankwa, a lawyer, as members.
The others members are Ms Frieda Yandanbon Billa, a Development Worker, Mr Ras Mubarak, the National Coordinator of the National Youth Authority, Mr Eugene Korletey and Mr Courage K. Barlon.
Addressing the ceremony, Mr Iddrisu noted that the YEA intended recruiting 100,000 youth, including the vulnerable in society.
He, therefore, tasked the Board to involve the vulnerable in society, such as the disabled who deserved employment and dignity.
He said it was the core mandate of the Government to provide livelihood for the teaming number of unemployed youth for them to contribute to the development of their families and the nation.
“In this direction, a 1000 youth, comprising 500 “kayayes” and 500 others will be employed in the art making industry,” he said.
Mr Iddrisu challenged the board to establish both Regional and District offices of the Agency in all the regions to help promote constant interaction between members as well as to check on their activities.
“YEA of today is not the same as GYEEDA of yesterday as it will be governed by law and not on the whims of individuals,” he cautioned.
On funding, the Minister explained that: “By the dictate of Act 887, funds from the following sources and agencies would finance the activities of YEA:
“Eighty per cent of the Communication Service Tax, 10 per cent of District Assembly Common Fund subject to a formula approved by Parliament in accordance with article 252 of the Constitution.
“Five per cent of the Ghana Education Trust Fund subject to a formula approved by Parliament in accordance with the Ghana Education Trust Act, 2000 (Act 581) and donations, gifts and grants” .
Mr Jabanyite, on behalf of his colleagues, expressed gratitude for the appointment, and pledged to ensure the success of YEA.
“We are going to work as a team who will collaborate with existing agencies and Ministries to ensure that the purpose of the Act establishing the Agency is fulfilled, especially when the pace at which the job is provided at both the private and public sector is far out spaced.
“The Agency will provide jobs for the youth and give them the opportunity to explore their skills,” Mr Jabanyite said.
Source: GNA
After-school Programs Step Forward to Align With Common Core
The Common Core State Standards were envisioned by their developers to do just that — to prepare an upcoming generation for a changing future.
“The Common Core addresses three leading concerns in our nation’s fight for education reform: an inadequate number of students prepared for college and careers, a lack of equity in academic expectations across and within states, and the inability to compare results across states,” writes Taliah Givens, program director for the Council of Chief State School Officers, for the Expanded Learning & Afterschool Project.
10,000 Youth to be employed under CIP
The Minister of Employment and Labour Relations, Mr Haruna Iddrisu, who made this known during the inauguration of an eight-member board for the Youth Employment Agency (YEA), said the ministry would roll out the recruitment by August this year.
According to him, the government intended to situate the National Vocational Training Institute (NVTI) to address the growing skills mismatch on the labour market.
He said individuals, who would be employed under the YEA, would wear the same uniform across the country, adding that other initiatives and modules, such as sanitation, education, health, among other professions, would be under the CIP.
New board
The eight-member board is under the chairmanship of Mr Samuel A. Jabanyite, while the others are Ms Alice Attipoe, Ms Emma Akua Amankwa and Mr Eugene Korletey.
The rest are Ms Frieda Yandanbon Billa, Mr Ras Mubarak, Mr Courage Barlon and the Chief Executive Officer of the YEA, Mr Vincent Kuagbenu.
The agency has been without a functioning board since the passage of the YEA Act, 2015 (Act 887) after the President had signed it in April this year.
The mandate of the board for the next four years is to guide the management through the formulation of appropriate policies to strengthen the systems and structures of the agency.
Mandate
Inaugurating the board, Mr Iddrisu urged it to allow the procurement processes of the agency to be subjected to open tender processes.
Under the law, he said, the board was mandated to establish district and regional offices to run the operations of the agency.
He urged the board to ratify the employment of persons with disabilities to ensure they were appropriately treated.
Employment
Speaking on behalf of the board, Mr Jabanyite commended the government for reposing confidence in the members to carry out the task.
He said the youth were the bedrock of the development of the country, hence the need for them to be employed.
Kayayei recruitment
After the inauguration ceremony, the minister and the Parliamentary Select Committee on Employment, as well as the newly constituted board, visited the Dignity DTRT Company at the Adjabeng Free Zone enclave.
The visit was for the board members to familiarise themselves with operations of the apparel and textile company.
Mr Iddrisu said 1,000 youth, including 500 head porters (Kayayei) at Agbobgloshie, would be recruited into the apparel and textile industry.
Nigeria’s New President Promises To Tackle Boko Haram, National Economy And More
“Nigerians will not regret that they have entrusted national responsibility to us,” he said with a tone full of optimism. “We must not succumb to hopelessness and defeatism. We can fix our problems.”
A former military ruler from 1984 to 1985, Buhari defeated former President Goodluck Jonathan in a national election in March.
Though the tasks ahead seem daunting, Buhari said, they are by no means insurmountable.
With little progress made so far by security forces in tackling Boko Haram terrorists, Buhari announced that the Command and Control Center in Abuja would have to be relocated to Maiduguri until the insurgents were totally subdued.
The city of Maiduguri is in the northeastern state of Borno which lies closer to two other northeastern states, Adamawa and Yobe. All have been ravaged by brazen acts of terrorism perpetuated by Boko Haram terrorists.
According to reports from the BBC, more than the 1.5 million people have been affected by the activities of the terrorists. The insurgents who hope to establish a caliphate in northern Nigeria garnered global attention when they abducted more than 200 schoolgirls in Chibok, a community in Borno state, more than a year ago.
Muhammadau Buhari, in a photo
from his official Facebook page
“This government will do all it can to rescue them alive,” said Buhari, a 72-year-old Muslim from northern Nigeria who is seen as being incorruptible.Until these missing schoolgirls “and all other innocent persons held hostage by the insurgents” are rescued, Buhari said, Nigeria shall lay no claims to defeating the terrorists.
He dismissed claims that the dreaded terrorist group had any association with Islam, adding that a sociological study to figure out the origin, causes, sponsors and international connections of Boko Haram would be commissioned in the wake of hostilities between the government and the group.
Speaking of the corruption which has milked Nigeria of stupendous fortunes, the new president promised never to allow it to flourish under his watchful eyes.
He also said that the Nigerian economy was “in deep trouble” and would require that proper care be given not just to the ailing economy, which is reported to be the largest in Africa, but also to unemployment, railways, roads and power.
Buhari, who was the first opposition candidate to win a presidential election since independence in 1960, said it was a “national shame” for the country to generate only 4,000 megawatts.
“We will not allow this (power shortage) to go on,” he said.
To tackle unemployment, he said, there is an urgent need to revive agriculture, solid minerals mining and distribution of credits to small and medium size businesses to enable them thrive.
Buhari said he would do everything within his powers to promote responsible and accountable governance at all levels.
He equally promised to cooperate with the international community to combat threats of terrorism, sea piracy, financial and cybercrime, climate change and other challenges confronting the 21st century.
Nigeria’s standards of education and healthcare services would improve, he said.
“I belong to everybody and I belong to nobody,” he said, apparently trying to tell Nigerians of his sense of dedication to the clarion call to duty. “We have an opportunity. Let us take it.”
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