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Scholarships At Yale Young Global Scholars for Secondary Schools

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Yale Young Global Scholars for Secondary School Students (Scholarships Available)

  Yale Young Global Scholars 
Course(s) Offered: Several disciplines
Course Level: Training, Undergraduate
Provider: Yale University
Country to Study in: USA (New Haven), China (Beijing)

Scholarship Description
The Yale Young Global Scholars empowers the next generation of leaders by building a global community and designing interdisciplinary programs that foster intellectual curiosity, deepen understanding and inspire creative action across all borders.The YYGS program provides full or partial scholarships to students aged 15-17 years with demonstrated financial need. We will award scholarship money based on need demonstrated in your completed application. Unfortunately, YYGS financial assistance cannot guarantee financial aid to all those who apply for it.

Each YYGS session is two weeks long and brings together an array of Yale’s best faculty and outside speakers to provide an intense, hands-on experience that combines lectures, seminars, and small-group discussions designed to challenge and inspire. Students do not receive course credit, but they do receive intensive training in critical thinking, verbal expression, and writing.

Eligibility
In order to apply to YYGS, applicants MUST fulfill all of the following requirements:

  • Age: Be at least 16 years old by July 19, 2020 (first day of Session III).*
  • English Fluency: Be able to participate in a rigorous academic curriculum conducted in English.
  • Grade Level: Be a current high school sophomore or junior (or international equivalent).
  • Graduation Date: Be graduating in May/June 2021 or 2022 from the Northern Hemisphere, or in Nov./Dec. 2020 or 2021 from the Southern Hemisphere.
  • YYGS Participation: Be a first-time participant in YYGS. If you have participated in any YYGS session during a previous summer (e.g., 2019, 2018), then you are not eligible to participate during YYGS 2020.
    Please note: If you previously applied to YYGS but were not offered admission or were unable attend AND you meet the eligibility criteria noted above, then you are encouraged to re-apply for YYGS 2020.

*Please Note: This rule is so that YYGS is in compliance with Connecticut State Law for running a summer program for minors, and no exceptions can be made.

YYGS accepts applications from ALL countries, and offers the opportunity for students to apply for need-based financial aid to students from ALL countries.

Selection:
YYGS reviews all applications holistically. Our staff understands that students come from a wide variety of backgrounds and with different educational and extracurricular opportunities. As a result, the essays and letters of recommendation are the most important parts of the application.

Eligible groups
Citizens of ALL countries (all 50 states of the USA and over 100 countries)

Participating Institutions
Yale University, New Haven, USA and Beijing, China

Fields of study
YYGS offers interdisciplinary, pre-collegiate sessions, not a course or courses. YYGS will continue to offer the following sessions on Yale’s campus:

  • Applied Science & Engineering (ASE)
  • International Affairs & Security (IAS)
  • Frontiers of Science & Technology (FST)
  • Sustainable Development & Social Entrepreneurship (SDSE)
  • Biology & Biomedical Science (BBS)
  • Politics, Law & Economics (PLE)

Number of awards
Not specified – limited number

Scholarship benefits
YYGS is able to offer a limited number of Scholarships, which are Need-Based Financial Aid packages that cover full-tuition ($6,300 USD) and travel costs.

In order to be considered for one of these scholarships (below), you MUST have completed the entire online YYGS Application, including the Need-Based Financial Aid portion, by January 15, 2020.

Method of Application
To get started:

  • Step 1: Review the YYGS eligibility criteria.
  • Step 2: Review the YYGS application required components.
  • Step 3: Review a PDF of a sample blank application, and start preparing to answer as many application questions as possible.
  • Step 4: You will need to submit contact information for a parent/guardian, teacher, and/or official at your school. Reach out to them as soon as possible to review the PDF of a sample blank application with you, and be sure to collect the information you need.

Complete the Application:

  • Step 5: Once our application opens by the end of September, then you will be able to click APPLY NOW to start your YYGS application. Be sure to write down your email and password to access the application at a later time.
  • Step 6: Check the “Review” page of the application to see if you are missing any required components, and re-visit any pages that require further information.
  • Step 7: Once your application is complete, click on the “Review” page. Next click on the “Finalize & Pay” button at the bottom of the page.
  • Step 8: Pay the $55 USD Early Action Fee or $70 USD Regular Decision Fee.
    If you submitted a completed Fee Waiver Form on the application page, this requirement will automatically be waived. YYGS staff will contact you if your Fee Waiver Request is denied, and your application will not be reviewed until the YYGS application fee is paid.
  • Step 9: Check your inbox for a YYGS confirmation receipt that indicates the successful submission of your application. Confirmation emails usually arrive within 24-48 hours of submission, due to occasional delays payment processing.

It is important to visit the official website (link to it is below) for complete information before you start your application. We encourage all potential applicants to begin and complete their applications as soon as possible to ensure all materials are submitted by the deadline.

DEADLINES:
Early action application deadline is 11:59PM ET on November 12, 2019. Regular decision application deadline is 11:59pm ET on January 15, 2020.

PLEASE NOTE:
*Students with demonstrated financial need can submit the Fee Waiver Form (located within the financial aid section of the YYGS online application) for their school official to complete, and (if approved) the waiver will reduce their application fee to $0 USD.

**Early Action applicants will receive an offer of admission OR be deferred into the Regular Decision pool for further review. Early Action applicants who are deferred into the Regular Decision pool will receive their decision of Admit, Waitlist, or Deny by March 15, 2020.

Yale University is an American private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1701, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the nine Colonial Colleges chartered before the American Revolution.

Application Deadline: 12 Nov 2019 || 15 Jan 2020
Open to International Applicants: Yes

SOURCE: Study and Scholarships

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Delta State Exco Approves N389 billion Budget Proposed for 2020 Fiscal Year

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Delta State Executive Council has ratified the sum of N389 billion as budget proposal for the 2020 fiscal year.
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa is billed to present the budget to members of of the state House of Assembly early next month for consideration and subsequent passage.
The proposed budget size has N217 as capital expenditure and N171 billion as recurrent expenditure.
Speaking to Government House reporters at the end of the meeting in Asaba, Commissioner for Economic Planning, Barry Pere Gbe said the proposed budget is lower than that of 2019 by N1 billion.
Flanked by his Information counterpart, Charles Aniagwu, Gbe explained that the macro economic framework that gave birth to the 2019 budget is similar to that if the 2020 proposal, adding that the earlier prepared fiscal strategy paper for the state was re-adjusted to reflect what transpired at the national level.
He said: “But we also have to rely on what happened at the federal level which used an indicating figure of $57 per barrel. As a result, we changed what we had in the fiscal strategy paper to $57 per barrel.
“We had to re-adjust our assumptions to capture what transpired at the federal level. That was what gave birth to the movement from the N350 billion that we initially submitted to arriving at N389 billion which got the approval of exco.
“The capital is N217 billion and the recurrent is N171 billion. This indicates that we will do more projects than spending on operational expenditure. Personnel cost moved up because we are expecting that by 2020, we would have started implementing the new minimum wage.”

 

SOURCE: Sunnews

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Notification to the Office of the SSA on Youth Development to Gov Ifeanyi OKOWA:

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From the SSG Support Group for Okowa 2019 to the Office of the SSA on Youth Development to Gov Ifeanyi OKOWA:

We note with satisfaction, your kind remarks on the efforts of support groups in the 2019 governorship election and your assurances; thereto, as reported by DBS Radio, Warri in late September 2019.

in this regard, we hereby send you a notification of our campaign activities for the re-election of our governor, which are digitally captured by this https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fdeltaanalyst.wordpress.com%2F2019%2F01%2F04%2Fssg-support-group-for-okowa-2019-campaign-documents%2F%3Fpreview_id%3D26047%26preview_nonce%3Dba4b3d9eea%26post_format%3Dstandard%26_thumbnail_id%3D-1%26preview%3Dtrue%26fbclid%3DIwAR2Nwrad3IBzigKk6f5ofnjapoPHcg4XFCyS6ton99mF9geT3_w_to9xoys&h=AT387veEmd2LOe2F_OFYvin2thqXnF_8ad3RCtTXy0VcVI61nhXpC9AFBUHcaoV44DYv7058e8evnpP6FWvwyXwuqBioQ5TZRCC4gCSEjjHJiT9ssp63FGd9ymhyddOyjeXgFw

We also send our congratulations to you and welcome you back to your desk.

We shall appreciate further needful interactions, at your pleasure, through manvest90@gmail.com or 08032751424 or facebook.

Thank you, sir!

TONY IFIE, Director, SSG Support Group.