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INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. — The Guinn Millenium Scholarship available to Nevada high school graduates is worth up to $10,000 over their college career.
If they attend Sierra Nevada College, they can multiply that award by six.
In an effort to attract high performing students — the Guinn scholarship is available to students who achieve at least a 3.25 GPA in high school — SNC is offering the Sierra Nevada College Millenium Plus Scholars Award, a $50,000 scholarship over four years which students may tack on to their original $10,000.
The Incline Village college announced the award last week, and the class of 2010 will be the first to qualify for the $12,500 annual scholarship.
“Our emphasis for the past two years has been on fundraising for academic scholarships,” said SNC President Robert Maxson. “We're going after the best and brightest. These students really improve the quality of the student body as a whole.”
Maxson said the funds came from the school's private donors, who he said were excited to support academics at SNC.
The move comes during a push to grow SNC's enrollment — the last two freshman classes have come in at more than 160 students, up from classes of about 90 earlier this decade — and Maxson's commitment to snaring academically gifted students.
“We're in the game now — every school offers money to very talented students, and we're doing the same,” Maxson said.
Nicole Ferguson, who serves as the school's director of financial aid, said attracting high-achieving in-state students is an added bonus of the scholarship.
“One of the founding principles of the Guinn Millennium Scholarships was to provide the opportunity for Nevada's best and brightest students to remain in-state,” Ferguson said in a press release. “This Millennium Plus Scholars Award — the first of its kind in the state — will create an added benefit for Nevada's Millennium Scholars, as well as a further incentive for them to remain in Nevada, and is a win-win both for the student and for Sierra Nevada College.”
For information on the award, call SNC's admissions office at (775) 831-6223.
If they attend Sierra Nevada College, they can multiply that award by six.
In an effort to attract high performing students — the Guinn scholarship is available to students who achieve at least a 3.25 GPA in high school — SNC is offering the Sierra Nevada College Millenium Plus Scholars Award, a $50,000 scholarship over four years which students may tack on to their original $10,000.
The Incline Village college announced the award last week, and the class of 2010 will be the first to qualify for the $12,500 annual scholarship.
“Our emphasis for the past two years has been on fundraising for academic scholarships,” said SNC President Robert Maxson. “We're going after the best and brightest. These students really improve the quality of the student body as a whole.”
Maxson said the funds came from the school's private donors, who he said were excited to support academics at SNC.
The move comes during a push to grow SNC's enrollment — the last two freshman classes have come in at more than 160 students, up from classes of about 90 earlier this decade — and Maxson's commitment to snaring academically gifted students.
“We're in the game now — every school offers money to very talented students, and we're doing the same,” Maxson said.
Nicole Ferguson, who serves as the school's director of financial aid, said attracting high-achieving in-state students is an added bonus of the scholarship.
“One of the founding principles of the Guinn Millennium Scholarships was to provide the opportunity for Nevada's best and brightest students to remain in-state,” Ferguson said in a press release. “This Millennium Plus Scholars Award — the first of its kind in the state — will create an added benefit for Nevada's Millennium Scholars, as well as a further incentive for them to remain in Nevada, and is a win-win both for the student and for Sierra Nevada College.”
For information on the award, call SNC's admissions office at (775) 831-6223.
