Outside Scholarship Information

The Office of Financial Aid receives notification of various scholarships that are awarded by organizations other than the School of Law. These organizations have their own application and selection criteria for awarding private funds. Scholarships vary in amount and criteria and students are responsible for all application, renewal and disbursement paperwork.

CAPABA Educational Foundation (CEF) Scholarship
The Connecticut Asian Pacific American Bar Association (CAPABA) Educational Foundation Scholarship is to be awarded each academic year to an Asian Pacific American law student who demonstrates leadership potential, excellence in academia, a firm commitment and involvement with the Asian American community in Connecticut. Up to two $1,000 scholarships may be awarded at the CAPABA Annual Dinner on October 29, 2013, at the Omni Hotel in New Haven, Connecticut. Recipients are required to attend. Applications and additional information are available in the Law School Office of Financial Aid. The deadline for submission is October 15, 2013.

County Prosecutors Association of the State of New Jersey - Scholarships
The County Prosecutors Association of the State of New Jersey will award four $3,500 non-renewable scholarships (Harris Y. Cotton, Andrew K. Ruotolo, Jr., John H. Stamler, and Oscar W. Rittenhouse) to New Jersey residents enrolled in law school in fall 2013. Applicants can be either full or part-time students who have an interest in pursuing a career as a prosecutor. Additional scholarship specifics and applications are available at: http://www.cpanj.info/ . Completed applications must be postmarked by September 30, 2013.

Connecticut Hispanic Bar Association Scholarship
The Connecticut Hispanic Bar Association will award five $2,000 non-renewable scholarships to current law students, for the 2013-2014 academic year. Applicants do not need to be of Hispanic heritage, but must have a demonstrated commitment to the Latino community. Applications and additional scholarship information are available at www.ct-hba.org. All applications must be postmarked by September 30, 2013.

Source: Quinnipiac

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Georgia State University Sets Records for Diversity and Size of Freshman Class

Georgia State University this fall has welcomed the largest and most diverse freshman class in its history.

At more than 3,200, the class has grown by 6 percent from last year. The class set records for the number of Hispanic, Asian American and African American students enrolled. The academic preparation of the group also improved, with the average high school grade-point average of the entering students rising to 3.4.

The overall number of freshman applications increased by 9 percent, to more than 13,000, with applications coming from around the world. Hispanic first-year enrollment grew by 22 percent, African American 4 percent and Asian American 10 percent over last year. Previous records for freshman, African American, Asian American and Hispanic enrollment were set last fall.

The university's overall enrollment also set a record this fall, surpassing last fall's record enrollment of 32,092 on Sept. 4 with 32,374 students registered for classes as of Sept. 4. Georgia State students represent 150 counties in Georgia, all 50 states and more than 150 different nations. Newly represented in the student body this year are students from Gabon, Libya, Oman, Timor and five other countries.

Georgia State continues to be recognized as one of the most diverse universities in the nation. In its 2014 "America's Best Colleges " edition, U.S. News & World Report magazine ranked Georgia State 12th among the country's most diverse institutions. The university ranked 13th last year.

Georgia State also tied for 14th place with universities such as Carnegie Mellon and Tulane among 23 top "up and coming" national universities ranked by U.S. News & World Report. The ranking is based on assessments by college leaders across the nation. The university's J. Mack Robinson College of Business moved from 56th last year to 47th in the magazine's ranking of undergraduate business programs.

"Georgia State is increasingly a destination of choice for high achieving students of all backgrounds," said Vice Provost Timothy Renick. "Despite a decrease in the number of graduating high school seniors in Georgia this past year, Georgia State saw its applications for the freshman class increase by more than a thousand."

Georgia State's strategic focus on student retention and its ground-breaking initiatives for increasing graduation rates also have been receiving national attention. Georgia State is one of only a handful of universities nationally to use predictive analytics to daily track the progress of every student.

Earlier this year, the institution was named one of six universities highlighted as models of national higher education reform by the New America Foundation. The foundation cited Georgia State as a "Next Generation University" for its rapid increases in graduation rates and its ability to hold down costs.

"Innovations such as our approach to advising have led to a 21-point increase in our graduation rates over the past decade-one of the most dramatic increases in the nation," Renick said.

Source: Gsu

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