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Major Industry Programs & Resources

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  InRoads: The mission of INROADS is to develop and place talented, underserved youth in business and industry and prepare them for corporate and community leadership. Students are placed into paid, multi-year internships with leading companies and receive mentorship and business training.


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  Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO): SEO provides superior educational and career programs to young people from underserved communities to maximize their opportunities for college and career success. The program includes a premier summer internship in accounting, asset management, corporate law, global financial leadership, investment banking, and management consulting and philanthropy.


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  Co-Op/Internships for Minority and Underrepresented Students: View opportunities for minority and underrepresented students in the sciences and medicine (List created by RIT).


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  Cultural Resources Diversity Program: The Cultural Resources Diversity Internship Program provides a career exploration opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students in historic preservation/cultural resources work with the National Park Services.


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  HACU National Internship Program: The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) recruits students for paid summer and semester-long internships at federal and private corporations in Washington, D.C.


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  Minority Access Internship Program: Offers paid summer internships with the federal government.


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  Smithsonian Institute: The Office of Fellowships and Internships has information about minority internship programs.

Additional Programs & Resources

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  American Association of Advertising Agencies (AAAA) Multicultural Advertising Intern Program (MAIP)
  : This award is designed to support African-American, Asian-American, Hispanic-American, and Native-American college students majoring in advertising, marketing, communication, liberal arts, English, or who are able to demonstrate a strong desire to pursue career in advertising.


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  Barbara Jordan Health Policy Scholars Program: The program brings talented African American, Latino, American Indian/Alaska Native, and Asian/Pacific Islander college seniors and recent graduates to Washington, D.C., where they are placed in congressional offices and learn about health policy.


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  Black Collegian: View career-related diversity resources and job listings.


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  DiversityInc: A leading source of information on diversity management.


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  Equal Opportunity Publications: Provides career information for minorities, women, and people with disabilities.


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  HireDiversity: Search for jobs and internships and get career information and resources.


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  Monster Diversity and Inclusion Job Search: Monster has thousands of companies that recognize the benefits of diversity in their workforce. These companies are actively seeking qualified candidates from diverse backgrounds.


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  SACNAS: A society of scientists dedicated to fostering the success of Hispanic/Latino and Native American scientists from college students to professionals to attain advanced degrees, careers, and positions of leadership.


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  Scholarships & Internships for African Americans: See internship and scholarship listings.

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UGA Today

Athens, Ga. - University of Georgia President Jere W. Morehead is continuing his commitment to students through a personal contribution establishing a need-based scholarship fund, in honor of his parents, designed to help undergraduates study in the nation's capital.

With nearly 7,000 students attending the university who are eligible for the Pell Grant, "raising support for need-based scholarships is one of my priorities," Morehead said, "and I hope to lead the way for many others to help students with financial need."

The federal Pell Grant program, run by the U.S. Department of Education, provides need-based grants mainly to low-income undergraduate students.

Through the scholarship fund, Morehead is paying tribute to the important role his parents have played in his life. The Wade and Virginia Morehead Scholarship Fund will be used to support students with demonstrated financial need who participate in the UGA Washington Semester Program. The program sends students to Washington, D.C., to intern and study with legislators, government agencies, and businesses that call the nation's capital their home.

"The university's initiative to raise need-based scholarships is critical in helping our undergraduate students meet the costs of attending our institution," said Bonnie Joerschke, director of the UGA Office of Student Financial Aid. "President Morehead's generous gift and others like it are important to providing access and educational opportunities like UGA's Washington Semester Program."

Morehead's initial gift of $25,000 establishes the scholarship fund. Additional gifts will help the fund reach $100,000 over the next five years.

Students will be chosen for the scholarship based on financial need at the discretion of the program coordinator. Individual awards will vary from $1,000 to $2,000, and awardees will be known as Morehead Scholars.

In addition to his new pledge, Morehead has been a long-time financial supporter of the Morehead Honors Support Fund in the Honors Program and the Jere W. Morehead Moot Court Fund in the UGA School of Law.

For more information on the Georgia Access Need-based Scholarship Fund, see https://www.externalaffairs.uga.edu/index.php/gateway/info/need_based_scholarships. For more information on the Washington Semester Program, see http://dcsemester.uga.edu/.

Source: Uga

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