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Scholarships

Goliard Scholarship for World Travel and International Understanding

Harry Truman Scholarship Foundation - for students who have outstanding leadership potential, plan to pursue careers in government or public service, and wish to attend graduate school.

Heritage Scholarship Trust - Government-sponsored registered educational savings plan for tertiary education, available globally.

Hispanic College Fund, Inc. - a business partnership for higher education. Providing scholarships to Hispanic undergraduate students majoring in business.

Hispanic Education Foundation - a product of the American GI Forum of the US. The HEF awards scholarships at the local level.

http://www.worldstudio.org/ - movie and video

International Educational Finance Aid

http://www.iefa.org/ IEFA is the premier Internet resource for financial aid information for students wishing to study in a foreign country. At this site, you will find the most comprehensive listing of grants, scholarships, loan programs, and other information to assist students in their pursuit to study abroad.

Useful Links, Financial Aid Sites

Organizations: This section lists a few organizations that may be able to provide some information about financial aid for international students.

NAFSA: Association of International Educators NAFSA- Association of International Educators is the national professional association for international educators. NAFSA promotes international educational exchange between the United States and the rest of the world and provides information about financial aid for international students. For more information, call 1-202-462-4811, fax 1-202-667-3419, write to NAFSA: Association of International Educators, 1875 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20009-5728, or send email to inbox@nafsa.org.

Study in the USA- Study in the USA is the education guide for international students. Here you can access information about universities and colleges in the USA or choose an intensive English program.

Australian Education Connection- The Australian Education Connection is committed to improving access to educational opportunities in Australia for all students, by providing information and advisory/guidance services and keeping costs at an absolute minimum. Besides a commitment to promote Australian programs at affordable prices, the Australian Education Connection will also provide value-added services for free.

Recruit in Canada- Penny Bissett offers opportunities for US schools to "Recruit in Canada". Her experience in recruiting and consulting positions her as a key resource for Canadian students who wish to study in the US and for schools looking to enroll those same students.

Rotary Foundation- The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International provides grants to university students and teachers to act as "goodwill ambassadors" around the world, sponsors international exchanges of business and professional people, and provides grants to improve the quality of life around the world. For more information about their programs, write to Rotary Foundation, 1560 Sherman Avenue, Evanston, IL 60201 or call 1-708-866-3000.

AAUW Education Foundation- The AAUW Education Foundation provides graduate fellowships to women with the equivalent of a Bachelors degree who are not citizens or permanent residents of the United States. For more information write to AAUW Educational Foundation, Department 60, 2201 N. Dodge St, Iowa City, IA 52243-4030, call 1-319-337-1716, or fax 1-319-337-1204, or write to American Association of University Women, 1111 Sixteenth Street N.W., Washington, DC 20036-4873 or call 1-202-728-7603.

Institute of International Education (IIE)- The IIE administers the US Fulbright program and manages more than 250 international education programs. For more information, write to Institute for International Education, 809 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017-3580, call 1-212-883-8200 or 1-212-984-5412, fax 1-212-984-5452, or send email to webmaster@www.iie.org.

Council for International Educational Exchange (CIEE)- For more information, write to Council for International Educational Exchange (CIEE), 205 E 42nd Street, New York, NY 10017.

Leaders and ethics

By Victor Pinzon
What leaders say about ethics is important. People should watch more closely and take to task their leaders. The more we talk about ethics, the stronger they will become. Talk is a starting point. Then, we all should watch our community’s and country's leaders carefully and constantly to confirm that their behavior reflects what they say.

There are two key functions of leadership: set limits and give direction. Our leaders must set limits by taking concrete steps to, among a myriad of issues, eliminate corruption in government and business. Then setting direction by talking and developing comprehensive Code of Ethics to be adopted and implemented by everyone. And, the most significant component is that leaders themselves become the ethical role models of the community at all time.

Paul Ransom, Founder of the Adirondack School for Boys, wrote:

"The people in this world may be divided into three great classes, according to the attitude they hold to life. The people in the first class believe, or seem to believe, that hey were put into the world to see how much they can get out of it…

"The people of the second class is made up of those who do not give life any thought at all – who do not like to think very deeply of anything…

"The third class are people who believe that they are in the world not so much for what they can get out of it as for what they can put into it… They believe in work and are anxious to do their share of it. They do not shirk the great problems of life, but meet and solve them. It is to these people that the world is indebted for all the progress that has been made in the past, and to them it must look for all hope of progress in the future."

Paul Ransom went on to say to his prospective students that only if they sincerely wanted to be counted among the third class of people, would they be invited to attend his school.

Our leaders must clearly be those of the third class, who are prepared to meet and solve the great problems of life, including attacking and eliminating corruption and building a strong ethical community and country. When their talk is proven by their behavior, others will want to join and follow them.

The Americas Foundation, similarly as Paul Ransom, invite only those people of the third class to join The Americas Foundation.

[The Americas Foundation is now Americas Global Foundation]

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