University announces Haudenosaunee scholarship

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A new scholarship program designed to provide financial assistance to Haudenosaunee people wanting to study at Syracuse University in New York State will be available to students on both sides of the Canada/U.S. border.

The Haudenosaunee Promise Scholarship program, announced by the university on Aug. 15, will provide financial assistance to qualifying students equal to the amount of the cost of tuition, on-campus room and board and mandatory university fees. The scholarship is available to admitted first-year and transfer students at Syracuse University who are certified current citizens of one of the six Haudenosaunee Nations-Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca or Tuscarora-and who are working towards their first bachelor's degree. Scholarship recipients will be required to maintain full-time academic status at the university with a minimum cumulative grade-point average of 2.5.

For more information about the Haudenosaunee Promise Scholarship program, contact Maura L. Ivanick at (315) 443-1513.