Don’t think it is necessary to perform well on the ACT exam or get good grades. Education does pay. Ask Derrius Quarles, a foster child and ward of the state, who received 1.1 million dollars of scholarships in 2009. His video story can be found at www.upliftinc.org/Escape_to_College.html  Those scholarships are paying for his escape to college.  Derrius, now, attends Morehouse College. He has enough scholarships to attend 4 years of undergrad and 4 years of medical school FREE of charge. Derrius earned his million dollars with a 4.2 GPA and ACT score of 28.  His life is marked for success. All he has to do, now, is to maintain a high grade point average. He is being paid to attend school and make a better life for himself. Will you?

 

Where’s the Money? Getting Scholarships in a Tough Economy is co-sponsored by Ida Byrd-Hill, President of Uplift, Inc., a 501 (c)3 Idea Incubator and Alicia Nails, Director of Journalism  Institute For Media Diversity professional honors and scholarship program, a WSU learning community.

 

Alicia Nails will be joined on a panel with Nat Pernick, Director, Detroit College Promise, and Robert Barksdale, chair, 100 Black Men of Greater Detroit Oratorical scholarship contest.  They will be highlighting their scholarship programs Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 4pm to 7 pm at The Italian Room, Wayne State University General Lectures Building,  5045 Anthony Wayne at the corner Warren/ Anthony Wayne Drive.

 

If a student really wants to plan their escape to college, there are scholarships for most students, even those who are average students.  In fact, Uplift, Inc. will unveil its new scholarship program for middle school and high school students with a grade point average of 2.0 to 3.0 during the workshop as it distributes a list of 250 scholarships available to Metro Detroit students.

 

Reserve a seat at www.upliftinc.org/Escape_to_College.html  or call 877-429-2370

 

If you have knowledge of a little known scholarship or contest providing a scholarship please  send an email to ida@upliftinc.org.