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Scholarships Each year the Diocese gives scholarships to several promising youth throughout the Diocese who are headed to college. The Diocese seeks students who are active in their local church and have assumed leadership roles in their local community. To be eligible each must be an undergraduate in a four-year college. The scholarship funding comes from various endowment funds. Available scholarships include the Adrina Movsesian Scholarship, the Armine Dikijian Journalism Scholarship, the Mabel Fenner Scholarship, and the George Holopigian Memorial Fund. To apply see below or for more information e-mail us by clicking here The Diocese is now accepting applications for scholarships for the 2007-2008 academic year. These scholarships are earmarked for needy Armenian American students attending accredited 4-year undergraduate university programs. Preference will be given to those who are active in the life of the Armenian Churches of the Eastern Diocese and are U.S. citizens. Applications were due June 15, 2007. Click here for a list of 2007 scholarship recipients.
A number of other funds administered outside of the Diocese also offer scholarships to Armenian American youth.
The Hagop Bogigian Fund at Wilson College
The Hagop, Arousiag, and Arpy Kashmanian Fund and The Hazaros Tabakoglu Fund
Hagop Bogigian was born in the remote Anatolian province of Kharpert in 1856. After his father died, he and his siblings made ends meet by weaving cloth by hand. Escaping poverty and the challenges of being an Armenian, he ended up in Cambridge, MA, at the age of 19. There he set up a carpet shop. After selling two rugs to famed American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, his business took off. Bogigian, who lost 11 of his relatives in the Genocide, began acting as an advocate in Washington D.C., pressing U.S. lawmakers to help those devastated by the tragedy. He also was an advocate for the importance of further education of women, particularly the young Armenian women affected by the Genocide. While in Washington, Bogigian met the president of Wilson College, a women's college in rural Pennsylvania. Bogigian paid a clandestine visit to the campus, disguising himself so he could see the reality of its efforts. Impressed by what he saw as a small college that educated women of all races, religions, and socio-economic backgrounds, he left a large portion of his estate to Wilson when he died in 1931. Part of that bequest included the Hagop Bogigian Fund, which offers financial assistance to needy and worthy young women, with preference for women of Armenian heritage. To learn more about Wilson's commitment to Armenian women and the Bogigian Fund, contact the school's Admissions Office at 1-800-421-8402 or via e-mail at admissions@wilson.edu. Both of these funds offer annual tuition grants are for full-time, undergraduate, college students of Armenian descent. Grants range from $1,000 to $6,000 and are renewable up to four years. Requirements include a 3.2 grade-point average, involvement with the Armenian community, and financial need. Applicants need to be residents of New York, New Jersey, or Connecticut or students from Armenia studying in one of these three states. The New York Community Trust administers both of these Funds. For more information contact: Armenian Scholarship Administrator
E-mail: jh@nyct-cfi.org Phone: (212) 686-0010, ext. 535 The Armenian Students' Association Offers information on a number of different scholarship programs. Visit its website: www.asainc.org |