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<h1 align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:20.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue'>The University Honors Office<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h3 align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:blue'>Announces<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<h2 align=center style='text-align:center'><u><span style='font-size:18.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue'>Jack Kent Cooke<o:p></o:p></span></u></h2>
<h2 align=center style='text-align:center'><u><span style='font-size:18.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue'>Graduate Scholarship Program<o:p></o:p></span></u></h2>
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<p class=Default style='mso-line-height-alt:9.05pt'><b><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:windowtext'>The Foundation <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=Pa3><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Hoefler Text"'>The Jack
Kent Cooke Foundation is a private, independent foundation dedicated to
advancing the education of excep­tionally promising students. We offer several
scholarship programs, including this program for students who wish to pursue a
graduate or professional degree. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=Pa3><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>The Scholarship<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=Pa3><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Hoefler Text"'>Our
Graduate Scholarship enables students or recent alumni with exceptional promise
and demonstrated financial need to pursue up to six years of study at an
accredited graduate institution in the US or abroad. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=Pa3><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Hoefler Text"'>Demonstrated
financial need includes (</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:AGaramond'>1</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Hoefler Text"'>) low family and student
income and assets in light of educational expenses, and (2) substantial unmet
educational costs after taking into account other scholarships and grants
students may receive. Students in any discipline are eligible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=Default><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=Pa3><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>The Award <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=Pa3><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Hoefler Text"'>The
Graduate Scholarship Program provides funding for tuition, room and board,
required fees, and books. Scholarship amounts vary based on several factors,
including costs at the institution each recipient attends and other grants and
scholarships the student receives. Awards can be for as much as $50,000
annually. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=Pa3><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=Pa3><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Minimum Eligibility <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=Pa3><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Hoefler Text"'>To be
eligible to compete for the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Scholarship, a
candidate must <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=Pa3 style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>•<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Be a college
senior OR a recent graduate </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Hoefler Text"'>(within the last five years) from an accredited college or
university in the US, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=Pa3 style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>•<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Have a cumulative
GPA of 3.50 or better on a 4.0 scale </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Hoefler Text"'>(or the equivalent), <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=Pa3 style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>•<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Plan to begin
first graduate degree program in the </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Hoefler Text"'>coming fall, and <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=Pa3 style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>•<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Be nominated by
his or her undergraduate institution. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=Pa3><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Application Procedure <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=Pa3><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Hoefler Text"'>Students
must be nominated by their undergraduate insti­tutions. They cannot apply
directly. Each accredited four-year college or university may nominate two
candidates. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=Pa3><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Application Deadlines<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=Pa3><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Hoefler Text"'>The
application deadline is typically in mid-March. Campuses set earlier internal
deadlines for receiving applications to select their nominees. <i>Internal
deadline 03/04/09<b><o:p></o:p></b></i></span></p>
<p class=Pa3><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=Pa3><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Faculty Representatives<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Hoefler Text"'>Each
institution has a faculty representative who manages the nomination process.
Please visit the Foundation’s website for a complete list </span><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>of faculty representatives and their
contact information</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Hoefler Text"'>.</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>For more information
and application packet, all interested students should go to:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a
href="http://www.jackkentcookefoundation.org/">www.jackkentcookefoundation.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b>Internal campus
deadline for application material is March 4, 2009.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span
style='font-size:9.0pt'>Incomplete applications will not be considered for
submission to the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation. Please note: the student
has the sole responsibility for the entire completed application along with all
required support materials. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span
style='font-size:9.0pt'>The University Honors Office will not be responsible
for incomplete applications.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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style='font-size:9.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif"'>Dr.
Raymond Green<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif"'>Honors
College Director <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif"'>Texas
A&M
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Crossing #416<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif"'>903
886-3033
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