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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>The ISSO is accepting applications for the Good Neighbor Scholarship.</span></i></b> For more information or to apply please go to <a href="http://www.tamuc.edu/CampusLife/CampusServices/internationalStudentServices/new-students/funding-your-education1/good-neighbor-scholarship.aspx">http://www.tamuc.edu/CampusLife/CampusServices/internationalStudentServices/new-students/funding-your-education1/good-neighbor-scholarship.aspx</a>. <span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>Applications must be submitted to the ISSO in person in Halladay 104 or via email to <a href="mailto:John.Jones@tamuc.edu">John.Jones@tamuc.edu</a> by 5pm on Thursday, March 6.</span> Recipients are announced in May 2014. <b><i>This scholarship is not awarded by the ISSO but by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.</i></b> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>PLEASE NOTE THAT ONLY INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS FROM SPECIFIC COUNTRIES IN THE CARIBBEAN AND NORTH, CENTRAL. AND SOUTH AMERICA ARE ELIGIBLE.</span></b> Please review the list of eligible countries before applying. For a full list of eligible countries go to <a href="http://www.tamuc.edu/CampusLife/CampusServices/internationalStudentServices/documents/GNSEligibleCountries.pdf">http://www.tamuc.edu/CampusLife/CampusServices/internationalStudentServices/documents/GNSEligibleCountries.pdf</a>. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN>The GNS is a scholarship awarded in the state of Texas and provides a complete waiver of tuition for the 2014-2015 academic year t<b><i><u>o eligible international students from countries in the Caribbean and North, Central, and South America.</u></i></b> Scholarship winners must still pay all applicable university fees. Applicants compete with other international students from their home countries throughout the state of Texas for a limited number of awards that are given to a certain number of students from each country. Awards are based on academic merit among other criteria.<b><i> <span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>Competition is intense, and final award decisions are made by The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, not Texas A&M University-Commerce.</span> </i></b></span><i><o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>John Mark Jones, Director<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>International Student Services<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Texas A&M University-Commerce<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(P) 903-886-5097 (F) 903-468-3200<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.tamuc.edu/isso">www.tamuc.edu/isso</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>