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<h1 align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=5 color=blue
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:blue'>The University Honors Program<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h1>
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<h2 align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><font size=5 color=blue
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:blue'>Jack Kent Cooke<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></h2>
<h2 align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><font size=5 color=blue
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:blue'>Graduate Scholarship Program<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></h2>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation will award graduate scholarships to help
students with exceptional promise and demonstrated financial need reach their full
potential through education. <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Each award will
fund a portion of educational costs including tuition, fees, and living
expenses for the length of a Jack Kent Cooke Scholar’s graduate degree,
up to six years.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'>At a minimum, each candidate must<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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a college senior <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>OR</span></b> recent
graduate (since May 2003) from an accredited college or university in the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">US</st1:country-region></st1:place>,<o:p></o:p></p>
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a cumulative GPA of 3.50 or better on a 4.0 scale (or the equivalent), <o:p></o:p></p>
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to begin first graduate degree in fall 2008, and<o:p></o:p></p>
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nominated by his or her undergraduate institution.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The Texas A&M Commerce faculty liaison will select two finalists
for the national competition from all qualified completed applications.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>For more information and application packet, all interested students
should go to:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.jackkentcookefoundation.org/"
title="blocked::http://www.jackkentcookefoundation.org/">www.jackkentcookefoundation.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Completed hard copy applications, as well as a Microsoft Word
compatible diskette with all required application forms and support material,
must be submitted to the University Honors office, located in Prairie Crossing
Apartments #416, by 2:00 on March 3, 2008.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-style:italic'>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. The University Honors Program
will not be responsible for incomplete applications.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Dr. Ray Green</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
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<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">Texas</st1:State></st1:place> A&M-Commerce</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>903 886-3033</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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