The Foreign Service Journal, January-February 2014

60 JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2014 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL AFSA NEWS The AFSA Scholarship Pro- gram is awarding $198,000 in undergraduate college need-based financial aid scholarships in the 2013- 2014 school year to 68 children of Foreign Service employees. Included under this program are the Diplo- matic and Consular Offi- cers, Retired/Bacon House Foundation Financial Aid Scholarships, which AFSA administers. AFSA also awards scholar- ships through two other organizations: Associates of the American Foreign Service Worldwide and the Public Members Association of the Foreign Service. In addition to the organizations listed above, AFSA funds its schol- arship program from the following sources: individual donors who have established annual and perpetual schol- arships; through an annual withdraw from the AFSA Scholarship Fund Endow- ment; ad hoc and annual appeal donations, and work place contributions. The AFSA Scholarship Fund also sponsors the AFSA Merit Awards Program. The list of winners, all high school seniors, is published in the July-August issue of The Foreign Service Journal . AFSA provided $41,500 in aca- demic and art merit awards to 26 students in May 2013. These one-time only awards recognize the academic and artistic accomplishments of The AFSA Scholarship Program Presents the 2013-2014 AFSA members’ children. AFSA has provided aid to 94 students totaling $239,500 this school year. The program are run under the oversight of the AFSA Scholarship Committee, comprised of volunteers from the Department of State, the U.S. Agency for Interna- tional Development, Foreign Agricultural Service and the Foreign Commercial Service. 2014-2015 Scholarships and Awards It’s not too late to apply for a 2014-2015 AFSA Finan- cial Aid Scholarship or a 2014 Merit Award. Applications are being accepted until Feb. 6 for academic and/or art merit awards and March 6 for financial aid scholarships. Merit awards range from $1,000-$2,500; need-based financial aid scholarships range from $3,000-$5,000. Please go to www.afsa.org/ scholar for program details. If you have any questions or would like information on how to establish a scholar- ship in your name or that of a loved one, please contact Lori Dec, AFSA scholarship director at (202) 944-5504 or dec@afsa.org. The 2013-2014 Financial Aid Scholarship recipients are listed alphabetically and includes the names of the recipient’s parents, AFSA scholarship(s) the student received and the college he or she is attending. BY LORI DEC, AFSA SCHOLARSHIP DIRECTOR Devante Agu Son of Edward and Wanda Agu. Recipient of the Heywood G. Hill Memorial/DACOR Bacon House Foundation Financial Aid Scholarship. He is currently attending West Virginia University. Najee Agu Son of Edward and Wanda Agu. Recipient of the Gertrude Stewart Memorial Financial Aid Scholarship. He is currently attending the University of Tennessee. Sarajin Ali Daughter of Karl and Nahid Fritz. Recipient of the Wilbur J. Carr Memorial Financial Aid Scholarship, the Brockman M. Moore Memorial Financial Aid Scholarship and the Gertrude Stewart Memorial Financial Aid Scholarship. She is currently attending Virginia Tech. Kristina Allen Daughter of Clarissa and Clay Allen. Recipient of the Associates of the American Foreign Service Worldwide Financial Aid Scholarship. She is currently attending Utah State University. Anandan Amirthanayagam Son of Indran and Ruth Amirthanayagam. Recipient of the Wilbur J. Carr Memorial Financial Aid Scholarship, the Walter K. Schwinn Memorial Financial Aid Scholarship and the Sheldon Whitehouse Memorial Financial Aid Scholarship. He is currently attending Brown University. Barbara Armstrong Daughter of Alina and John Armstrong. Recipient of the George and Mattie Newman Memorial Financial Aid Scholarship, the Ernest V. Siracusa Memorial Financial Aid Scholarship and the John M. and Anna B. Steeves Memorial Financial Aid Scholarship. She is currently attending King's College London, United Kingdom. Katherine Arriola Daughter of Jacinta and Roinel Arriola. Recipient of the Harry A. Havens Memorial Financial Aid Scholarship, the Julius C. Holmes Financial Aid Scholarship and the Brockman M. Moore Memorial Financial Aid Scholarship. She is currently attending the State University of New York. Jacob Bills Son of Rebecca and Thomas Bills. Recipient of the Virginia Thurgood Bingham Memorial/DACOR Bacon House Foundation Financial Aid Scholarship. He is currently attending Brigham Young University. Alexandra Bliss Daughter of Kristin and Mark Bliss. Recipient of Arthur B. Emmons Memorial Financial Aid Scholarship and Marcia M. Moore Memorial Financial Aid Scholarship. She is currently attending Florida State College. Natalie Bluhm Daughter of Christina and Nathan Bluhm. Recipient of the Rose Marie Asch Financial Aid Scholarship and the George and Mattie Newman Financial Aid Scholarship. She is currently attending the University of Colorado. Niccolo Bluhm Son of Christina and Nathan Bluhm. Recipient of the C. Montagu and Frances M. Pigott Memorial Financial Aid Scholarship, the Lowell C. Pinkerton Memorial Financial Aid Scholarship and the George Shultz “I firmly believe that your generosity will only continue to open doors for me and the other students who benefit from AFSA’s aid.” Patrick McGuire, Stanford University