The Foreign Service Journal, January 2009

taled $28,500 in 2008. Academic and Art Merit Awards were given to 25 students in May 2008. These one-time-only award winners, all Foreign Service high school seniors, were recognized in the July-August 2008 issue of the Foreign Service Jour- nal. It’s not too late to apply for an AFSA Financial Aid Scholarship or a Merit Award. Applications for the 2009-2010 school year are being accepted until Feb. 6. AFSA Financial Aid Scholarships range from $1,000 to $4,000. To be eligible for an AFSA Finan- cial Aid Scholarship, students must be tax depend- ents of Foreign Service employees, take at least 12 credits a semester, maintain at least a cumulative 2.0 grade point average, attend an accredited two- or four-year college or university in the U.S. or over- seas, and show need by completing the College Scholarship Service (CSS) Profile. Unfortunately, grandchildren of Foreign Service employees are not eligible for the program. Visit www.afsa.org/scholar/ for the complete pro- gram details and to download an application. If you have any questions or are interested in establishing a scholarship in your name, contact AFSA Scholarship Director Lori Dec at (202) 944-5504 or 1 (800) 704- 2372, ext. 504; or by e-mail at dec@afsa.org . Alexandra Dubel — attending Florida State University. Recipient of the AFSA Barbara Bell Black Memorial Scholarship, the AFSA Robert Woods Bliss Memorial Scholarship and the AFSA Ruth Frost Hoyt Memorial Scholarship. Zachary Dubel — attending Florida State University. Recipient of the DACOR Bacon House Harriet C. Thurgood Memorial Scholarship and the AFSA Ruth Frost Hoyt Memorial Scholarship. Elizabeth Einhorn — attending the University of Notre Dame. Recipient of the AFSA Gertrude Stewart Memorial Scholarship. Catherine Christensen — attending Brigham Young University. Recipient of the AAFSW Scholarship. Alexandra Christoff — attending Seton Hill University. Recipient of the AFSA Gertrude Stewart Memorial Scholarship. Uthman Claiborne — attending North Carolina Central University. Recipient of the AFSA Marcia Martin Moore Memorial Scholarship and the AFSA Brockman M. Moore Memorial Scholarship. Alexandra Einhorn — attending Washington University in St. Louis. Recipient of the DACOR Bacon House Heyward G. Hill Memorial Scholarship. David Bobb — attending St. Edwards University. Recipient of the AFSA Harriet P. Culley Memorial Scholarship. Elliot Consigny — attending the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Recipient of the AFSA Beirut Scholarship and the John Foster Dulles Memorial Scholarship. Erin Einhorn — attending Washington University in St. Louis. Recipient of the AFSA William Benton Memorial Scholarship and the AFSA Robert E. and Florence L. Macaulay Memorial Scholarship. J A N U A R Y 2 0 0 9 / F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L 61 A F S A N E W S