The Foreign Service Journal, January 2013

46 JANUARY 2012 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL AFSA NEWS The AFSA Scholarship Pro- gram is awarding $192,000 in undergraduate college need-based financial aid scholarships in the 2012- 2013 school year to 73 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 withdrawl 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 $40,500 in aca- demic and art merit awards to 26 students in May 2012. These one-time only awards recognize the academic and artistic accomplishments of AFSA members’ children. In AFSA’s Scholarship Program Presents the summary, AFSA has provided aid to 99 students totaling $224,000 this school year. These programs are run under the oversight of the AFSA Scholarship Commit- tee, comprised of volunteers from the five foreign affairs agencies. 20 1 3 - 20 1 4 SCHOLARSH I PS AND AWARDS It’s not too late to apply for a 2013-2014 AFSA Finan- cial Aid Scholarship or a 2013 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 to $2,000; need- based financial aid scholar- ships range from $1,000 to $4,000. Please visit www. afsa.org/scholar fo r 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 2012-2013 Financial Aid Scholarship recipients are listed alphabetically by last name. Each listing includes the names of the recipient’s parents, AFSA scholarship(s) the student received and the college he or she is attending. n BY LORI DEC, AFSA SCHOLARSHIP DIRECTOR Devante Agu Son of Edward and Wanda Agu. Recipient of the Kiang Fund for Excellence Financial Aid Scholarship, the Marcia Martin Moore Memorial Financial Aid Scholarship and the Turner C. Cameron Memorial Financial Aid Scholarship. He is currently attending West Virginia University. Sarajin Ali Daughter of Karl and Nahid Fritz. Recipient of the Associates of the American Foreign Service Worldwide Financial Aid Scholarship. She is currently attending Virginia Tech. Helene Andang Daughter of Catherine and Guy Andang. Recipient of the Virginia Thurgood Bingham/DACOR Bacon House Foundation Financial Aid Scholarship. She is currently attending John Carroll University. Leannique Badinga Daughter of Leslie-Ann Burnette- Badinga. Recipient of the Brockman M. Moore Memorial Financial Aid Scholarship. She is currently attending Randolph Macon College. Jourdan Ball Son of David Ball and Mara Tekach. Recipient of the Elbert G. and Naomi M. Mathews Memorial Financial Aid Scholarship. He is currently attending the New York Film Academy. Erika Barnes Daughter of Kiyomi and William Barnes. Recipient of the Elbert G. and Naomi M. Mathews Memorial Financial Aid Scholarship. She is currently attending Washington State University. Anna Leah Berstein- Simpson Daughter of Rose Berstein and Peter Simpson. Recipient of the AAFSW Financial Aid Scholarship. She is currently attending Dartmouth College. Raoul Biron Son of Jeffrey Biron and Waltraud Luetjohann. Recipient of the Heyward G. Hill Memorial/DACOR Bacon House Foundation Financial Aid Scholarship. He is currently attending the University of New Hampshire. Alexandra Bliss Daughter of Mark Bliss and Kristin Rummel-Bliss. Recipient of the Dorothy Osborne and Theodore Xanthaky Memorial Financial Aid Scholarship and the Gertrude Stewart Memorial Financial Aid Scholarship. She is currently attending Florida State College at Jacksonville. Natalie Bluhm Daughter of Christina and Nathan Bluhm. Recipient of the Wilbur J. Carr Memorial Financial Aid Scholarship and the Brockman Through this generous scholar- ship, I can avoid debt and undue financial strain on my family. I owe a debt of gratitude to my scholarship donor for turning my university goals into realities. Ashton Omdahl, Brigham Young University