From Deseret News archives:
5 Utahns among ethnic winners
Established in 1999, the program was initially funded by a $1 billion grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and aims to provide an opportunity to go to college for outstanding minority students with significant financial need.
One thousand scholarships, out of around 11,000 applicants, are awarded yearly to black, Hispanic, American Indian/Alaskan and Asian/Pacific Islander students with high academic and leadership promise in hopes of increasing representation of those groups in disciplines where they are severely underrepresented.
The program has funded more than 11,000 scholars attending more than 1,300 different colleges and universities since its inception. Utah winners this year include:
Raya Wall
Of American Indian ancestry, she was born and raised in Utah and plays the bass guitar in a community-based Brazilian percussion band Samba Gringa.
She is excited to "establish my own independence" at the all-girls college in Northampton, where she hopes to study English and later enter the medical program.
John Ioane
Aside from earning a high GPA and being an outstanding student, Ioane is also a star athlete in football and track and field, throwing the discus, shot put and javelin. He is also a member of the school's student senate, and his favorite subject is math.
Ioane moved to Utah from American Samoa in 2005 and is the middle child among eight brothers and sisters.
Comments
- 'Origin' to be auctioned 10:49 p.m.
- 7 bulls used for movie break free 10:48 p.m.
- Jackson's doctor goes back to work 10:47 p.m.
- 9/11 defendants want to air views 10:37 p.m.
- SUU sweeps conference honors 10:37 p.m.
- Some Dems. want big changes 10:37 p.m.
- Jackson makes history with 4 AMAs 10:36 p.m.
- USF hands Aggies first loss 10:35 p.m.
- Protestors say police used force 10:35 p.m.
- U.S. facing wave of debt payments 10:34 p.m.
- Glenn Beck to enter politics?
- BYU records with win
- Jazz outlast Pistons in overtime
- Cougars turn focus to dreaded rivals
- Cougars put the fun back in football
- Former BYU professor remembered
- Kirilenko heating up for the Jazz
- Police link alcohol to murder
- Wendover airfield's legacy lost?
- Florida No. 1, TCU 4 in AP Top 25
- Buttars wants to limit gay rights laws
202 - Glenn Beck to enter politics?
185 - Palin plans tour stop in Utah
178 - BYU records with win
129 - Palin's book shows she's unqualified
125 - Officer cleared in Cardall Taser case
103 - BYU cuts Women's Research Inst.
100 - Jazz finally win in San Antonio
98 - RSL wins MLS Cup on penalty kicks
97 - Utes knock off rival Aggies
93
they said on the radio that the team comes back: RETURN DATE: MONDAY 11/23...
Andy Williams to me was the man of the match, even with the missed PK. He...
Who cares how they would do against Real Madrid or any other Euro team? They...
The Organized religious community has brought comfort, aid and healing to...
Right..... just like how college football doesn't matter because there's the...
I feel like Kreis is gonna be the coach on our team for the next three...
I can't wait for tomorrow's issue. I am saving my deseret news newspaper of...
People bottom line, DEMAND a government that fits inside the constitution.
Nobody cared about this game? Yeah, nobody really knows who some guy named...
You don't have to be a soccer fan to enjoy this game and pull for the...



You can be the first to comment on this story.