Bill Gates Scholarship for Bangladeshi Girl

Bangladeshi girl gets Bill Gates Scholarship

Lamia Ahmed, a Bangladeshi girl who was born in the USA, has been awarded prestigious Bill Gates Millennium Scholarship this year in recognition of her outstanding academic success.

Because of being awarded the scholarship, she will be able to carry on her education for the rest of her academic life at free of cost.

Lamia has been living in Virginia with her parents, who came from Bangladesh, and all along doing excellent academic results.

In an interview with the Voice of America, Lamia said her parents are Bangladeshis though she was born in the USA.

A high school student, she now enters a new phase of her education life.

Bill Gates and Melinda Gates Foundation introduced this scholarship since 1999.

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Slauterbeck participates in college's Scholarship Competition Day

Jaimee Slauterbeck, a student at Oak Harbor High School, participated in The University of Findlay's Scholarship Competition Day, March 15.

Slauterbeck is the daughter of Rhonda and Rollan Slauterbeck, 992 N. Toussaint South, Oak Harbor. Her activities include softball, 4-H, foreign language club, Varsity club and National Honor Society.

Slauterbeck was one of 135 students from around the country invited to compete for merit scholarships worth up to $5,000. High-ability students were selected based on high school grade point average and ACT or SAT scores. The students were welcomed by Dr. DeBow Freed, president, who congratulated them on their academic achievement to date. Students then completed a written essay and were interviewed by University representatives. The event concluded with lunch and tours of campus.
Scholarship winners will be announced in the future.