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The Women in STEM Scholarship
*Updated September 23, 2021 Although women outnumber men on college campuses and may soon represent the majority of the U.S. college-educated workforce, they’re underrepresented in high-paying STEM fields both in college and in the real world. Let’s help women interested in STEM by creating scholarships for them! Recognizing this issue, companies like Adobe, Google, Hyundai,… Read More
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The Volunteerism Scholarship
There are so many causes — big and small — that could use student volunteers, including the environment, education, homeless assistance, food insecurity, social justice, health care, and more. Let’s inspire and reward volunteerism by creating scholarships for students! Recognizing this issue, companies and organizations like AXA Equitable Life Insurance and Dosomething.org offer scholarships to… Read More
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The Sustainability Scholarship
With just over a decade left to prevent irreversible damage caused by climate change on our planet, the value of a degree in sustainability has never been higher. All across the country, there is a heightened need for qualified sustainability professionals. Let’s help promote sustainability by creating scholarships for students! With this in mind, companies… Read More
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The Black Lives Matter Scholarship
The death of George Floyd death has inspired protests and triggered soul-searching conversations about the systemic racism and racial inequality in the United States. In addition to a number of other barriers, Black Americans face educational inequities from a young age. As a result, while more Black Americans are making it to college — from… Read More
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The Essential Workers Scholarship
Essential workers across the country have been the heroes of the COVID-19 pandemic. While all of us at TUN have been able to work from home during the shelter-in-place orders, essential workers are showing up at their jobs, risking their own health to ensure that critical public health, safety and infrastructure functions continue. Who are… Read More
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All the Ways a Brand Scholarship Can Benefit Your Company
*Updated June 10, 2021 From Ford to Pfizer, most major companies offer a scholarship under their brand name. But why do they choose to do so? The benefits to the recipients are obvious. The benefits to the recipients are obvious. U.S. borrowers collectively owe about $1.6 trillion in outstanding student debt. About 44 million students… Read More
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Why a Corporate Scholarship Should Be Part of Your Marketing Plan in 2022
*Updated February 3, 2022 Scholarships are one of the most impactful branding tools. A century before SEO was even a thing, thought leaders figured out that sponsoring a scholarship was a way to create impact while educating consumers about their product. Today, corporate scholarships are more powerful than they have ever been. For many, corporate… Read More
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How Students Are Assisting Puerto Rico Recovery Efforts From Their Laptops
The library was abuzz with the sound of students tapping away on their laptops as they edited maps online. Was this a class in cartography that filled the North Reading Room at Stony Brook University’s Frank Melville Jr. Memorial Library? No. It was a “Mapathon,” and similar mapathons have been taking place at universities… Read More
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Universities Lead Battle to Reverse Climate Change
Two years ago, at the 70th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, 193 member states adopted the Sustainable Development Goals—17 distinct goals designed to eradicate poverty, address climate change, and build peaceful, inclusive societies for all by 2030. With the U.S. pulling out of the Paris Agreement and the recent record-breaking hurricane damage this… Read More
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Trump Administration Creates Education Exemption to Travel Ban – March 6, 2017
The higher education community has been in an uproar since the issuance of President Trump’s January 27 Executive Order cutting off the flow of students and scholars from 7 Muslim-majority countries (the “Initial Order”). Many universities issued statements expressing concern, educators circulated petitions, and rallies took place at campuses across the United States. For our part, on… Read More
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Open Letter to President Trump Advocating Education Exemption From Immigration Ban
February 1, 2017 Dear President Trump, Please carve out an education exemption from your executive order of January 27, 2017, entitled “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States” (the “Order”). An education exemption will remove the unforeseen stress currently placed on the U.S. higher education system, while still adhering to the… Read More
