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UM Students Earn Scholarships To Work With Area Nonprofits

December 6, 2010 /

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Bear Paw Development Corporation is a private non-profit organization created for the purpose of administering programs to help improve regional economic conditions in Hill, Blaine, Liberty, Chouteau and Phillips Counties and the Fort Belknap and Rocky Boy's Indian Reservations.

Two UM students have been awarded $4,500 NextGeneration Scholarships from the national Nonprofit Leadership Alliance that will allow them to serve 300-hour internships with area nonprofit organizations.

Marcus Mueller, a senior in business administration from Butte , and Elizabeth Strong, a graduate student from Chapel Hill, N.C. , in UM’s Intercultural Youth and Family Development program, received scholarships.

The Nonprofit Leadership Alliance is an innovative course of study that equips college students across the country to become skilled professionals and leaders in the nation’s nonprofit organizations. UM has been involved with the organization since 2002. From 2007 to 2010, UM students received 16 NextGeneration scholarships totaling $72,000.

More information about the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance program and academic awards is available online at http://www.dhc.umt.edu/oce or through UM’s Office for Civic Engagement, located in Davidson Honors College Room 015.

OCE is a department of the Honors College and serves as a focal point for campus and residents across the state to participate in community work and civic involvement. For more information call OCE Director Andrea Vernon at 406-243-5159 or e-mail [email protected] .

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