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SCHOLARSHIP WINNER FALL 2009 - Winner is Posted

The 2009 American Colleges & Universities magazine scholarship winner has been selected. The winner's information and photo is posted below. If you are planning on attending a university or college in the Fall of 2010 and you have already registered on our site, there is no need to register again because your information has been entered for next year's Scholarship drawing.

Meet the 2009 Scholarship Winner!
Meet our previous winners!

Rules & Conditions

ELIGIBILITY

All students who use one of the four Express response options described in American Colleges & Universities magazine (website registration is one of the four options) and meet the requirements below are eligible. You do not need to complete an application for this scholarship. The winner will be chosen in a random drawing. The scholarship winner must be entering college for the first time and must be accepted as a full-time freshman for the Fall 2010 term. The scholarship drawing will be held in May of 2010, and the check will be issued to the institution at which the winner will enroll.

GRAND PRIZE

One (1) $5,000 (U.S.) scholarship. The scholarship will be honored only at AC&U participating universities and colleges. A list of eligible universities/colleges is available by clicking here.

CONDITIONS

No purchase is necessary. Void where prohibited by law. Limit of one entry per person. Enter by using only ONE of the methods described in the magazine. Entering by using more than one method WILL NOT increase your chances of winning. The selection of the winner will be supervised by an independent judge whose decision is final. The prize winner will be notified by mail and/or e-mail. The scholarship award is nontransferable, and no substitution or cash equivalent is allowed. The sponsor and its agents assume no responsibility for damages, losses, or injury resulting from acceptance or use of the scholarship award. Taxes, if any, are the sole responsibility of the winner. The award winner must sign an affidavit of eligibility, a waiver of liability, and a publicity release within 14 days of notification. The sponsor is not responsible for incorrect or inaccurate capture of entry information, including but not limited to malfunctions, human error, lost/delayed/garbled data transmission, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, or failures of telephone or computer lines or networks, computer equipment, software, or any combination thereof. All entries become the property of the sponsor, and none will be returned. This sweepstakes is sponsored by Alloy Education, a division of Alloy Media, LLC. Sweepstakes starts in June and ends in May of each year, and is open to those legally eligible. Employees, family members, agents, vendors, and affiliates of American Colleges & Universities magazine are not eligible. This offer is void wherever prohibited by law and is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws.

Scholarship Winner Fall 2009: Chang Menglu

Home Country: Shenyang, Liaoning, China
College: Beloit College, Wisconsin
Intended Major: Mathematics
Career Goal: Statistician
How This Scholarship Helped Her and Her Family Financially: "I will benefit a lot from this scholarship because I can pay more attention on academic research instead of worrying about financial problems."

Scholarship Winner Fall 2008: Bercem Yeman

Home Country: Baku, Azerbaijan
College: American University, Washington, D.C.
Intended Major: Biology and Enrivonmental Studies
How This Scholarship Helped Her and Her Family Financially: "It was a great surprise for us. The scholarship helped us in many ways and I really appreciated it."

Scholarship Winner Fall 2007: Sailesh Dhunganai

Age: 19
Home Country: Kathmandu, Nepal
Graduated: July 2006
College and Class: Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey; Class of 2011

Scholarship Winner Fall 2006: Rilind Latifi

Age: 18
Home Country: Prishtina, Kosova
Secondary School: Sami Frasheri Gymnasium, Prishtina, Kosova
College and Class: Wartburg College, Waverly, Iowa; Class of 2010

Scholarship Winner Fall 2005: Marcela Falquez

Age: 18
Home Country: Barranquilla, Colombia
Secondary School: Marymount School, Barranquilla, Colombia
College and Class: Texas Christian University, Fort Worth Texas; Class of 2009.

Scholarship Winner Fall 2004: Batnairamdal (Nagi) Otgonshar

Age: 19
Home Country: Khovd Province, Mongolia
Secondary School: Red Cross Nordic United World College, Flekke, Norway
College and Class: Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota; Class of 2008

Scholarship Winner Fall 2003: Hai Nguyen

Age: 18
Home Country: Hanoi, Vietnam
Secondary school graduated: United Nations International School of Hanoi
College and class: University of Rochester, Rochester, New York; Class of 2007

Scholarship Winner Fall 2002: Betty Angwenyi

Age: 20
Home country: Nairobi, Kenya
Secondary school graduated: Peponi School, Ruiru, Kenya
College and class: McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Class of 2006

Scholarship Winner Fall 2001: Alexandra Altagracia Molina

Age: 19
Home country: Dominican Republic
Secondary school graduated: Abraham Lincoln School, La Romana, Dominican Republic
College and class: Elon University, Elon, North Carolina; Class of 2005