Fifteen excellent students were awarded a lucrative scholarship
April 23, 2008
The GE Foundation and the Institute of International Education (IIE) awarded the 15 Czech students with excellent study results a €3000 scholarship last week. The students of economics and technology fields received scholarship within the Regional University Scholar-Leaders Program, which is organized for the fourth year in a row in the Czech Republic.
An independent commission evaluated and selected winners from students in their second year of studies in the fields of economics, management, engineering and technology from selected universities in the Czech Republic.
In addition, the winners will also participate in supplemental activities including an international Leadership Development Program and a “Shadowing-day” spent with a GE manager. Students are also expected to engage in community volunteerism as part of their award.
With the success of the program in Hungary in 2002, the university scholarship program has developed regionally over the past six years. The program is in the Czech Republic, in Poland, in Hungary and in Romania now. Funded by a generous grant from the GE Foundation to date 57 students from the Czech Republic and 251 students, including this year’s winners, from the region have benefited from the Scholar-Leaders Program.
“The GE Scholarship brought great opportunities for me. It’s a great chance to meet people from other countries of Europe, to improve your English knowledge, and to become a leader with social responsibility,” – said GE Foundation Scholar-Leader alumna, Marketa Tejklova, from the first program year in the Czech Republic.
Vice Minister Vlastimil Ruzicka evaluated the project and designated it as “manifestation of the growing interest of the business community toward Czech education”.
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