Seeking Applications for Cengage Learning's MVP and GPA Scholarship Awards
Thirty available scholarships, totaling $15,000, to be awarded to selected eligible students in the names of six exceptional educators
CHICAGO, March 12, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Every college student has had an instructor that has gone above and beyond to ensure that their students are engaged and understand course material. Cengage Learning, a leading education company, presents 30 scholarship opportunities to honor six exceptional educators. Students can apply for the Questia Most Valuable Professor (MVP) Scholarship and CengageBrain.com Greatest Professor Award (GPA) Scholarship now through March 16, 2015 via the Questia and CengageBrain websites.
In 2014, Questia and CengageBrain, parts of Cengage Learning, asked students to nominate an instructor who had positively impacted their academic career. From those nominations, six winning instructors were chosen to have five $500 scholarships created in their name. The three MVP and three GPA instructors are a part of the team that will determine scholarship criteria and selection of the scholarship award recipients.
Students studying the humanities, social sciences or medical fields (including medicine, pharmacy, nursing and optometry) can apply for the Questia MVP scholarships, and students pursuing a degree in communications, business or medical assisting are encouraged to apply for CengageBrain's GPA scholarships. More specific details regarding the various scholarships based on fields of study are available via the following links:
Most Valuable Professors:
- Dr. Chris W. Surprenant: Humanities or Social Sciences; University of New Orleans
- Dr. W. Steven Pray: Medicine, Pharmacy, Nursing, Optometry, other medical fields; Southwestern Oklahoma State University
- Dr. Lynne McNeill: Humanities and/or Social Sciences; Utah State University
Greatest Professor Award Winners:
- Lynn Stiles: Communications; Cerritos College
- Lakshmi Nagarajan-Iyer: Business; Middlesex County College
- Andrea Burke: Medical Assisting; Northwestern College – Chicago campus
For more information, including all award details and student eligibility requirements, please visit the Questia and CengageBrain scholarship pages.
About Cengage Learning, CengageBrain and Questia
Cengage Learning is a leading educational content, technology, and services company for the higher education and K-12, professional and library markets worldwide. CengageBrain, part of Cengage Learning, is the premier destination for purchasing and renting digital learning solutions, eBooks, eChapters, study tools and textbooks, offering students convenience, savings, and the broadest choice of formats available. Questia, also part of Cengage Learning, is the web's premier online collection of copyrighted scholarly books, academic journals and research periodicals for students and includes integrated tools for note taking, organizing research, citing sources, creating footnotes and building bibliographies to help students write better research papers faster. For more information, visit www.cengage.com, www.cengagebrain.com, or www.questia.com.
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