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UM Student Selected as Finalist for Rhodes Scholarship
UM student Kartik Telukuntla recently received the honor of being selected as a finalist for the Rhodes scholarship, one of the oldest and most prestigious international fellowships in existence.
Applicants for the Rhodes scholarship are judged on the basis of "high academic achievement, integrity of character, a spirit of unselfishness, respect for others, potential for leadership, and physical vigor," according to Elliot F. Gerson, American Secretary of the Rhodes Trust. The ranks of past Rhodes scholars include famous names such as astronomer Edwin Hubble and former President Bill Clinton.
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‘Canes Helping Haiti
UM has an established presence in Haiti's Central Plateau, operating Project Medishare and its community health project as well as a family medicine training program for Haitian physicians in the city of Cap-Haitien. The Miller School of Medicine has mobilized those resources in Haiti to provide immediate assistance to the quake victims. A UM medical team in Haiti led by Dr. Barth Green Is working around the clock to save lives, while University faculty physicians in Miami are treating patients evacuated from the nation.
This is just the beginning of UM's response. Working with the Haitian Student Organization, the Butler Center for Service and Leadership, other student organizations, and schools and colleges, the University will continue to provide information on the various ways everyone can contribute to its coordinated relief efforts.
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Academics in the Spotlight: Frost School of Music
At the core of the UM Frost School of Music is brilliant performance, creativity, and scholarship. These attributes are embodied in its talented students and acclaimed faculty who come together to change the world of music through diverse and collaborative performance experiences, innovative music business and engineering ventures, and superior research in musicology, music therapy and music education.
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UM Transition to Direct Loans
At the end of the spring semester of the 2009-2010 academic year the University of Miami will end its participation in the privately funded Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program Stafford student loans, Grad Plus Loans, and Parent Loans for Undergraduate Students (PLUS). Beginning with Summer 2010 enrollment we will transition to the U.S. Treasury funded student and parent Federal Direct Loans. Information about the Direct Loan program can be found in the U.S. Department of Education's "Your Federal Student Loans: Learn the Basics and Manage Your Debt".
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1306 Coral Gables, FL 33146-6923 | (305) 284-5646 | orientation@miami.edu
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