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Supporting U.S. student veterans with a new scholarship
February 6, 2012
The newest addition to the Google scholarships family is the
Google Student Veterans of America (SVA) Scholarship
. We’re partnering with the nonprofit
Student Veterans of America
(SVA) to support their mission of providing veterans with the resources, support and advocacy they need to succeed in higher education and throughout their careers. The Google SVA Scholarship is available to student veterans who are pursuing degrees in computer science and related fields in the U.S. for the 2012-2013 academic year. In addition to the financial award, recipients will be invited to attend the annual all-expenses-paid scholars’ retreat at the Googleplex in Mountain View, Calif. in the summer of 2012.
We have a long history of helping university students pursue computer science education with scholarship and internship opportunities. Since our
first scholarships
were awarded in 2004, we’ve provided over $8.8 million dollars of financial support to 2,100 students from historically underrepresented groups worldwide. Our academic
scholarship programs
are just one part of our global effort to increase the
diversity
of the technology industry and invest in the next generation of computer scientists. This mission includes ensuring that student veterans in the U.S. have the support they need to pursue technology education and careers.
Google’s
commitment
to military veterans extends beyond our educational outreach efforts. The Google Veterans Network, one of our 18 employee groups dedicated to supporting diversity and inclusion at Google, fosters a community of support for our military veterans, reservists, guardsmen, family members and friends. In 2011, we introduced a customized job search engine called the
Veterans Job Bank
in partnership with the Department of Veterans Affairs. Members of our veterans’ community also partnered with the Google Creative Lab to launch
Chrome for Wounded, Ill and Injured Warriors
and to create
Google for Veterans and Families
, a new online resource that brings together our free products and platforms for service members and their families. As a Google engineer and a Marine veteran, I’m proud of our commitment to diversity and of our efforts to bring other veterans into the world of technology and computer science.
The deadline to apply for the Google SVA Scholarship is March 15, 2012.
For complete scholarship details, visit our
scholarship programs
page.
Posted by Dan Cross, Software Engineer
(Cross-posted from the
Google Student blog
)
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