College-bound students living in the U.S. Virgin Islands can apply for U.S.V.I. Educational Opportunity Grants being offered by Monroe College in New Rochelle, New York.
Students who qualify academically for admission to the business and technology college and who are eligible for financial aid, can receive up to $5,400 in grants per academic year. Marc Jerome, vice president and director of Monroe’s New Rochelle campus, said that the college instituted the grant program to supplement U.S. government Pell Grants, which are also available to qualified U.S. Virgin Island residents and which can amount to up to $1,650 per semester.
The scholarship grant is competitive and so all interested applicants are encouraged to call Mary Ann O’Brien at 1-914-632-5400 and as early as possible to schedule an interview or to attend an open house at the following times and locations:
– March 5, 9 a.m. to noon: St. Croix Educational Complex
– March 5, 5 p.m. to 7p.m. Monroe College Presentation and Open House Reception for prospective students, Buccaneer Hotel
– March 6, 9 a.m. to noon: St. Croix Central High School
– March 7, 9 a.m. to noon: Eudora Keon High School, St. Thomas
– March 7, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.: Monroe College Presentation and Open House Reception for prospective students, Holiday Inn, Veterans Drive, St. Thomas
– March 8, 9 a.m. to noon: Charlotte Amolie High School, St. Thomas
Monroe offers Associate’s degrees in Accounting, Business Administration, Computer Science, Health Information Technology, Hospitality Management and Office Technologies. It offers Bachelor’’s degrees in Accounting, Business Management and Information Systems. Monroe has been accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, since 1990, assuring students who achieve academic success a greater likelihood of acceptance into graduate degree and doctoral programs.
Its on-time graduation and job placement rate is well above the national average, with better than 90 percent of its students securing jobs in their chosen profession by the time they graduate.
To register for an interview, contact Mary Ann O’Brien, 914-632-5400, ext. 402. For more detailed information on admission to Monroe College and its U.S. Educational Opportunity Grant financial aid program, contact Gersom Lopez, Director of International Admissions, at 1-914-632-5400 or via e-mail [email protected]. Or visit Monroe College.