Scholar for Civil Engineer student, Please pass along

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Excellent funding source for Jamaican students interested in Civil Engineering!




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Please send this to ALL the Jamaican family and friends you know both in Jamaica and overseas. I will too. This is a great gift for Jamaica.
Michael



Subject:Engineering Scholarship for Jamaica Students at Dalhousie University

Spread this word on to any Jamaican who you know with college-bound kids
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Hello:

An alumna, Afua Cooper, who is on the faculty of Dalhousie University in Nova
Scotia, Canada has asked me to circulate the article below about a little
publicized scholarship opportunity for Jamaica students wishing to pursue
studies in civil engineering at her University.
The Murrays, who spent time in Jamaica building roads and bridges, recently gave
a million dollars endowment to Dalhousie Engineering for Jamaican students to
come to Dal to study civil engineering.

Please read the article below, and publicize the news to your networks and
media, including facebook, etc. it is important for people to know about this,
especially engineering students at Jamaica 's post secondary institutions, and
high school leavers. It seems that the university has not yet recruited any
J'can students for this scholarship.

Take care,
Afua
Dr. Afua Cooper
James R. Johnston Chair in Black Canadian Studies
Dalhousie University
6299 South St. P.O. Box 15000
Halifax, NS B3H 4R2
Tel: 902-494-6672Fax:902- 494-1179
afua.cooper@dal.ca

A $1 million gift to build bridges
The Dalhousie Difference series
Marie Weeren- March 6, 2012
Richard Murray and his wife, Melda. (Danny Abriel photo)
“One of the most important parts of bridge-building is people,” says Richard
Murray (BEng’66 (NSTC)). “Whether you’re building a physical bridge or just
trying to bridge a gap between people, it’s always the people that make it
successful.
Mr. Murray and his wife, Melda, are paving the way for student success through
an endowed scholarship fund they have established at Dalhousie with a gift of $1
million to the Faculty of Engineering. Richard & Melda Murray Scholarships will
be awarded to two students from Jamaica who are planning to pursue a career in
civil engineering. The renewable scholarships, which will be awarded in
perpetuity, are each valued at up to $22,000 per year.
The Murrays ’ links with Jamaica span more than 40 years, including the decade
they lived there. In addition to professional connections with the country, the
Murrays have an important personal one – their son, Cameron, was born there.
Today, as president of the Halifax firm R. A. Murray International Limited, Mr.
Murray and his team provide engineering, general contracting, material
procurement and logistical services to countries throughout the world. They
recently completed the project of building 17 bridges plus connector roads
across Jamaica . They begin work on a new installment of bridge-building in
April 2012.
And now the Murrays are providing a bridge to university education through their
scholarship fund at Dalhousie.
“ Jamaica gave us a wonderful experience in many ways,” Mrs. Murray says. “We
feel that we owe that country something.”
This article is part of the Dalhousie Difference series, exploring what the
power of philantrophy means to the university and introducing and showcasing
some of the 50 innovative projects in development. Learn more at
boldambitions.dal.ca.


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