Arlington, VA – July 22, 2015 We are very proud of our Dream scholars Allison Barrera and Ilder Garcia, both 2015 recipients of TheDream.US scholarship, for being selected out of hundreds of students across the nation to attend a very special event, sponsored by First Lady Michelle Obama’s Reach Higher education initiative. The event will take place…
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TheDream.US Scholars to attend “Beating the Odds” Summit, hosted by the First Lady at the White House
July 22, 2015
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Zuckerberg-Backed Rosslyn Non-Profit Helps Immigrants Realize College Dreams
June 30, 2015
Author: Mariah Joyce Last week, Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan, announced a $5 million donation to a non-profit right here in Arlington. The announcement came via a Facebook post to Zuckerberg’s 32.7 million followers which has reached 153,072 likes and counting. The organization in question, TheDream.US, is a scholarship fund designed to…
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Dreamers no longer face legal barriers to college, but cost burdens are just as bad
June 26, 2015
Authors: Amanda Bennett and Carlos Gutierrez Thanks to an executive action by President Barack Obama, Dreamers – the sons and daughters of undocumented immigrants who have been in the US since they were children – now have the ability to attend college. But too many aren’t pursuing higher education because they don’t have the means…
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Zuckerberg Gift Allows Undocumented to Pursue Dreams
June 22, 2015
Author: Jamaal Abdul-Alim Even though Diana Duarte Duran was able to get in-state tuition as an undocumented student at Phoenix College, paying the tuition bill was still a difficult thing to do. “It was still kind of hard because my parents, they have to pay rent, all the bills,” Duran, 19, explained. “I wasn’t getting any…
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South Bay Student Receives THEDREAM.US Scholarship
June 22, 2015
Author: Chris Nguyen SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) — Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, announced they were making a $5 million donation to TheDream.US, a scholarship fund that helps undocumented young immigrants attend college. Evergreen Valley College is home to four of the scholarship recipients. One of them is Gerardo…
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Mark Zuckerberg Gives $5M to Undocumented Immigrant College Fund
June 17, 2015
Author: KEITH WAGSTAFF Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan are donating $5 million to TheDream.US, a scholarship fund for young undocumented immigrants. “America was founded as a nation of immigrants,” he wrote Wednesday in aFacebook post. “We ought to welcome smart and hardworking young people from every nation, and to help everyone in our society…
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Why a Big Give for “DREAMers” Should Make You More Hopeful About Elite Philanthropy
June 12, 2015
Author: Sue-Lynn Moses There’s a fair amount of cynicism out there about the philanthropy of America’s wealthy elites, and nowhere is that more true than when it comes to giving for education. Long before John Paulson dumped $400 million on America’s richest university, the rap was that the rich either give to charter schools and…
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DONALD GRAHAM AND BILL ACKMAN KICK OFF THEDREAM.US “I’M IN” CAMPAIGN WITH $30 MILLION IN PLEDGES
May 27, 2015
Philanthropists Challenged to Support Educational Goals of at Least 5,000 Undocumented Immigrants with DACA Status ARLINGTON, VA – May 27, 2015 – TheDream.US has issued a challenge to philanthropists: make a contribution to the national scholarship fund TheDream.US and help fund scholarships for at least 5,000 undocumented immigrants with DACA status by raising more than $30 million. To…
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Over 200 CUNY Students Awarded Scholarships Valued at More Than $5M
May 13, 2015
More than 200 students at The City University of New York have been awarded scholarships valued at more than $5 million from TheDream.US, the largest amount received by any university in the United States. The nation’s largest scholarship program for undocumented immigrant youth, TheDream.US, is providing aid to 231 students at CUNY colleges in the…
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“I strongly encourage any eligible Dreamer to apply for this scholarship”
April 6, 2015
Mitasha Pahla http://www1.cuny.edu/sites/6/admissions/financial-aid/scholarships/the-dream-us/mitasha-pahla/ I am currently in my second semester at Macaulay Honors at Lehman College with an intended major in Biochemistry. This past December, I received the TheDream.US Scholarship and have greatly benefited from it. Born in Bahrain to Indian parents, my family and I flew to New York City as immigrants in March…