SAGE Facts & Highlights

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INTERNSHIP

• 30 students are participating in SAGE internships in 2006/2007
• Over 300 students applied to the program in fall 2006 (300% increase)
• SAGE Abroad will offer internships thru the Education Abroad Program (EAP)
• New sponsors include First American Corporation and Tiger Woods Foundation

SCHOLARSHIPS

• Most SAGE Scholars will be fi rst to graduate from college; all are low-income
• Financial awards were increased to $6,000 per scholar in 2006/2007
• Sponsors have donated over $1 million to the program since 2000

LEADERSHIP

SAGE Scholars have received many prestigious honors and scholarships:

Regents Scholar Chancellor’s Achievement Scholar Merage American Dream Fellowship

Strauss Scholarship Gates Millennium Scholarship Phi Beta Kappa

SAGE Scholars have been admitted for graduate work at prestigious schools:

Columbia University University of Pennsylvania UC San Diego UCLA School of Law Stanford Business School

Michigan State Law School UC Berkeley Paul Merage School of Business NYU Harvard Business School

PARTNERSHIP

• Merrill Lynch Foundation made a grant of $120,000 to enhance/expand SAGE
• Chief Executive Roundtable members have contributed over $750,000 to SAGE
• SAGE Scholars benefi t from extensive support from campus partners:
  Center for Educational Partnerships
  Career Center
  Offi ce of Financial Aid and Scholarships
  Undergraduate Housing
  Paul Merage School of Business
  Center for Leadership Development

COMMUNITY SERVICE

• SAGE Scholars received a $10,000 grant from the Helping Kids Achieve Program to support tutoring and college field trips for AVID high school students.