<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><div class="gmail_default">Colleagues -</div><div class="gmail_default">To accommodate the delays caused by the flawed FAFSA rollout, we are <b><font color="#0000ff">extending our final application deadline for fall 2024 enrollment to May 15th</font></b> for <a href="https://gps.bard.edu/admission/applying" target="_blank">Bard's Graduate Programs in Sustainability.</a> We are hosting a <b><font color="#9900ff">Virtual <span class="gmail-il">Open</span> <span class="gmail-il">House</span> next week</font></b> for interested students - please help us in spreading the word for those aspiring to high-impact careers in sustainability.  Read on for <b><font color="#ff0000">scholarship opportunities</font></b> as well! </div><div class="gmail_default"><div><br></div><div><div><b><a href="https://gpsresources.bard.edu/virtual-open-house-april-17-2024" target="_blank">Virtual <span class="gmail-il">Open</span> <span class="gmail-il">House</span></a> - $65 application fee waiver for attending</b></div><div><i>Attendees will hear from faculty and alumni from each program and have the opportunity to engage in small breakout sessions.</i><br></div><div><b>Tuesday, April 30th at 7pm EST</b> - <a href="https://gpsresources.bard.edu/virtual-open-house-april-17-2024" target="_blank">Register Here</a></div></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_default"><b>Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability</b></div><div class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail_default"><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><a href="https://leadthechange.bard.edu/blog/bards-mba-in-sustainability-ranked-one-green-mba" target="_blank">#1 Ranked </a><a href="https://gps.bard.edu/academics/mba-in-sustainability" target="_blank">MBA in Sustainability</a></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><a href="https://gps.bard.edu/academics/ms-in-environmental-policy" target="_blank">MS in Environmental Policy (MS EP)</a></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><a href="https://gps.bard.edu/academics/ms-in-climate-science-and-policy" target="_blank">MS in Climate Science and Policy (MS CSP)</a></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><a href="https://gps.bard.edu/academics/med-in-environmental-education" target="_blank">MEd in Environmental Education </a></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><a href="https://gps.bard.edu/academics/dual-degree-programs" target="_blank">Dual Degree Programs:</a></li><ul><li style="margin-left:15px">MS EP/CSP + MBA in Sustainability</li><li style="margin-left:15px">MS EP/CSP + MAT</li><li style="margin-left:15px">MEd + MAT</li><li style="margin-left:15px">MS EP/CSP or MEd + Peace Corps </li><li style="margin-left:15px">MS EP/CSP + JD<br></li></ul></ul><div><b><u><a href="https://gps.bard.edu/admission/financial-aid" target="_blank">Scholarship Funding</a>:</u></b></div><div><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><b>Opportunity Scholarship</b> - up to 100% tuition funding for first-generation college graduates + students from historically excluded populations (MBA, MS EP/CSP, MEd)</li><li style="margin-left:15px"><b>ROMBA Scholarship </b>- $20K scholarship for two top LGBTQ+ students (MBA)</li><li style="margin-left:15px"><b>Higher Ed Sustainability Leaders Scholarship </b>- 15-30% tuition funding for have worked/currently work in a sustainability role – either as college employees or student interns/workers – at an institution of higher education (MBA, MS EP/CSP, MEd)</li><li style="margin-left:15px"><b>Peace Corps Coverdell Fellows Scholarship</b> - 50% tuition funding for RPCVs (MBA, MS EP/CSP, MEd)<br></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><b>AmeriCorps/Student Conservation Assoc./City Year Fellowships</b> - education award match (MBA, MS EP/CSP, MEd)</li><li style="margin-left:15px"><b>$10K MS EP/CSP or MEd Fellowship</b> (all applicants qualify)</li><li style="margin-left:15px"><b>Arctic Climate Research Fellowship - </b>scholarship/internship funding for students studying climate change in the arctic - MS EP/CSP</li><li style="margin-left:15px"><b>$20K Rachel Carson/Wangari Maathai Scholarships</b> - for top MS EP/CSP domestic/international applicants  </li><li style="margin-left:15px"><b>Yellow Ribbon Funding - </b>for veterans with Post 9-11 GI Bill funding  (MBA, MS EP/CSP, MEd)</li></ul></div><div>Please forward on to colleagues/friends/family who may aspire to a <b>career in sustainability.</b></div><div><b><br></b></div></div></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left:0pt" align="left"><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span></span></p><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left:0pt" align="left"><table style="border:none;border-collapse:collapse"><colgroup><col width="119"><col width="454"></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height:18pt"><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.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oyle@bard.edu" target="_blank">kboyle@bard.edu</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="http://gps.bard.edu" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Poppins,sans-serif;color:#00807b;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap">gps.bard.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Poppins,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Poppins,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap">#LeadTheChange</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></span></div></span></div></div></div></div></div>