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By Jenny Chen The summer before 9th grade, Celia Islam went back to visit her grandparents in Bangladesh, like she always did. Except that this time, the town she was visiting, Sirajgang, had just been ravaged by an awful flood: houses were destroyed, schools were demolished, and children were displaced. “It looked completely different,” Islam said. Islam, now a graduating …

  MCDONALD’S® ANNOUNCES THE 11th ANNUAL MCDONALD’S EDUCATES SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FOR GREATER WASHINTGON D.C. AREA STUDENTS Applications must be postmarked by March 21, 2014 Washington, D.C. (February 4, 2014) – The McDonald’s Family Restaurants of Greater Washington, D.C. will honor area high school seniors through the annual McDonald’s Educates Scholarship Program.  Eligible students can download an application by visitingwww.McDonaldsEducates.com. Applications must be postmarked …

By Jennie L. Ilustre “We need to have all our kids succeed in getting college education,” keynote speaker Tina Tchen stressed at the Higher Education Summit, held on June 25 in the nation’s capital. “What you all are doing is so important to making sure that all will reach that goal,”  she told leaders of the Asian & Pacific Islander …

FAPAC Awards Dalip Singh Saund Distinguished Public Service Scholarship Washington, DC – The Federal Asian Pacific American Council (FAPAC) Endowment Fund is proud to announce that Cindy Dinh is the winner of the 2013 Distinguished Public Service Scholarship.  This year’s award is given under the newly established FAPAC Endowment Fund in honor of the first Asian Pacific American elected to …