Jason Clifford	Blue Dawn Little
Shayna Richards	Sarah White

PINE RIDGE, S.D. – Four Red Cloud High School graduates were awarded Gates MillenniumScholars Program scholarships to continue their education at the college and university level this fall. These prestigious awards are funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

The honored students and the schools they have chosen to attend are: Jason Clifford (University of San Francisco); Blue Dawn Little (Creighton University, Omaha); Shayna Richards (South Dakota State University, Brookings); and Sarah White (Black Hills State University, Spearfish, South Dakota).

These scholarships are granted through a very competitive application process and recognize academic excellence, leadership, strong dedication to service in community and vision in high school graduates from around the country. Recipients of a Gates Millennium scholarship are awarded all of their unmet financial need throughout their four years of undergraduate education, with aid sometimes extended to graduate studies in the areas of mathematics, science, engineering, education, or library science.

“Receiving a Gates Scholarship represents four years of hard work on the part of these students throughout their high school careers and serious attention to a very competitive and rigorous application process,” said Fr. Peter Klink, SJ, president of Red Cloud. “In the past years, 11 Red Cloud graduates have been so honored.”

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