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Show The West View Gates Millennium About one Page 11 Scholars (GMS) Award month remains until . the. deadline for the 2004 s -2005 Gates 3 Millennium Scholars award. All completed Nomination Materials must be post- | marked or submitted on-line no later than January 16, 2004, . Gates Millennium Scholars (GMS), funded by a $1 billion grant from the Bill | & Melinda Gates Foundation, was established in 1999 to provide outstanding Asian Pacific Islander Americans, African Americans, American Indians/Alaska Natives, and Hispanic Americans with an opportunity to complete an undergraduate college education in all discipline areas. Students (nominees), nominators and recommenders are. encouraged to. apply online or download Nomination Materials on the GMS website at http: //www.gmsp.org General information, detailed instructions, and current scholar | profiles can also be found on this website. Throughout the months of December and January, GMS olnieces from the Asian Pacific Islander American (APIA) communities will conduct information sessions and workshops. To find a site near you, please visit the Organization of Chinese Americans (OCA) website at http://www,ocanatl.org. Then click “Partnerships” on the top, click “Gates Millennium Scholars” on the left-hand 3 side, and then click “Information Sessions and Workshops. “ To request more information, scroll down the main page and click “Request or order 2004-2005 GMS Nomination Materials or Informational Brochures.” Continuing GMS Scholars may request funding for graduate education in the following :areas: mathematics, science, engineering, education or-library science. The goal of GMS is to promote academic excellence and to provide an opportunity for thousands of outstanding students with significant financial need to teach their fullest potential. GMS selected 1,000 high-achieving students for the 2003-2004 academic year, bringing the total number of students awarded to more than 7,000 since the program ’S peSEuOe: Eligibility Criteria In the 2004-2005 academic year, individuals are eligible to be considered for a Gates Millennium Scholar award if they: _ © are Asian Pacific Islander American, African American, Hispanic American or American Indian/Alaska Native; | are a citizen/legal permanent resident or national of the United States; have a minimum GPA of 3.3 on a 4.00 scale (unweighted) at the time of nomination; Se will be entering a: U.S--accredited college or university as full-time, degree* seeking freshmen in the 2004-2005 academic Veale se ee ae * have demonstrated leadership abilities abe ee in community : “service, extracurricular or ‘other activities; and “© meet the Federal: Pell Grant eligibility criteria. Eligibility for Federal Pell. <: : “Grant: can only be determined. through the submission of a Free Application ; for Federal oe % os wae ‘ Family’ continued 4 Ag oie wt Aid. a to: ‘the U. = Department of ee Be BeVe os s wel an See from. page §2 “husband, Asmir, played’: a “dangerous game by hiding” Serbs might’ knock at’ the door 500 Marks in his: shoes, and take them away. “All night’ “and survived,© : we ‘slept i in our clothes, ”” Mirsada The family remembers: said. “Because someone’ ‘could many young men being— come and kill us anytime.” - taken away ‘and killed Besides losing their possessions | 4 “They were 18 to 25 years | to neighbors | and ‘soldiers, the ‘old. . They (soldiers) would Milicevics lost their home, which kill them with knives all was paid for, their jobs, and their the time,” Mirsada. said. _ bank accounts, which were closed “We heard about it after to them. ob worked for 15 years for- wards.” the same company, in the office of The convoy of families, oot > pequired all ‘tose “out: proper ithe ‘with: ‘theie Salt Lake ‘neighbors a paperwork ‘to - and often: have street parties and: leave the country. Mirsada ‘backyard barbecues, where Asmir © ‘said a U-:N. organization is known for his exquisite-grilled “similar to the Red Cross lamb. And now, Asmir can. watch arranged for them to: come NBA basketball in person at: the. to the United States. They Delta Center, something : he any ce “stayed with one of Asmir’s dreamed of in Bosnia. sisters in Salt:Lake City© Still, there are aspects of their _ “until they found an apart- ‘homeland they miss-the © old ‘ment and then, three years cities, the countryside, and’ the ago, purchased their home slower-paced lifestyle. “It: was on Argyle Court | in the nota Big city there. We had time -Fairpark area. © to visit,” Asmir said. The family a warehouse,” Mirsada said. “I go headed for the border, dace Milicevic,. 18, recalls his family’s escape In July, Adnan finished agrees they have to work harder to work one day and my friends" ‘traveled night | and day. from Bosnia in his wetings. high school and now in this country to save for retirewere wearing. uniforms and asked~ “All the children were ‘manages a Pizza Hut and ment, maintain insurance and me what my name was. I worked. $0 quiet, A she said. “They didn’t ~ Germany with We help of another is a loan officer with ‘Twentieth | pay the bills. Nevertheless, ‘they with them for 15 years, and they ask for any drink or food. ‘They uncle. _ Century Mortgage. ‘He’s “saving” manage to travel to various sites asked my name.” Mirsada was were too scared.” Finally, in a. In Schwabisch — Gmund, the for college and may seek a busi- around the country whenever told that because she was Muslim, — ‘no-man’s-land in. the mountains, - | family was housed with other ref-_ ness degree. Asmir repairs electric there’s an opportunity, and: they she had to go home. There. would the families set. ‘out on foot for _ugees, one family to a bedroom. motors for Skyline Electric and recently: flew back to Croatia to be no more work for her or her. 35. -kilometers, careful not to Unable to speak German, they had - Mirsada is employed at Abbott visit relatives. ‘husband, who was an electrician. step on disturbed _ground in the difficulty finding work. Finally Laboratories. Their eldest. son, In. his writings, Adnan says, It was late summer when the minefields. “T still remember how ‘Mirsada got a jobi in a restaurant, Armando, 23, works at Salt ake “Only those who risk something Milicevics and others decided hard I was holding onto my dad, and the German owner provided City International Airport while every truly win anything...We to leave their village and Join a. because I Was So scared, 2 Adnan ‘a house for the family and found saving for. college and a possible should not let our: fears hold us convoy of trucks. headed for the writes. a woodworking job: for Asmir.. degree i in archifecture. The family. back from pursuing our hopes... border, At times, the convoy was. When they reached ha the _ Adnan remembers how difficult. no longer worries. about being told . the. greater | the fear you have to stopped. and anything: of value family. stayed with friends, then school was, since he didn’t speak ‘to stay home from work: ‘because face, the more satisfying the out: was stolen from: occupants—usu-.. traveled on: to Split, ‘in Croatia, | German. And for years he contin- | _of their Muslim heritage. come usually is...Our fears were ally jewelry or money. Guns were. where they spent. a week with ued to wake up at night, shaking© The Milicevics said they’re the greatest of. all-fear of death, put to the heads; Of sSome,. and. relatives. Finally, _ an uncle. got. and ‘sweating with fear from: — grateful to be in a country fear of the loss of. our ‘rights as those trying to: hide. possessions them into Austria by. placing their memories of Bosnia. | ~ where they have no fear that a human beings... will never be were: shot. Mirsada. had to give. passports beneath his, | so they. After five years in Germany, Neighbor will walk up and take able ‘to look “at things that most up a gold ring given to her by- were waved on... After. a couple. the family had to start over once their belongin gs or their home. take for granted — same way her recently killed brother. Her of months there, ‘they moved to again when the ‘government ‘In fact, ‘the Milicévics ‘are close oo ease iain attains ‘eel. Ory 5 |