The Southeastern Conference announced this week that Dr Pepper, an official corporate sponsor of the SEC since 1984, has contributed $100,000 to the league to fund a two-year education abroad program for students at SEC universities, beginning with the 2015-2016 academic year.
âDr Pepper has a long-standing commitment to higher education, and we are committed to increasing the amount and type of education abroad opportunities available for our students,â said SEC Commissioner Mike Slive.
By funding these awards, Dr Pepper will provide study abroad opportunities for high achieving SEC students with demonstrated financial need who represent non-traditional study abroad participants. Each university will identify one male and one female student to participate in a faculty-led program.
Under this program, two high-achieving Mississippi State students with demonstrated financial need will each receive a $2,000 scholarship towards an MSU faculty-led summer study abroad program.
This summer, the university is offering 23 such programs to England, Italy, Spain, France, China, Morocco, South Africa and many more.
MSU students are invited to apply for this and other scholarship opportunities through the university's Office of Study Abroad website at http://international.msstate.edu/abroad.
The application deadline is March 3, 2015.
âWe are enthused to expand upon the SECâs commitment to education by giving deserving students a chance to study abroad through the SECU academic initiative,â said Jaxie Alt, senior vice president of marketing for Dr Pepper.
The program will be managed by SECU, the academic initiative of the Southeastern Conference.