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Admissions officers from five American universities that host a multi-million scholarship fund for economically disadvantaged but gifted students are expected in the country next week for a series of presentations in Harare, Rusape, Mutare and Chitungwiza.In a Press statement, US Embassy Harare said the five universities – Duke, Michigan State, Stanford, UC Berkeley and Wellesley – are host recipient institutions, together with Arizona State University for the MasterCard Foundation Scholars Programme introduced in 2012. “The five universities will be represented by their admissions officers who are responsible for recruiting undergraduate international students,” the Embassy said.
“The visiting admissions officers will make presentations at Girls High School on Wednesday morning and travel to Rusape on the same day where they will talk to students from high schools in Nyanga, Rusape, Nyazura and Macheke at St Faith High School.
They will proceed to Mutare where they will be at the American Corner at the Turner Memorial Library the next morning before proceeding to St John’s College in Harare. They will conclude their visit at Nyatsime College in Chitungwiza on Friday morning.”
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