Minority students who live in Ohio have until Feb. 1 to apply for the Darwin T. Turner Scholars Program at the University of Cincinnati.

        A majority of the winners will receive scholarships covering full tuition and fees, plus a $1,050 stipend.

        Students may get an application on the program's Web site at www.eps.uc.edu or call LaShanta Jones, director of the program, at 556-6008.

        “We have had about 500 students graduate from the program since it was started in 1976,” Ms. Jones said. “We usually average about 135 students in the program.” About 50 will graduate in June.

        To qualify for the program, students must be African-American, Asian-American, Pacific Islander, American Indian or Hispanic American.

        They must be high school graduates by June this year, perma nent residents of Ohio, have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or B, rank in the top one-third of their graduating class, have made formal applications to UC, agree to participate in activities and programs designed to improve their personal and/or academic skills, be accepted in a four-year matriculating degree program, be willing to complete 30 hours of community service, and have a minimum ACT score of 21 and/or a minimum SAT score of 980.

        Mr. Turner, an African-American who graduated from Walnut Hills, received a bachelor's degree in English in 1947 at age 16, the youngest person to graduate from UC.

        The scholars program was formed to provide financial and academic assistance to minority students at UC.

Luken woos Dayton manager
Evendale sticks by Roach hiring
Improvement brings school honors
Ohio opponents of multistate lottery to sue
PULFER: The Vagina Monologues
Televised town hall airs Wednesday
CAN lacks financial direction
Cops tired of long workweek
Council pleads ignorance, then restores nurses
Medicaid receivers await cuts
School board's chief re-elected
UC faculty voting on contract
UC scholarships still available
Good News: Sign up to play Sno-Ball
Local Digest
Recreation notes
Tax petition drive intensifies
Butler County murder retrial starts today
Hamilton gears up for IceFest
Little Miami looks at levy
Man admits killing toddler
Ross to hold forums on building
Bill would jail all sex offenders
Gallatin Co. installs first zoning laws
Kentucky Digest
Park has support, but lacks financing
Plants entangle Newport council
Push to rename 12th St. bridge for Poweleit
Letcher Co. short on water
NAACP shares redistricting idea
Truck spills explosive materials near schools