Irish News & Events
NOTICE: EIIC Phone Outage
November 7, 2011 – Please note that EIIC offices are without phone service and the Queens office has no internet access, but staff are in place to see clients with scheduled appointments. Please note that our vendors are working on the issue and we have a back-up message system in place.
Thanks for your patience
Bill Gates 2012 Scholarship Program for Low-income Minority
Eligibility:
Gates’ non-profit organization is giving away 1,000 scholarships for the 2012 school season. Bill Gates’ Millennium Scholarship Program (GMS) will select 1,000 talented students next year to receive a good-through-graduation scholarship to use at any college or university of their choice. Scholars will also be provided with personal and professional development through their leadership programs, along with academic support throughout their college career. The program, funded by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, was established to provide outstanding low income minority students with an opportunity to complete an undergraduate college education in any area of interest. To date, the program has given scholarships to more than 15,000 students. Continuing scholars may request funding for a graduate degree program in one of the following disciplines: education, engineering, library science, mathematics, public health or science.
Contact:
To apply, visit http://www.gmsp.org.
Deadline:
The deadline for submitting an application is Wednesday, January 11, 2012.
Siobhan Dennehy EIIC, Executive Director (718)478-5502 Ext 206EIIC Welcomed Tanaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Eamon Gilmore
The Emerald Isle Immigration Center Welcomed Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore T.D. to its Woodlawn Office in the Bronx, on Sunday, September 25, 2011
Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Eamon Gilmore, visited the Emerald Isle Immigration Center on Katonah Avenue in Woodlawn this past Sunday to celebrate the services the Center has given the community for almost twenty-five years. The Tánaiste witnessed the vibrant Irish network that exists around the Emerald Isle, met with local seniors and members of the Bronx community.
He was greeted by EIIC Chairman Brian O’Dwyer, Board members and Executive Director Siobhán Dennehy, who introduced the Tánaiste to the Immigration Services, the Seniors Program and the Social Services that are provided by the Center. The visit follows the week in which the Center’s Meals-On-Wheels scheme was formally launched by New York State Senator Jeff Klein, capping a busy period for the staff and a welcome service for local seniors.
Among those assembled on Sunday to meet An Tánaiste was the Irish Language Group that meets every week in the EIIC to practice their cúpla focal under the tutelage of staff member Aine Murphy. The Center’s hugely productive Knitting Group was also represented in the audience for the Tánaiste.
The vital Immigration Services that the Emerald Isle offers to the community were to the forefront, as the Tánaiste met with the staff that has been on the frontline of a recent increase in emigration from Ireland. Staff members on hand were able to elaborate on the valuable work of the organization, their experience of recent trends in Irish immigration and the prospects for immigrants in a sluggish U.S. economy.
Questions:
Contact Executive Director, Siobhan Dennehy via email: siobhand@eiic.org or 718/478-5502 Ext 206
Mets Postpone Games Fri 9/2 and Sun 9/4
Thursday, September 1, 2011
NEW YORK CITY EMERGENCY PREPARATIONS FOR HURRICANE IRENE
BOTH GAMES RESCHEDULED AS A SINGLE-ADMISSION DOUBLEHEADER
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 STARTING AT 4:10 P.M.
Complete Ticketing Info at Mets.com or by Phone at (718) 507-TIXX.