Notorious BadGirlRiRi has been up to some good lately.
Beginning in the 2016-2017 academic year the Grammy award winner will offer scholarships of up to $50,000 to college students through the Clara Lionel Foundation, an organization she started in 2012 in honor of her grandparents.
The organization’s goal is to “improve the quality of life for communities globally in areas of health, education, arts, and culture.”
Scholarships will be awarded on a “as-needed basis” to 50 citizens or natives of Brazil, Cuba, Haiti, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, or Rihanna’s own home of Barbados.
Recipients must be students who wish to further their education and have already been accepted at a four-year school in the United States. They must be considered freshman at these schools and be able to provide a birth certificate from one of the eligible countries.
Recipients of the scholarships can get an award between $5,000 and $50,000.
Rihanna spoke about her excitement for the project after the announcement on her instagram account.
“Higher education will help provide perspective, opportunities, and learning to a group of kids who really deserve it. I am thrilled to be able to do this.”
So if you’re willing to put in a little work, work, work, work, work, work, than Rihanna just might be willing to foot the bill. Application will be available for submission on June 10th, 2016.
H/T: USA Today College
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This Has To Be The Greatest SGA Campaign Ad Ever
This ad for a President/ Vice President ticket at the University of Minnesota is something else.
Trish and Erik we love you now.
We don’t know anything about you.
But we love you.
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Millennials Rejoice: McDonald’s Will Now Serve Breakfast All Day
By Allyn Farach
Your quest for an Egg McMuffin just got a lot easier. McDonald’s announced that it would start serving breakfast all day throughout the United States.
“All Day Breakfast is the number one request we hear from customers,” McDonald’s spokeswoman Lisa McComb said in a press statement. “In fact, More than 120,000 people tweeted McDonald’s asking for breakfast throughout the day in the past year alone. We’re excited to make this dream a reality this year.”
The program went into effect last year at select chains to test how well all day breakfast would sell. Safety issues were also considered, as issues of grill space for both breakfast and lunch menu options were tested. McDonald’s added a rolling cart for eggs to ease workers with the transition.
Some menu options were also removed from the original breakfast menu to make room for lunch options as well. The announcement comes after news that McDonald’s has been doing badly in previous quarters, which led to the closing of several McDonald’s chains across the United States.
In response to such, McDonald’s President Mike Andres told USA Today that “The turnarounds we have seen in the past, both in the U.S. and around the world, there always is a catalyst that starts the turnaround…We believe that all-day breakfast could be the next big thing.”
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Here’s The Best And Worst American Cities For Halloween This Year
As Halloween fast approaches, people all across the US are gearing up to be their spookiest. But not all spooky places are created equal in America as a new study by WalletHub clearly indicates.
By using a detailed set of 16 metrics, WalletHub compared 100 of the most populated cities in the US to see which ones were the best and worst for Halloween 2015.
The consumer website, and their team of experts then focused on three main dimensions of comparison to come up with their list: 1) Safety & Surroundings, 2) Parties & Activities and 3) Halloween Weather.
NYC and Jersey City earn high marks on the list because of safety and the cheaper party scene, while St. Petersburg, FL gets very low marks in the same areas.
Best Places For Halloween 2015
10) Plano, TX
9) Chandler, AZ
8) Garland, TX
7) Santa Ana, CA
6) Irving, TX
5) Larredo, TX
4) Gilbert, AZ
3) Newark, NJ
2) Jersey City, NJ
1) New York, NYWorst Places For Halloween 2015
10) Houston, TX
9) Nashville, TN
8) Indianapolis, IN
7) Charlotte, NC
6) Baton Rouge, LA
5) Oakland, CA
4) Winston-Salem, NC
3) Detroit, MI
2) Memphis, TN
1) St. Petersburg, FLDo you agree with the list? Is your city the best place to celebrate Halloween in America? Let us know in the comments below.
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