Beyonc\u00e9 is offering four US college scholarships to mark the one year anniversary of \u2018Lemonade\u2019.<\/p>\n
The \u2018Run The World (Girls)\u2019 hitmaker has launched Formation Scholars, which will award scholarships to female students to \u201cencourage and support [those] who are unafraid to think outside the box\u201d.<\/p>\n
A statement posted on her website reads: \u201cTo add to the celebration of the one-year anniversary of Lemonade, Beyonce Knowles-Carter announces the establishment of Formation Scholar awards for the 2017-2018 academic year, to encourage and support young women who are unafraid to think outside the box and are bold, creative, conscious and confident.\u201d<\/p>\n
The scholarships will be handed to four women \u201cpursuing studies in creative arts, music, literature or African-American studies\u201d in attendance at four selected colleges.<\/p>\n
The statement adds: \u201cFour scholarships will be awarded, one per college, to female incoming, current or graduate students pursuing studies in creative arts, music, literature or African-American studies. The schools selected for participation are Berklee College of Music, Howard University, Parsons School of Design and Spelman College.\u201d<\/p>\n
And Beyonc\u00e9 is not the only celebrity to offer scholarships to students, Rihanna also set up a program for Caribbean students who are studying in the United States.<\/p>\n
Speaking about how, as a child, she dreamed of becoming rich enough to save children all over the world, Rihanna said: \u201cWhen I was 5 or 6 years old, I remember watching TV and I would see these commercials and I was watching other children suffer in other parts of the world. You know? The commercials where you could give 25 cents and save a child\u2019s life.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would think to myself \u2026 I wonder how many 25 cents I could save up to save all of the kids in Africa and I would say to myself, \u2018When I grow up and get rich, I\u2019m going to save kids all over the world.\u2019 I just didn\u2019t know I\u2019d be in the position to do that when I was a teenager.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Beyonc\u00e9 is offering four US college scholarships to mark the one year anniversary of \u2018Lemonade\u2019. The \u2018Run The World (Girls)\u2019 hitmaker has launched Formation Scholars, which will award scholarships to female students to \u201cencourage and support [those] who are unafraid to think outside the box\u201d. A statement posted on her website reads: \u201cTo add to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[714,137],"tags":[1952,623],"yoast_head":"\n