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    reminder, all merit scholarship recipients are required to maintain a minimum
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    <p><strong><u><span>Please Note:</span></u></strong><span><span> 
    </span>UMBC’s Last day to Register or Add a Course for Spring 2017 is Friday, February
    10, 2017.<span>  </span>Scholars are eligible to make
    changes to their semester enrollment until this date; however, please be
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<Title>Cyberbullying Prevention for Teens Scholarship</Title>
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<Summary>In an effort to the cause of preventing cyberbullying, we have created the Cyberbullying Prevention for Teens Scholarship for Undergraduate or Postgraduate students/ high school, college or...</Summary>
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