Thomas M. Menino (r), Mayor of the City of Boston, and Jon Westling, President of Boston University, with one of the 1999 winners of a four-year, full-tuition scholarship to Boston university awarded through the Boston High School Scholars Program.

Now in its thirtieth year, the Boston High School Scholars Program was inaugurated by former president John Silber as part of the University's continuing commitment to the City of Boston. The program annually awards four-year, full-tuition scholarships to graduating seniors from Boston's public high schools. Recipients are selected on the basis of their academic achievement and motivation.

In May 2002, fifty scholarships were awarded to students from fourteen schools. Over a period of four years, the total value of these scholarships will exceed $4 million. Since 1973, the program has provided more than $88 million in scholarships to more than fourteen hundred and fifty students.

The Cardinal Medeiros Scholarship Program, founded in 1987, recognizes a select number of outstanding graduating seniors of greater Boston's Archdiocesan high schools. Medeiros Scholars are chosen for their academic achievement, demonstrated leadership skills, and contributions to their schools and communities.

Boston University's commitment to the program is substantial. Since its inception, more than 255 scholarships have been awarded, representing a contribution of nearly $17.7 million to the Boston area.

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