Nassau, Bahamas -- Since 1947, Ambassadorial scholarships have been made available through the Rotary Foundation where more than 40,000 men and women have had the opportunity to study abroad.  Today, it is one of the world's largest privately funded international scholarship programs and last year, almost 700 scholarships were granted totaling approximately US$16.2 million. The recipients made up about 70 countries and studied in more than 80 nations.

In the past 2 years, two Bahamians, Angelique Sawyer and Embri Stuart were chosen from Rotary District 7020 that is made of The Bahamas and 10 other countries in the Caribbean.  The Rotary Club of East Nassau sponsored Angelique and the Rotary Club of Eleuthera sponsored Embri...