Senal heading to Aloha State
View(s):Senal Rajamantri of Colombo International School (www.cis.lk) was recently placed at Hawai’i Pacific University (www.hpu.edu) with scholarship by Scholarships for USA (Pvt) Ltd (www.scholarshipsforusa.com).
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Senal in discussion with Priyanthi Dissanayake MD SUSA
HPU is a small/medium size private university that specializes in liberal arts located in the state capital Honalulu. It’s rankings include “Best Undergraduate Return on Investment” of any college or university in the state of Hawai’i (Bloomberg Businessweek), among “America’s Best Colleges” (US News & World Report), one of the top 121 colleges in the western region (The Princeton Review) and “Best Buy in College Education” (Barron’s). It offers over 60 undergraduate and graduate programs in an average class size of 20 with a student-faculty ratio of 14:1. Honolulu, where the downtown campus is located, was recently ranked the third best city in America to livefor its overall quality of life (Businessweek.com), third safest large city in America (Forbes), number three on the list of top ten cities in
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Director Padmasena Dissanayake of SUSA is welcomed by Dr.Warren Wee Associate Dean College of Business Administration to HPU in the summer of ‘12.
America where residents feel the happiest and the healthiest in the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being index (USA Today) and consistently ranked among the cleanest, safest, healthiest, and most ethnically diverse cities in America. As per
Ms.Lindsey Garbenis Associate Director International Admissions Senal would have numerous opportunities to engage in paid internships, due to university’s location in the heart of state capital, giving him priceless working experience in US besides acquiring a globally marketable degree.
SUSA since ‘01 has been engaged in promoting US education across the island. The company’s mission is to leverage the world’s best education to turn the largest segment of Lankan youth into global professionals. SUSA is the only private entity in the island that promotes US education exclusively and the only one to travel extensively in US every summer (since ‘06) discovering schools prepared to offer highest scholarships and early admissions to deserving Lankan students. HPU was introduced to Sri Lanka by SUSA in ‘11 where it was also instrumental in bringing the University of Ruhuna and HPU together on an institutional collaboration agreement on Marine Biology.
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