Pokimane to give \u2018Poki\u2019 esports college scholarship every year \u201cforever\u201d Pokimane, TwitchTwitch streamer and internet celebrity Imane \u201cPokimane\u201d Anys announced that she has partnered with UCI Esports for a brand-new scholarship, which will be awarded to one student every year \u201cforever.\u201d Anys broke the news during a live broadcast on February 13, announcing that she has partnered with the University of California Irvine\u2019s esports initiative to create a special \u2018Poki\u2019 scholarship. The scholarship will be awarded to a student in UCI\u2019s esports program, which Anys expressed excitement about, as it can be difficult for full-time college students to divide their priorities between studying and pursuing a career in competitive gaming. \u201cThey are pursuing esports while getting a degree in school,\u201d she explained. \u201cWhich, I know from experience, is so freaking hard.\u201d That\u2019s not all: Pokimane also revealed that she will be sponsoring four STEM Advantage scholars for majors in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. \u201cI\u2019ve been working for so long because I wanted to figure out a way to give back to both esports \u2014 the community, which I\u2019ve gotten a whole life out of \u2014 and, if you guys didn\u2019t know, I also studied engineering while I was in university,\u201d she continued. \u201cEducation is something that I genuinely care about so much.\u201d This statement comes as little surprise to fans, considering that her mother is an elementary school teacher, but there\u2019s no arguing that a scholarship from such a massive personality in the gaming scene marks a massive stride for esports\u2019 blooming status in universities, worldwide. According to a statement from UCI, Pokimane donated a whopping $50,000 to the initiative, marking the first of such endowments to their esports program. finally announcing something i’ve been working on for months ^_^ i’m sponsoring four @StemAdvantage scholars & I’ve created the “”Pokimane Scholarship”” with @UCIEsports, which will be continuously awarded every year! \ud83d\udc68\ud83c\udf93\ud83d\udc69\ud83c\udf93details @ https:\/\/t.co\/j68A0Rnvb5 pic.twitter.com\/kTGiEZcmtm \u2014 pokimane (@pokimanelol) February 13, 2020 The winning student will receive $2,500 annually beginning in 2022, with a report from the university clarifying that \u201cthere is no limit to how many times a student can earn the scholarship during his or her time at UCI.\u201d UCI\u2019s latest initiative follows the construction of their very own esports arena, with the program itself having been founded in 2015 \u2014 the first of its kind, which has since led to similar projects in colleges across the United States. As esports continues to grow, so too will its involvement in higher education, with Pokimane\u2019s donation standing as the latest chapter in an ever-evolving industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Pokimane to give \u2018Poki\u2019 esports college scholarship every year \u201cforever\u201d Pokimane, TwitchTwitch streamer and internet celebrity Imane \u201cPokimane\u201d Anys announced that she has partnered with UCI Esports for a brand-new scholarship, which will be awarded to one student every year \u201cforever.\u201d Anys broke the news during a live broadcast on February 13, announcing that she […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58099\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}