Archive for November, 2005

DemandTec Awards Scholarships to Winners of First Annual ‘Model for Success’ Math Contest

November 21st, 2005

Three High-School Students Win a $5,000 College Scholarship in Math Contest That Challenged Them to Create a Retail Sales Forecast
Yahoo News. DemandTec today announced the successful culmination of its first annual Model for Success program by awarding each of the three winners of the contest a $5,000 scholarship to be used for college, university, or [...]

Scholarships Offered by the Israeli Government to Foreign Students

November 21st, 2005

Academic Year 2006-2007
MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
CULTURAL AND SCIENTIFIC RELATIONS DIVISION
The Government of Israel is pleased to offer scholarships to foreign students, as agreed in the Cultural Agreements between Israel and the following countries:
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada (Quebec Province), China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, [...]

Bank offers scholarships

November 21st, 2005

QNB, the country’s top financial institution, has offered four new scholarships totalling QR176,000 to Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar (VCUQ) for promising students.
“QNB is focused on community development and we are pleased to offer this scholarship programme to VCUQ students in our efforts to support educational excellence. We are confident that such support will provide [...]

Rhodes Trust awards scholarships to 32 students from U.S. schools

November 21st, 2005

Thirty-two college students from across the United States have been selected as Rhodes Scholars for 2006, the scholarship trust announced Sunday.
The scholars, selected from 903 applicants who were endorsed by 333 colleges and universities, will enter Oxford University in England next October. The scholarships are the oldest of the international study awards available to American [...]

Malaysia To Offer Scholarships To 15 Top Foreign Students Annually

November 21st, 2005

Malaysia will offer tertiary scholarships to 15 top students from foreign countries each year as part of the effort to position the country as a regional centre of excellence for higher education.
“We want the cream of the cream, meaning we want to select the best to come here and that is why 15 students will [...]

Fund offers scholarships from The Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation

November 20th, 2005

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION BEAUFORT, SC — The Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation is looking for a few good students to apply for scholarships for the 2006-2007 academic year.
The MCSF is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing financial assistance in the form of scholarships for higher education to children of Marines, according to the MCSF Web [...]

Pupils ‘missing out’ on first-choice schools

November 19th, 2005

Chris Johnston
Thousands of secondary school students have failed to win places at their first-choice school and more than 20,000 have launched appeals, according to a survey released today.
The survey, published in the Times Educational Supplement (TES), found that half of 11-year-olds in some parts of England have been forced to enrol at their school of [...]

Microsoft Scholarship Program for 2006-2007 School Year

November 19th, 2005

Program Overview
Microsoft is committed to building the pipeline of future computer scientists. Our scholarships are designed to encourage students to pursue studies in computer science and related technical disciplines. Students will be awarded scholarships in recognition of their passion for software, academic excellence, and ability to make a difference in the software industry.
Microsoft is excited [...]

Syllabus for International Junior Science Olympiad (IJSO)

November 19th, 2005

Syllabus for International Junior Science Olympiad (IJSO)
1. Science Skills and Safety :
Understanding scientific methods and working in the laboratory.
Identify and use basic laboratory equipment
Draw scientific diagrams of apparatus
Follow intructions inthe laboratory
Follow safety techniques when using equipment
Measure temperature and volume
Make observations using the five senses
Make inferences based on observations
describe the scientific method
record a science experiment using [...]

Scholarship 2006 : New York State Credit Union League

November 18th, 2005

Business owners often find there money stretched to the limits. Saving for a child’s education can be tough. Here is a scholarship program that could help (and is open to anyone).
Scholarship Program 2006
The Syracuse Cooperative Federal Credit Union (SCFCU) is participating in a statewide, college scholarship program offered by the New York State Credit Union [...]