ExxonMobil today announced that it will for the fourthconsecutive year offer the popular Mobil Delvac Agricultural Scholarships program, which provides $4,000 scholarships to threestudents pursuing a college degree at an accredited U.S. agricultureschool.
Scholarship winners will be selected from responses to one of twoessay categories and one photo/graphic category centered on thisyear’s theme of “Maximizing the [...]

First Command Educational Foundation has announced that its hundreds of thousands of dollars in scholarships are now available to any qualifying undergraduate student, not just to children of the military.
“We are proud to continue helping military families and extremely pleased to be able to help even more young adults pursue their educational goals,” said Vickie [...]

Seagate Technology announced that it will issue $20,000 in scholarships to high-school students in the St. Vrain and Boulder Valley School Districts and to a limited number of those awarded scholarships in 2005, for 2006-07 enrollment in the colleges of engineering at Colorado State University and University of Colorado at Boulder.
The students will be selected [...]

Despite the high demand for professionals and the increasing number of students completing higher secondary level education, the number of scholarships offered for professional studies after class XII have remained more or less the same.
This year the Department of Adult and Higher Education (DAHE) announced 125 scholarships for undergraduate professional courses, including 11 Youth Development [...]

In keeping with the competitive spirit of the Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy, Marian Court College in Swampscott will be hosting an essay writing contest and awarding more than $4,000 in scholarships to four winners. The Essay Scholarship Challenge will take place at an open house and financial aid workshop from 10 a.m. to 1 [...]

Microsoft has granted scholarships worth 90,000 ($107,000) over three years to 22 doctorate-level students in Europe, the company said.
The students are doing projects in areas such as improving search tools and using computers to better understand problems in the natural sciences.
The awards from Microsoft Research in Cambridge, England, complement the company’s European Science Initiative, a [...]

State Rep. Karen May, D-58th, of Highland Park is accepting applications for the 2006-2007 General Assembly Scholarship Program.
Each year, eight one-year General Assembly Scholarships are available from the State Board of Education for students residing in May’s legislative district, which includes portions of Bannockburn, Deerfield, Glencoe, Highland Park, Highwood, Lake Bluff, Lake Forest and Northbrook. [...]

Books, books and even more books.
Don’t mind reading a used book? Enjoy saving money bypassing the $35 to $45 versions?
Then the 37th annual Used Book Sale sponsored by the Wilmington Branch of the American Association of University Women is for you.
For four days at the Concord Mall, starting today, you can have your fill of [...]

The state Tri Kappa organization is offering a variety of $1,000 scholarships. Scholarship chairman Kara Scheidler of Rushville currently is seeking applicants. Deadline to apply is Tuesday. Call Scheidler at 938-1195.
Any full-time student currently enrolled in a baccalaureate or graduate program and has complete one year may apply. Awards will be based on academic achievement, [...]

Mary Umbarger carried her autoharp onto the stage at Broad Street United Methodist Church like it was her baby.
Cradling the stringed instrument in her arms, she began softly picking the strings as she recited a poem about the places that music can take a person to an audience of about 50 people.
“Music just kind of [...]

The auxiliary volunteers at Valley Baptist Medical Center in Brownsville awarded six students with scholarships to attend the University of Texas at Brownsville and pursue a degree in the health care profession.
There were honored during a reception at the hospital on Tuesday.
Alma de los Santos is one of the recipients. The pre-med major spends her [...]

The 5,500 secondary students who will receive their Scholarship results in the mail tomorrow are being assured their work has gone through a thorough assessment regime.
After last year’s scholarship debacle, the New Zealand Qualifications Authority says it has been particularly careful to ensure the 2005 results are accurate and consistent.
Last year saw wild variations in [...]