Archive for March, 2006

First Bank scholarships

First Bank is offering scholarships to high school seniors who plan to attend a four-year college. Thirty $1,000 scholarships and four $5,000 scholarships are being provided. The deadline to apply is March 15 and students do not need to be a bank customer to apply. Applications can be picked up at any First Bank branch [...]

Wednesday, March 8th, 2006

The Associated General Contractors of North Dakota scholarships

The Associated General Contractors of North Dakota is seeking applicants to receive college scholarships from the association.
High school seniors planning to enroll at a North Dakota university and major in a construction-related field of study could receive a $750 scholarship.
Applications are available at www.agcnd.org and the application deadline is April 1.
The AGC of ND is [...]

Wednesday, March 8th, 2006

Fiddles, food and scholarships

Annual musical fundraiser coming to Ridgewood High
The sounds of traditional bluegrass, country and old time music will fill the air at the Ridgewood High School auditorium Friday, March 10. For the second year in a row, some of the area’s top musicians and singers are donating their time for An Evening of Musical Entertainment, a [...]

Wednesday, March 8th, 2006

National Turf Writers Association - Youbet.com Journalism Scholarships

The Race for Education announced that students have until March 31 to apply for four National Turf Writers Association/Youbet.com Journalism Scholarships to be awarded this spring. Undergraduate or graduate students may apply for the annual grants, which provide $10,000 per year for up to four academic years.
The NTWA/Youbet.com Scholarship is designed to help qualified students [...]

Tuesday, March 7th, 2006

Texas Thoroughbred Educational Fund Awards Scholarships

The Texas Thoroughbred Educational Fund, which provides grants and awards to further the educational opportunities for children of Texas Thoroughbred Association members, has awarded $24,500 in grants to five students for the 2006-2007 school year.
“The TTA has always been a strong proponent of education, and we are proud to be able to back that commitment [...]

Tuesday, March 7th, 2006

City College to expand scholarships with grant

The City College of New York is expanding a scholarship program for city public school students with the help of a $7 million grant from two alumnae.
The donation by Larry and Yvette Gralla helped CCNY top its goal of raising $150 million in a capital campaign announced in fall 2004. The scholarship program will begin [...]

Tuesday, March 7th, 2006

Scholarships available from Highland College

It’s time to apply for Highland Community College scholarships. The deadline for the majority of HCC scholarship applications is April 1, 2006.
The Highland Community College Foundation has more than 200 scholarships available for first- and second-year students. The scholarships are granted to HCC students on the basis of financial need, academic emphasis, and academic standing. [...]

Tuesday, March 7th, 2006

E-Pell for E-College

If our experience at Harvard is any guide, nothing can replace the experience of attending college in person. But not everyone has that option, as some students are constrained by barriers, especially financial ones, that would make the cost of attending college prohibitive. That is why we welcome Congress’ recent decision to open federal financial [...]

Tuesday, March 7th, 2006

English Language Scholarships from the Michael Lascaris Scholarship Trust

The non-profit Michael Lascaris Scholarship Trust, which annually grants 170 scholarships for the purpose of learning the English language, has begun accepting applications for the 2006-7 academic year.
The Lascaris Trust was founded in August 1999 and has to date awarded more than 1039 scholarships for the study of the English language. Lessons are conducted at [...]

Tuesday, March 7th, 2006

New online learning course to be available this fall

Michigan schools will be able to offer a new online course that could guide students toward choosing a career and a better understanding the global economy.
The course is being designed by the Michigan Department of Education and Michigan Virtual University.
It will paid for through a 350-thousand dollar grant from Microsoft Corporation.
The course will be available [...]

Tuesday, March 7th, 2006

Going Global For An MBA

Soon the new MBA students at RSM Erasmus University in Rotterdam would be hunched over textbooks for their finance and marketing courses, but first it was time to pound on a goatskin stretched across a hollow piece of wood. That’s part of the orientation for RSM’s 96 incoming international MBA students, most from outside [...]

Tuesday, March 7th, 2006

Real estate team offering scholarships

High school seniors, it’s time to get out the pen and paper.
So far, one application has been turned in for eight Team Honeycutt/Allen Tate Realtors scholarships worth a total of $8,000.
The 12-member realty team based in Concord will award $1,000 scholarships to one student from each of Cabarrus County School’s five high schools, A.L. Brown, [...]

Tuesday, March 7th, 2006