Archive for May, 2006

Stand Out Student, Scholarships

May 16th, 2006

College can be an expense for any family.
But one Savannah senior and his family had that burden taken off of their bank accounts with several scholarships.
The only thing this Jenkins’ senior had to do was decide which scholarship he wanted to accept.
“Step 2, take your [...]

Taft College graduates to get more than $28,000 in scholarships at luncheon

May 16th, 2006

Forty Taft College students will haul in $28,700 in scholarship money contributed by local organizations.
The scholarships will be presented Friday at the second annual awards luncheon at OT Cookhouse.
More than a dozen students earned two or more awards.
Leslie Baker will receive six, Bradley Cramer five, Shannon Wingfield and Brandalyn Thomas four each and Taylor Miller, [...]

College of Business and Leadership awards 2006-2007 scholarships

May 16th, 2006

Fort Hays State University’s College of Business and Leadership recently held its annual ceremony to award scholarships for the 2006-2007 academic year. Over 200 scholarship donors, students, parents and faculty attended the event where the college awarded 87 scholarships totaling $62,400.
“I’m thrilled by the continued generosity of our College of Business and Leadership donors who [...]

More than 100 scholarships awarded to Portage seniors

May 16th, 2006

A good education is its own reward, but sometimes a reward of the monetary kind feels pretty good too. Monday night dozens of Portage High School seniors on their way to college and technical schools had the opportunity to stand up and be recognized for scholarships they earned to further their own educations.
More than [...]

John E. Morgan Foundation endows scholarships at Penn State Schuylkill

May 16th, 2006

Penn State Schuylkill has received a million-dollar gift from the John E. Morgan Foundation to endow Trustee Matching Scholarships, awards that aim to keep a University education accessible to qualified undergraduates, regardless of their financial means.
The gift is the largest ever received by the Schuylkill campus for student aid, according to R. Keith Hillkirk, chancellor [...]

Study abroad: Pins available for spring graduates

May 16th, 2006

If you studied abroad during your time at St. Thomas and will be graduating, pick up a study abroad pin during normal office hours, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the International Education Center, 44 N. Cleveland Ave.
These lapel pins can be worn during the graduation ceremony to recognize your accomplishments abroad. Due [...]

MIT…s First Study Abroad Head Plans to Increase Participation

May 16th, 2006

As many MIT sophomores prepare to study next year in Cambridge, England, they might be interacting with Malgorzata Radziszewska-Hedderick, MIT’s first assistant dean for the study abroad program.
Both Senior Associate Dean Margaret S. Enders and Radziszewska-Hedderick agree that there needs to be more publicizing of the various study abroad options that are available to students. [...]

Hopkins Grads to Study Abroad As Fulbright, DAAD Scholars

May 16th, 2006

Six students from Johns Hopkins have been awarded the opportunity to study abroad during the 2006-2007 academic year, thanks to two prestigious awards administered by the Institute of International Education.
Three graduating seniors and two graduate students will study abroad as Fulbright Scholars. A third graduate student earned a scholarship known as the DAAD [...]

Flex-E-Grant Scholarships Available for June YMCA Camp

May 15th, 2006

West Virginia teens will convene this June at YMCA Camp Horseshoe to build the skills needed for success in today’s world, according to David King, Executive Director of the Ohio-West Virginia YMCA.
Flex-E-Grant scholarships to participate in an action packed six-day session at YMCA Camp Horseshoe will be awarded to young people who want to shape [...]

ExxonMobil Awards Four $5,000 Mobil 1 Scholarships to NASCAR Technical Institute Students

May 15th, 2006

ExxonMobil has awarded four Mobil 1(R) Scholarships tostudents at the prestigious NASCAR Technical Institute (NTI). Eachstudent received $5,000 towards pursuing his automotive-techniciancareer goals.
NTI, the exclusive educational partner of NASCAR, is the country’sfirst technical training school to combine a complete automotivetechnology program and a NASCAR-specific motorsports program.
The Mobil 1 Scholarships were developed to address the shortage [...]