Archive for May, 2006

Students gain scholarships to Northwest-Shoals

May 15th, 2006

These area students have received scholarships from Northwest-Shoals Community College.
# Amy Loosier, Town Creek, presidential. She is a senior at Hazlewood High School, where she is in the Top 10 of her class. She is the daughter of David Loosier and Tammy Lovell.
# Cortney Beene, Hillsboro, academic. She is a senior at East Lawrence High [...]

500 scholarships annually for children of KP migrants: ACRM

May 15th, 2006

Centre has decided to provide 500 annual scholarships of Rs 1,000 per month for the higher education of children of Kashmiri Pandit migrants living in camps here and elsewhere in the country.
The assurance was given by Union Minister for Minority Affairs A R Antulay to the President of Action Committee for return of migrants Jatender [...]

Truly needy missed out on scholarships: study (Bangkok)

May 15th, 2006

Most of the scholarships in the government’s four-billion-baht programme did not go to students who truly needed them, a Chulalongkorn University study revealed. Academics looked into the 400,000 scholarships allocated last year to students whose families earn less than 50,000 baht a year or whose parents have contributed to the public sector and society.
They [...]

Alabama Fire College got legislative grants

May 13th, 2006

A foundation associated with the Alabama Fire College received $85,000 in state grants from legislators before it came under review by federal investigators.
State Comptroller Bob Childree said legislators’ community service grants went to the Alabama Fire College Foundation during three years: $15,000 in 2000, $40,000 in 2002, and $30,000 in 2003.
Childree said Thursday the records [...]

WATC receives aviation education grant

May 13th, 2006

Wichita Area Technical College, in partnership with three other colleges, has received a three-year grant from the National Science Foundation to develop education and training curricula for aerospace manufacturing.
Purdue University, El Camino College in Los Angeles and Oregon Institute of Technology are the other partners.
WATC’s role will be similar to the other colleges. [...]

Joint project with city, college at Pioneer High School

May 13th, 2006

Woodland Joint Unified School District Trustees approved a concept plan with the city and Woodland Community College to build a second community stadium on the Pioneer High School campus.
“It’s no secret the parents and students of Pioneer High School have longed for a stadium of their own,” Superintendent Jacki Cottingim said.
“Meanwhile, Woodland Community College has [...]

Student Loan Rates Set for Record Increase; Fed Rate Hike Makes It Vital for Students and Parents to Consolidate Loans Now

May 13th, 2006

Yesterday, the Federal Reserve unexpectedly raised target short-term interest rates to their highest level in five years, making it increasingly likely that interest rates on existing student loans, which are tied to the 91-day T-bill and reset on May 30, will rise by the highest margin in the student loan program’s history. Students, parents [...]

SDSU students in forefront of study abroad programs

May 13th, 2006

San Diego State University ranks second in the nation among universities of its type for students studying abroad in the latest “Open Doors” report by the Institute for International Education.
The ranking is based on the total number of students who studied abroad during the 2003-2004 academic year. During that period, 1,115 SDSU students studied abroad, [...]

Changes Coming To Federal Student Loan Program

May 13th, 2006

There is a big change coming to the federal student loan program, and according to officials, students who miss the July 1 deadline could pay dearly.
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, 63 percent of students get some type of financial aid.
Under the current system, students can consolidate their federal loans repeatedly while they’re [...]

Scholarships available to bicultural students

May 13th, 2006

Pacificare Foundation has 75 $2,000 scholarships for Spanish-speaking, bicultural high school students interested in careers in the health care industry.
High school seniors who have at least a 3.0 grade-point average and are fluent in Spanish and English are eligible.
Applicants must show proof of acceptance into a university, community college or accredited technical college and must [...]