Ttri-State university is now giving away scholarships to troops returning home from overseas. It will pay for veterans to attend the school of professional business, free for one year. Scholarships will be awarded to the first ten applicants returning from active duty within the past 90 days. They can be used at any [...]

Nissan North America, Inc. (NNA) and the Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF) will honor 14 Hispanic students with scholarships during a Celebration of Achievement ceremony being held at Univision in Los Angeles, California.
The students are recipients of the HSF/NNA Community College Transfer Scholarship Program created to provide financial assistance to community college students of Hispanic heritage [...]

More than $60,000 in scholarship money was presented to students attending the University of Wisconsin-Platteville’s School of Agriculture this spring. During the club’s annual banquet several weeks ago, Program Director Mark Zidon announced that the number of scholarships given out has doubled, and the dollars given out for student scholarships has more than tripled over [...]

The Camarillo Branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) is now accepting applications for $2,000 scholarships for women who have returned to college after a break in their college education to pursue their first bachelor’s degree for a specific career goal.
AAUW is looking for goaloriented women who:
+Reside in Ventura County and have completed [...]

Crown Prince and BDF Commander-in-Chief Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa last night announced a fund aimed at raising BD30 million to support scientific research and other studies.
He was speaking during a gala dinner to mark the sixth anniversary of the Crown Prince’s International Scholarship Programme (CPISP) for 2006 at Riffa Palace.
The fund, which will [...]

The University of Phoenix is offering $10,000 scholarships to three Pima Community College students to study criminal justice, nursing and education.
The new scholarships were created in honor of the University of Phoenix’s 30th anniversary and will be awarded for the coming academic year. One $10,000 scholarship in each field will be awarded to a Pima [...]

The Association of Former Legislators Scholarship Fund at the Rhode Island Foundation is seeking applications from students with a history of substantial voluntary involvement in community service for one of five $1,500 scholarships it will award this year.
Created by the 28-year-old Rhode Island Association of Former Legislators, the fund requires applicants to be Rhode Island [...]

Recipients for the Snellville Commerce Club 2006 FBLA/DECA Scholarships were notified last week in a surprise visit to South Gwinnett and Brookwood High Schools. The winner from Brookwood is DECA member Ms. Whitney Blan. Ms. Blan is an Honor Graduate and aspiring pharmacist. South’s winner is FBLA member Mr. Clayton Still. Mr. Still was awarded [...]

Each year the two Ventura Optimist clubs seek applicants from area high school seniors going on to college. This year, there were four entrants, and two were selected. The criteria for receiving an award include strong academic performance, community service, leadership in school activities, letters of recommendation and an essay on a theme provided by [...]

The Monterey Bay Blues Festival awarded $100,000 in scholarships to Monterey County students, bringing its total contributions during the past decade to more than $1 million.
Students were honored during a ceremony last week at the Monterey Marriott.
“The Monterey Bay Blues Festival folks are just like family to me,” said Aaron Forbe, a student at Thornton [...]