The Cut Bank Education Foundation and Alumni Association had plenty to celebrate at its fourth annual Celebrating Success Scholarship Recognition Reception on Sunday, May 1. Thirty-six scholarships totaling over $35,000 were awarded to 31 members of the CBHS Class of 2006, reported Kimberley Butterworth, Executive Director of the CBEFAA.
Butterworth pointed out the Celebrating Success event [...]

Four Quad-City high school students have jumpstarted their art careers with an exhibit at the Figge Art Museum, Davenport, and $12,000 scholarships.
The Brand Boeshaar Scholarships were awarded to Branwen Cromer, Ayla Rexroth and Eric Wolever, all of Moline High School, and Heather Freedman of Bettendorf High School.
Awards of honorable mention went to Elizabeth Mason, Calamus-Wheatland [...]

Madam Cecilia Dapaah, Member of Parliament (MP) for Bantama and Deputy Minister of Works, Housing and Water Resources, has awarded scholarships worth 45 million cedis to 45 students in the second-cycle schools in her constituency to support their education. The support is from her share of the common fund and each student received one million [...]

Seven high school seniors from central and southwest Kansas have been awarded college-sponsored National Merit Scholarships, which provide between $500 and $2,000 annually to students of high academic achievement.
Recipients are: Lara Pracht, Garden City High School, awarded by the University of Kansas; Kelsey Moran, Hays High School, awarded by Kansas State University; Crystal Prieb, [...]

Being a good student is tough enough.
Being a good student - and at the same time caring for an ailing parent or sibiling - adds significantly to the burden.
But it’s not a burden put down by three young men from Boca Raton - recipients of the first scholarship awards ever given nationally to recognize students [...]

Alicia Dessain of Lincoln participated in the Bates College Junior Semester Abroad program.
Dessain, a psychology major, studied in Cape Town, South Africa, through the Council on International Educational Exchange.
Students at Bates have the option of taking a semester or full year in a foreign country. Both [...]

Minerva Corona was among more than 450 Bel Air High School students who graduated Saturday evening at the Don Haskins Center. The class earned $4.35 million in scholarships.
Corona said it felt like a big accomplishment to be valedictorian. “I’ve always tried to do the best I could do in every class.”
Bound for UT-Austin, the clarinet [...]

Five area residents were awarded scholarships at the May 10 annual Memorial Hospital Auxiliary’s annual spring dinner meeting at the Fremont Country Club.
For 30 years, the auxiliary has awarded five to eight scholarships to residents of Sandusky County who are going on to post-secondary education to pursue careers in the medical field. Applicants are screened [...]

Petal and Stem Garden Club wishes to thank all of their plant sale customers for their support at their annual sale held at the Wayne County Historical Museum.
Thank you to Jim Harlan, all garden club members who brought plants or worked the day of the sale and a special thank you to Nell Gerton of [...]

The Central DuPage Hospital Auxiliary announces that it has awarded fourteen scholarships for the 2006-2007 academic year. All recipients are currently enrolled, or will be in the Fall, in college or graduate programs that will lead to a career in some area of healthcare. The winners are: Jennafer Bedard, Jason Carroll, Angelo Dunlao, Emily Heslinga, [...]

Five Linton-Stockton High School seniors were presented the 2006 Phil Harris Scholarship awards Wednesday evening during a celebration dinner at The Old Bank & Co.
Marsha Kelley, treasurer of the Phil Harris Scholarship Trustees, presented the awards to Evan Herndon, Caleb Fischer, Emily Gaither, Kara Sue Mullis and Chris Taylor.
Herndon, the son of Craig and Tricia [...]

More Michigan engineers, architects and contractors may soon have the opportunity to work in Eastern Europe, but not before getting a lesson or two in Eastern European culture.
The MSU Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is planning a two-year study abroad program with Michigan companies that would help former Soviet countries build new roads and [...]