Emily Hollingsworth of Newport has been awarded an Honors College Academy Scholarship to study at the University of Arkansas. Hollingsworth is a graduate of Newport High School.
Honors College Academy Scholarship recipients represent the top 5 to 10 percent of students throughout the United States, often being recruited by the country’s top-tier institutions. These students have [...]

The Micron Technology Foundation, Inc., announced todaythe names of thirteen outstanding students who will receive a total of$253,000 over the next four years through the Micron Science andTechnology Scholars program. Virginia high school senior Winston Yanof Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology willreceive a $55,000 scholarship as the top awardee in the Micron [...]

This month, approximately 4 million college students will leave campus for good, taking away diplomas, friendships, and an average of $23,000 in federal student loans. The first shock of life after college may not be the workforce for many graduates, though. On July 1, 2006, graduates with federal Stafford loans will be facing a significant [...]

Gov. Jim Risch will make the presentations when the Hispanic Business Association announces its annual scholarship awards on the Statehouse steps at 11 a.m. today. The group will award scholarships to 14 college students and 17 college-bound high-school students.
The college students will receive $1,250, while each high school students will receive $500, said HBA board [...]

Volunteer State Community College has received nearly $1 million in federal grant money to provide history education for teachers, college officials announced today.
The $998,508 grant, which is the largest in the history of the college, is earmarked for the Tennessee Educators’ Active Colloquia for History, or TEACH, program.
The money will be used to help the [...]

Together, Moss Point High School 2006 graduates are considered millionaires of a sort.
According to school’s district counselors, the students have collectively earned more than $3.5 million in scholarship money. Good news of additional scholarship offerings is coming in daily.
Moss Point High School’s graduating class of 2006 also had 82 Mississippi Scholar graduates and 130 honor [...]

New York University is launching its first ever study-abroad program in China.
The first students will arrive in Shanghai this fall, and the program is expected to provide study-abroad opportunities for more than 200 students a year.
NYU already has study abroad locations in London, Prague, Paris, Florence, Madrid and Accra in Ghana.
About 25% of students take [...]

The NBC Universal Talent Diversity Initiative is teaming with the Upright Citizen’s Brigade (UCB) to offer improvisational training scholarships for students of ethnically diverse backgrounds in New York and Los Angeles.
Auditions will take place at the UCB Theaters in both cities June 10 and are by appointment only through an online application process.
In February, NBC [...]

Mercy Health System has awarded the 2006 Sister Mary Michael Berry College Scholarships to four area students including Anil Alimohd, graduate of Woodstock High School, who will pursue a degree in pharmacy.
The scholarship is named for Sister Mary Michael Berry, who served as administrator of Mercy Hospital for 26 years.
Awards are based on academic achievement, [...]

Molly Brown, a senior at Woodstock High School, was awarded the 2006 Chester Gould Memorial Art Scholarship. Jean Gould O’Connell, chairman of the Chester Gould-Dick Tracy Museum Foundation, announced the award at the National Cartoonists Society annual meeting in Chicago. Dave Bliss, art teacher at Woodstock High School, said this year’s group of students was [...]