Archive for July, 2006

Acordia Announces 2006 Scholarship Program Recipients

Acordia, Inc., America’s largest bank-affiliated insurance brokerage and a subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC), has announced the recipients of the eighth annual Acordia Scholarship Program — designed for the dependants of Acordia team members who best exemplify the academic, community service and leadership qualities the organization admires and wishes to foster.
The winners of [...]

Tuesday, July 25th, 2006

Student gets McDonald’s scholarship

A city fast-food outlet employee has been awarded a major monetary award.
University student Erin Dushnicky was presented a McDonald’s Employee Scholarship, worth $10,000 over the next two years.
Dushnicky received the scholarship for her academic excellence and outstanding customer service. She’s worked at McDonald’s for two years, and is going into her second year of political [...]

Tuesday, July 25th, 2006

The 2006 Employment Guide Scholarship Recipients Are Selected Through AH&LEF’s Annual Scholarship Grant Program

The Employment Guide® (www.EmploymentGuide.com) is proud to announce the first 25 scholarship recipients from its scholarship fund, which is administered through the American Hotel & Lodging Educational Foundation (AH&LEF) Annual Scholarship Grant Program. The Employment Guide made a three-year pledge of $75,000 to fund scholarships ranging from $500 to $2,000 each during the fall 2006 [...]

Tuesday, July 25th, 2006

Charity motorcycle event raises scholarship funds

The first annual Charity Motorcycle Ride and Bike Show in memory of MaryAnn Tedesco was held Sunday afternoon, drawing dozens to Detail Unlimited to show their support for Tedesco’s scholarship fund.
Motorcyclists, friends, and biking enthusiasts from the area gathered to show their personal bikes, eat pasta and listen to music in the parking lot of [...]

Tuesday, July 25th, 2006

JPA Introduces King’s Scholarship For Masters, Doctorate Studies

The Public Service Department (JPA) is now offering a new scholarship, known as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Scholarship, for those seeking to further their studies up to the Masters or Ph.D levels.
In a statement issued here Monday, the department said 10 such scholarships were on offer, five for masters studies and five for Ph.Ds, which [...]

Tuesday, July 25th, 2006

Indonesia May Become Preferred Destination For Higher Studies

Indonesia may become one of the preferred destinations for Malaysian students to pursue higher education abroad, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
He said Malaysian students, who could not get places in the local institutions of higher learning, could opt to study in the republic.
Indonesia could become a good choice not only for medicine [...]

Tuesday, July 25th, 2006

Six Colgate grads receive grants to study or teach abroad

Continuing a decades-old tradition at Colgate, six more graduates have been awarded grants to study or teach abroad during the 2006-2007 academic year.
Five alumni were tapped for French Government Teaching Assistantships in English, which are administered by the country’s Ministry of Education, while the sixth received a Fulbright award to study in Egypt.
The French Government [...]

Sunday, July 23rd, 2006

Turkish Educational Ministry to Send Students Abroad

Turkish Minister of Education Huseyin Celik said the Turkish government will send 1,000 students abroad in 2006 for Master’s and Ph.D programs.
Celik, at his press conference held in Van, declared that the government would send students abroad this year as required by the Law for Students to Be Sent Abroad for Education No: 1416.
The [...]

Sunday, July 23rd, 2006

Oklahoma School of Law launches study-abroad program in China

Oklahoma City University School of Law launched a study-abroad program this month with one of China’s most prestigious law schools.
An agreement between OCU and Nankai University School of Law in Tianjin, China, culminated one year of negotiations for a “Summer Institute for International Law,” which focuses on international and comparative law.
Four OCU law students are [...]

Sunday, July 23rd, 2006

NextStudent Offers Private Student Loans for Undergraduates, Graduates

There is an option for undergraduate and graduate students who have not yet applied for their student loans or for those without sufficient federal funds for the fall semester. Phoenix-based NextStudent, a premier education funding company, has a private student loan program to help undergraduate and graduate students receive the funding they need to get [...]

Sunday, July 23rd, 2006

Louisiana gets into online education

So you’re thinking about getting a college degree but don’t like the idea of sitting in a crowded classroom or possibly asking a stupid question in front of 125 strangers?
If you’ve got a computer with Internet access, there’s no reason to leave the comforts of your home, provided you don’t want a degree in something [...]

Sunday, July 23rd, 2006

Public service attorneys may get student loan break

Public service attorneys in Kentucky may become eligible to save on their student loans from The Student Loan People with Best in Law benefits.
Best in Law provides interest and principal forgiveness each year that attorneys work in Kentucky as:
# Public defenders.
# Assistant commonwealth’s attorneys.
# Assistant county attorneys.
# Legal service attorneys.
# Law clerks in the supreme, [...]

Sunday, July 23rd, 2006