Archive for July, 2006

UAB School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Announces 2006-07 Scholarship Recipients

The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics has named five scholarship winners for 2006-07.
“God at the Speed of Light” Scholars
Lauren Tidmore, a freshman biology major from Ider
Kelci Burckhardt, a sophomore chemistry major from Spanish Fort
Tarannum Jaleel, a junior physics major from Pikeville, Ky.
The “God at the Speed of Light” […]

July 22nd, 2006 - Posted in Scholarship

Riau delegation in Singapore to study education system

A delegation from Riau Islands is on a two-day visit to observe and study Singapore’s education system.
The group, comprising lecturers and education officials, visited the Education Ministry where they met Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Education, Mr Masagos Zukifli.
The group was also given a briefing on the education curriculum here.

July 19th, 2006 - Posted in Education

Hundreds of Baylor University Students Study Abroad This Summer

Recognizing the importance of a global education in today’s world, Baylor has made significant progress in strengthening the university’s efforts in international education. Keeping in line with Imperative XI of Baylor 2012, the university’s 10-year vision, Baylor will send 400 students overseas this summer in study abroad programs to 20 countries.
As part of Baylor 2012 […]

July 19th, 2006 - Posted in Education, Study Abroad

MSU Cuts Short Study Abroad Trip in Israel

Michigan State University officials decided Sunday to bring students studying abroad in Israel back early.
Eight students and one faculty member will return Thursday, one week ahead of schedule, because of the escalating violence in the Middle East. One student has already returned.
This was the first trip to Israel sponsored by MSU since it suspended study […]

July 19th, 2006 - Posted in Education, Study Abroad

GIA to offer more education scholarships in 2007

The Gemological Institute of America’s (GIA) Board of Governors announced the release of $65,000 from the GIA Endowment Fund to go toward academic scholarships for 2007, according to a media release.
“We are grateful for the continuing support of our donors, without which the GIA Endowment Fund scholarships would not be possible,” said Helene Fortunoff, chairman […]

July 19th, 2006 - Posted in Education, Scholarship

Hannah Fox Memorial Scholarship deadline approaches

The deadline for applications for the Hannah Fox Memorial Scholarship given by the Garden Club of Clarion County is July 30. The $1,000 scholarship will be awarded to a student who is currently enrolled in a college or university and plans to further their education in horticulture, landscape design, conservation, forestry, or any closely related […]

July 19th, 2006 - Posted in Education, Scholarship

ASDSO awards annual scholarships

The Association of State Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO) has announced the winners of its 2006-2007 Dam Safety scholarships for senior undergraduates.
The ASDSO Scholarship Committee chose three outstanding scholars—Ian Toohey (University of Oklahoma), Corey Clark (University of Maine), and Nathan Chase (Northeastern University)—from a field of 25 applicants representing universities across the US.
This is the fifteenth […]

July 19th, 2006 - Posted in Education, Scholarship

Alberto-Culver Awards Scholarships to Chicago-Area Students

The Alberto-Culver Company has announced ten recipients of their inaugural Leonard & Bernice Lavin Values Scholarship Program. Each student is graduating this year from a Chicago-area school and was nominated as being representative of one of the following ten values: Entrepreneurship, Improving our Communities, Values-based Leadership, Innovation, Ethics, Relentless Passion, A Builder of Teams, Winning […]

July 19th, 2006 - Posted in Education, Scholarship

India offers post graduate scholarships

About 98 postgraduate scholarships in teaching, survey engineering, geo-technical engineering, public administration, human resource management, and business administration will be offered to Bhutanese under the Government of India assistance this year.
The postgraduate scholarship programme resulted after the Plan Talks held in December 2004 where the Indian government agreed to provide 50 postgraduate courses every year […]

July 18th, 2006 - Posted in Scholarship

Nigeria: 83 Students Bag Compass Scholarship

The intervention initiative to attract brilliant secondary school students to pursue teaching a career in the nation’s primary education system got a boost when 83 primary education studies (PES) students of the Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education (AOCOED) receiv-ed an GO’s scholarship award for the three-year NCE programme.
The five-year intervention programme is floated by the […]

July 18th, 2006 - Posted in Education, Scholarship, Study Abroad

Sierra College seeking applicants to study photography abroad

Sierra College is accepting applications for the Intercession 2006-07 study abroad program in Peru with award-winning photography instructor, Rebecca Gregg.
Gregg has led several educational programs abroad to China, Russia, Italy, Austria, and Peru for the Intercession 2005-06.
This trip’s duration is from Dec. 27, 2006, to Jan. 12, 2007. The group will depart from San Francisco […]

July 17th, 2006 - Posted in Education, Study Abroad

Singapore Scholarship Recipients

Three of the four outstanding young Brunei students who have been selected for the 2006 Singapore scholarship awards were hosted to a tea reception to bid “bon voyage” by the Singapore High Commissioner to Brunei Darussalam yesterday.
The Singapore scholarship that was first offered by the former Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong at the 6th […]

July 17th, 2006 - Posted in Education, Scholarship