Archive for August, 2006

K-12 Online Private School Allows Children to Have a Career & an Education

The MorningStar Academy, a Nationally Accredited Online Private School, announced today its effort to offer quality, affordable education to K-12 students in the entertainment industry and other professional children.
“We feel there is a real need for our program in the entertainment industry. These children have busy schedules that are very difficult for traditional schools to [...]

Friday, August 25th, 2006

Data Breach on Student Loan Web Site

The Education Department said it would arrange for free credit monitoring for as many as 21,000 student loan borrowers after their personal data appeared on its Web site. Terri Shaw, the department’s chief operating officer for federal student aid, said the people involved were holders of federal direct student loans who used the department’s loan [...]

Friday, August 25th, 2006

Study Abroad Students Turn to Technology to Meet Program Needs

When college students decide to take school beyond the classroom walls of their home university, they look towards the latest and greatest technology to help get them there. From getting advice on study abroad destinations to organizing classes, living arrangements and financial aid, study abroad students are turning to providers who are innovative in their [...]

Friday, August 25th, 2006

Scholarship Serves To Further Education

Food service employees at University Village have a chance to better themselves thanks to the residents’ all-volunteer scholarship committee that awarded more than $10,000 last year.
“We are just trying to help some of the young people. Some of the people want to further their education but just don’t have the money,” said Terry Taylor, 82, [...]

Friday, August 25th, 2006

New scholarship funds memorial to forest preserve president’s late son

The DuPage Community Foundation announced the establishment of the Paul D. Pierotti Memorial Scholarship Fund. The fund was established by the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County in memory of Paul Pierotti, the late son of President D. “Dewey” Pierotti Jr. and his wife, Leslie.
The fund was created with founding gifts totaling nearly $40,000. The [...]

Friday, August 25th, 2006

Scholarship, Now a Click Away From Africans

After several months of painstaking research by a group of skilled analysts in Phillips Consulting Limited, the company’s Afroscholars initiative is now ready to roll. An aggregation of over 10, 000 scholarships and grants in the United States, United Kingdom, Sweden and Nigeria for now, www.afroscholars.com is an online resource providing accurate, comprehensive and meaningful [...]

Friday, August 25th, 2006

Gwisdalla Memorial Scholarship established

The Sara Gwisdalla Memorial Scholarship has been established at the Jackson County Community Foundation, WV. The scholarship was established by Sara’s family as a special tribute to their daughter. Sara died on Nov. 19, 2005 from leukemia at the age of 17. She is the daughter of Gary and Jane Gwisdalla and the sister of [...]

Thursday, August 24th, 2006

Bemidji NTC partners with Marco for scholarship, intern program

Marco, a St. Cloud business, recently established the Northwest Technical College (NTC) Scholarship-Intern Program.
Marco selected NTC as a partner to help hire future skilled sales specialists in various areas of technology solutions.
Program highlights include 50 percent second year tuition reimbursement, a paid internship and a sales position offer after successfully completing the sales marketing and [...]

Thursday, August 24th, 2006

Spangler, FFA launch scholarship program

Spangler Motor Sales and the Oak Harbor FFA have announced the launching of the 2006 Hometown Scholarship Program to generate scholarship funds for high school students locally, across the state and throughout America.
In its fourth year the Hometown Scholarship Program is part of Spangler Motor Sales continuing commitment to FFA.
From Aug. 22 to Nov. 3, [...]

Thursday, August 24th, 2006

Healthsense again supports CSU scholarship

Lithgow Valley Healthsense has again invested in the academic and professional lives of Charles Sturt University students by way of a prestigious Charles Sturt Foundation Scholarship.
Lithgow Valley Healthsense is continuing its support of CSU students, creating a valuable and successful partnership with the Charles Sturt Foundation.
This partnership has provided deserving students with scholarship funds, placing [...]

Thursday, August 24th, 2006

Thomas F. Marshall Scholarship Fund established at Rush County Community Foundation

The families of Thomas F. Marshall and William J. Herdrich recently created a new endowed scholarship fund at the Rush County Community Foundation in memory of Thomas F. Marshall.
The “Thomas F. Marshall Scholarship Fund” was established in memory of Judge Thomas Marshall by his wife Marylu, William and Debbie Herdrich and Heather Herdrich Meckes in [...]

Thursday, August 24th, 2006

Winner of G.A.N.G/Ex’pression Scholarship

Ex’pression College for Digital Arts (www.expression.edu) and Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G) (www.audiogang.org) today announced the first of two scholarship winners. Together, they selected Ivo Ivanov based upon his audio submissions, his written essay, and basic financial need. G.A.N.G members who are interested in a bachelor’s degree concentrating in game audio are eligible for the [...]

Thursday, August 24th, 2006