Sarah Elizabeth Smith, daughter of Susan Harrison and Eugene Smith of Fairhope, has been selected as a finalist in the Pre-Teen Alabama Scholarship and Recognition Program, to be held Saturday through Monday in Birmingham.
Sarah, 10, attends Fairhope Intermediate School.
Pre-Teen Alabama is an invitation-only event involving girls ages 7 to 12, based on school academic records, [...]

The VFW Post 648 and its Ladies Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, announce this year’s “Voice of Democracy Scholarship Competition.”
Local students are eligible to compete in this annual audio essay program.
Scholarships and awards are made within the local post, state and national VFW.
The first-place winner in each state receives a minimum of a [...]

New York University Real Estate Institute has awarded W. Thomas Duran with the Michael F.X. Waters Future Alumni Scholarship for a paper titled “A preliminary review of Sharia compliant valuation methods in Islamic finance and economics” as part of the recent international focus on the global valuation of real estate.
Tom, is a Master’s Degree Candidate [...]

Students who came to the country illegally could apply for state financial aid when they attend California colleges and universities under legislation approved Tuesday by the Assembly in a party-line vote.
Supporters said immigrant children who have graduated and completed at least three years of high school in California should not be penalized for their parents’ [...]

The U.S. Department of Education has awarded another five-year, $1.1 million “Talent Search” grant to Portland Community College’s Rock Creek Talent Search Program.
The grant will help PCC to continue to provide educational services to 600 low income and potential first generation college students in the Beaverton and Forest Grove School districts to help them graduate [...]

Beginning this month, the National Kitchen & Bath Association and Century College, a community and technical college based in Minneapolis, are offering a six-course online training program; for kitchen and bath design professionals. The NKBA Online Kitchen & Bath Design Courses help NKBA members earn certification credits and education hours that can be applied toward [...]

Cadet Captain Christina Antonietta Zarrilli was awarded for the second year in a row the Chief Flying Eagle Scholarship to attend a Civil Air Patrol National Special Activity.
The Native American Flying Eagle Clan presents annual scholarships to cadets for Civil Air Patrol’s (CAP) intense summer training programs and encampments. The Clan recognizes CAP’s [...]

On behalf of the five member scholarship selection committee, we thank all those who participated in this year’s HHG Health and Wellness Education Scholarship Fund.
Hawaii Health Guide is pleased to announce the 2006 scholarship award recipients:
Patricia Wehman, Honolulu, HI
Brandi Ballard Corpuz, Kihei, HI
Deborah Lee Rabarra (Shapiro), Lahaina, HI

A new scholarship, named after former Big Brothers Big Sisters of Sedgwick County and Kansas CEO Nick Mork, has been awarded.
Desirae Sheffler won the endowed scholarship, worth $1,500. Sheffler is a freshman majoring in social work at Wichita State University.
The scholarship was recently established there for students who are former little brothers [...]

The Federal Education Department shared personal information on hundreds of student loan applicants with the Federal Bureau of Investigation across a five-year period that began after the Sept. 11 terror attacks, the agencies said yesterday.
Under the program, called Project Strikeback, the Education Department received names from the F.B.I. and checked them against its student aid [...]

Boston Latin School alumni have raised $28,000 for a scholarship honoring Imette St. Guillen, a 1999 graduate of the prestigious high school who was slain in New York in February.
St. Guillen’s sister, Alejandra, said in an interview yesterday that she and her mother want to establish a permanent college scholarship for Boston Latin seniors because [...]

For those who always wanted to study abroad but never thought they could afford it, relief is in sight.
A study abroad international scholarship online directory, available at www.StudyAbroadFunding.org, is the only website dedicated to information on study abroad scholarships, fellowships and grants. With the government working to increase international education in order to improve foreign [...]