The 2007 Miss Genesee County Program (formerly known as Jr. Miss) is being held Saturday evening Sept. 30th, 7 p.m. at the Le Roy Jr./Sr. High School Auditorium , 9300 South St. Rd., Le Roy. The program is presented in Cooperation with the YWCA of Genesee County, Inc.
Fourteen area high school senior girls are in [...]

A scholarship fund has been set up in memory of Bonnie Thomas of Monkton, who died Aug. 17, five days after being thrown from a horse during a show.
Thomas, 59, had worked at Garrison Forest School for 18 years.
Her husband, Glenn Thomas, and daughter, Wendy Chesser, have established a memorial fund that will support the [...]

The Ika National Association USA, Inc., a non-profit organisation, is awarding a four-year scholarship to one needy student per Clan - a total of 12 students in any accredited Nigerian tertiary institution. The Clans include those of Ika North East, Ika South Local Government areas and Ika Communities in the eastern part of Edo State [...]

Tower Hill Lions has given away a $500 scholarship to Shawn Jordan of Pana.
Shawn qualified for the scholarship with his outstanding scholastic achievements. Shawn and his mother was at the Tower Hill Lions Club to accept the check from Club President Jerry Miller and responded with a grateful acceptance speech.
Tower Hill Lions and Lionesses presents [...]

Applications for the prestigious Auscott Scholarship are now being invited. The scholarship is open to students who reside in the Narromine and Warren shires and attend school at Warren, Trangie, Narromine or Dubbo.
The scholarship covers course fees and living expenses up to a maximum of $10,000 per year. HECS costs are not covered. Currently there [...]

Last fall, 28 students in Naperville School District 203 were named National Merit Scholarship semifinalists.
This year, 28 students from Naperville North High School alone achieved the honor, as did 26 students from Naperville Central High School.
The grand total of 54, which is nearly double the number of National Merit Scholarship semifinalists from a year [...]

A state commission that approves legislators’ grants is closely reviewing scholarship grants after a legislator pleaded guilty to paying gambling debts with grants disguised as scholarship money.
At a meeting Wednesday, the Executive Commission for Community Service Grants wouldn’t approve legislators’ grants for scholarship money to be sent to foundations associated with two-year or four-year colleges.
State [...]

A scholarship is being created this year to honor the late R.J. Snow, a prominent Dixie State College alum and member of the Board of Trustees.
Snow passed away in a car accident in June. In order to honor him with something lasting and substantial, those close to Snow decided to start an endowment in his [...]

Junior scholarship shoot-out in Valencia, Spain to be held Sept. 18-19
Woodcliff Lake, NJ - September 13, 2006– There is no slowing Formula BMW USA. With Robert Wickens’ name in the record books as 2006 Formula BMW USA champion, the series is already preparing for the 2007 season by searching for the next group of BMW [...]

Northern Nevada is home to 45 of the state’s 90 high school seniors named as National Merit Scholarship semifinalists, the organization has announced.
The students are among the approximately 16,000 semifinalists nationwide who have the opportunity to continue in the competition for one of the 8,200 Merit Scholarship awards, worth $33 million, that will be offered [...]

Incoming high school seniors are encouraged to visit http://www.horatioalger.org and apply for a Horatio Alger Scholarship. These scholarships recognize adversity and need above all other criteria. Applying for the scholarship requires no cost or future obligation.
The Horatio Alger Pennsylvania Scholarship is an honor that will provide inspiration to young people to continue to aspire for [...]

It’s been a great summer for Austin Gallagher.
The reigning Lancaster-Lebanon League All-Star pick and Pennsylvania High School Baseball Coaches Association All-State selection — who helped the Blue Streaks win the league title, the District 3 Quad-A crown and reach the state championship game last spring — had tryouts for three professional teams this summer.
In one [...]