Upcoming minority science graduates across the country may now have even more opportunities to study at Carnegie Mellon.
Recently, Carnegie Mellon and Microsoft Corporation joined forces to establish a new scholarship for college graduates planning on studying entertainment technology.
The entertainment and devices division at Microsoft established the Microsoft Entertainment and Technology Diversity Scholarship on August 16.
The [...]
Platinum Corral, LLC a 13-unit Golden Corral franchise operator with headquarters in Jacksonville, N.C., has announced that East Carolina University student Megan Cusumaro has been awarded the Bob Glancy Scholarship Award. The award is named after former Platinum Corral manager Bob Glancy, who passed away after a long battle with cancer and awards a [...]
Now, thanks to her friend Margaret Dennis, a retired school administrator, Ayonayon will attend her first college class next Tuesday at California State University, Bakersfield. And it happened so fast Ayonayon is still almost bewildered by it all.
Ayonayon’s former boss at the Kern County Superintendent of Schools Office, Don Fowler, introduced her to Dennis three [...]
Two twenty-something donors have established a $35,000 Ultimate Frisbee scholarship fund at the Pittsburgh Foundation to benefit an exemplary player from the Pittsburgh High School Ultimate League. The PHUL has 23 teams with 350 players representing 18 local high schools. The Pittsburgh Foundation is one of the nation’s largest community foundations.
The donors, Darren Schultz, [...]
Gov. Matt Blunt’s plan to use student loan profits for a college building boom was put on hold Friday after a warning from Attorney General Jay Nixon’s office that anyone voting for the plan could be sued.
The board of the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority had been expected to vote Friday on the plan to [...]
Many college freshmen around the country are enjoying their first taste of freedom this week — both financial and otherwise. Nellie Mae, the student-loan organization, recently reported that the average college freshman carries more than $1,500 in credit-card debt, and by graduation that amount is likely to double. Here’s a quick guide to sensibly using [...]
Kim Ju-myung(13), a first grader of Okjong Junior High School in a country town surrounded by Mount Jiri in Hadong, Gyeongnam Province, is looking forward to having the second round of online English education through the screen which starts from September 12.
Kim and 22 first and second graders of this school became very confident in [...]
Utah’s college student loan debt is the lowest in the country, according to a study by the Project on Student Debt.
The nonprofit group based in Berkeley, Calif., also found that states with the highest cost of living do not necessarily have the highest levels of student loan debt.
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Latino students majoring in music business or music with demonstrated songwriting skills are encouraged to apply for the ASCAP Foundation Rudy Perez Songwriting Scholarship, good for up to $2,000 at San Antonio College.
Complete applications, including an audio compact disc recording with two original compositions, must be submitted by Sept. 22.
For more information call Rose [...]
Under this scheme, commencing September 2006, Mohammed Jalal & Sons will finance the first academic semester for students who wish to purchase a brand new Suzuki.
Through this scheme, UOB students who have recently bought a brand new Suzuki are eligible to enter an exclusive raffle draw sponsored by Mohammed Jalal & Sons. The lucky winner [...]
Two large stewards of scholarship programs for youth — the Dayton-Montgomery County Scholarship Program (DMCSP) and the Dayton Foundation — have formed a new partnership intended to better serve Montgomery County students seeking college scholarships. The $14 million DMCSP now is the foundation’s single largest fund.
“This partnership is a perfect example of two large funders [...]
Anna Fedkina, Central nursing student, was awarded a scholarship from the National American Arab Nurses Association in the field of registered nursing.
At a value of $1,000 per recipient, the scholarship was one of five awards intended to support nursing students.
The five scholarships awarded were the freshman scholarship, registered nurse, minority student, masters in nursing and [...]