University Park, Pa. - The Master Farmers Association has committed $150,000 to establish a Trustee Matching Scholarship to benefit undergraduate students in the College of Agricultural Sciences who have financial need. The scholarship will be named for the Pennsylvania Master Farmers Association.
Established in 1927 by Pennsylvania Farmer magazine and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the [...]

INDIANAPOLIS - The Irsay family has established a scholarship fund at SMU, the alma mater of Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay.
Applicants must be from Indiana high schools. The program will award one student full tuition for four years, plus room and board if the student lives on campus.
“SMU provided me with a great education and [...]

State lawmakers are looking at gradually increasing coursework requirements for students to qualify for the Hathaway Scholarship over the next several years.
Yesterday the Legislature’s Joint Education Committee discussed minimal requirements that would go into effect in 2008.
The requirements would then be increased through the Class of 2011.
Students currently don’t have to take any particular [...]

Leslie Good of Calico Rock is 2006-2007 recipient of the Twin Lakes Farm and Lawn Scholarship at Arkansas State University Mountain Home. The Twin Lakes Farm and Lawn Scholarship was created in recognition of Danny Montgomery and Twin Lakes Farm and Lawn for providing the college use of mowing equipment, a tradition continued by current [...]

Cora L. Nelson is the recipient of the 2006-2007 Baptist Collegiate Ministry/Spiritual Development Scholarship at Arkansas State University Mountain Home. Established in 1999, the scholarship was created by an anonymous donor who names the scholarship in honor of an individual involved in community service and awards $852 for the academic year. Nelson is pursing a [...]

The federal government is reducing the amount of scholarship money for needy students in 2006, even though college tuition prices are rising, the College Board reported today.
While the average price of a year at a public university has been rising about 6 percent — or about $700 annually — for the past five years, the [...]

An anonymous donor has sparked a new, $50,000 scholarship at Covington Catholic High School, school officials announced at an all-school Mass on Friday.
The donor instituted the John L. Muething Scholarship, which will help pay tuition for students who could not otherwise afford to attend the private school, with a $25,000 donation earlier this fall.
Upon hearing [...]

In a televised campaign ad, Republican Gov. Jim Douglas stands on the campus of the University of Vermont and tells viewers that his Promise Scholarships “cover up to 50 percent of tuition costs for thousands of Vermonters who couldn’t attend college without them.”
It sounds like students can apply now — but those Promise Scholarships don’t [...]

The Akwa Ibom State Government has released the sum of N250 Million under the state government’s scholarship scheme. About N75 million of the amount is for this year’s bursary award to indigenes of the state, who are studying at various tertiary institutions across the country.
Governor Obong Victor Attah who made this known when the Chairman, [...]

Verdugo Hills Council Eagle Scout moms have undertaken the development of a Boy Scouts of America Camp Scholarship Fund to aid financially needy scouts in attending Boy Scout Camp. A committee of “Eagle Moms” hopes to help meet that financial need by hosting an annual fundraising event honoring women in scouting, with the proceeds supporting [...]

The late Stan Spero, whose career at KMPC Los Angeles spanned 45 years, is being honored by the Southern California Broadcasters Association with a scholarship to be awarded in his name.
The SCBA Board of Directors has elected to honor Spero’s contribution to radio in perpetuity with the scholarship, to be awarded on an annual basis [...]

Grant Supports Minority Students’ Pursuit of Higher Education
The Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club Foundation yesterday announced a $1 million grant to the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund (TMSF) to help provide deserving minority students access to higher education. The grant, announced at the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund’s 19th Anniversary Awards Dinner, will be distributed over a three-year [...]