Archive for October, 2006

The National Union’s scholarship program for 2007

Four awards of $1,500 given each year to children of NUPGE members.
Each year, the National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE) offers four scholarships that reflect its pursuit of equal opportunity for all workers. They are open to the children of the National Union’s 340,000 members who are starting a post-secondary education.

The Tommy Douglas […]

October 23rd, 2006 - Posted in Education, Scholarship

National Union: The Scholarship for Visible Minorities

for $1,500 is open to all visible minority students who plan to enter the first year of a Canadian public post-secondary education full-time in 2007-2008 and who are the children of, or foster children of, a National Union of Public and General Employees member.
It will be awarded to the writer of the best 750-1,000 […]

October 23rd, 2006 - Posted in Education, Scholarship

National Union: The Scholarship for Aboriginal Canadians

for $1,500 is open to all Aboriginal Canadian students who plan to enter the first year of a Canadian public post secondary education institution full-time in 2007-2008 and who are the children of, or foster children of, a National Union of Public and General Employees member.
It will be awarded for the best 750-1,000 word […]

October 23rd, 2006 - Posted in Education, Scholarship

National Union: The Terry Fox Memorial Scholarship

The Terry Fox Memorial Scholarship for $1,500 is open to all students with disabilities who plan to enter the first year of a Canadian public post-secondary education institution full-time in 2007-2008 and who are the children of, or foster children of, a member of the National Union of Public and General Employees.
It […]

October 23rd, 2006 - Posted in Education, Scholarship

National Union: The Tommy Douglas Scholarship

The Tommy Douglas Scholarship for $1,500 is open to all students who plan to enter the first year of a Canadian public post secondary education institution full-time in 2007-2008 and who are the children of, or foster children of, a National Union of Public and General Employees member.
It will be awarded for the best 750-1,000 […]

October 23rd, 2006 - Posted in Education, Scholarship

Doctors donate to YMCA camp scholarship program

The Wilkes-Barre Family YMCA has received a contribution from Drs. Charlotte and Peter Casterline for the Camp Scholarship Fund established in honor of their two children. The Mrs. Corine C. Sheng and Captain Peter L. Casterline Scholarship Fund was established to allow more than 200 underprivileged children the opportunity to attend summer camp at the […]

October 23rd, 2006 - Posted in Education, Scholarship

MIT lands $2M in pair of Amgen scholarship grants

California-based Amgen Inc. has selected MIT as a site for its national scholarship program.
BMIT is scheduled to receive two grants of $1 million each from the Amgen Foundation for its Amgen Scholars program for undergraduate students interested in science and biotechnology.
The money from one grant is earkmarked to fund a 30-student summer […]

October 22nd, 2006 - Posted in Education, Scholarship

ABIC offers post-graduate scholarship

The Association of Bermuda International Companies (ABIC) has teamed up with Georgia State University to offer ABIC’s first ever $50,000 pos-graduate scholarship.
With the university’s Department of Risk Management and Insurance, the scholarship will give a Bermudian student pursuing graduate studies in insurance, actuarial science or risk management support of up to $50,000.
“This is an exciting […]

October 22nd, 2006 - Posted in Education, Scholarship

ACM Foundation announces five scholarship recipients

The Allegany College of Maryland Foundation has announced the awarding of scholarships to five students for study in the 2006-07 academic year.
Maxine Baker of Cumberland received the J. Suter Kegg Scholarship. She is a communication arts technology major. A 1967 graduate of Bruce High School, she later studied at Potomac State College and Ursinus College.
Timothy […]

October 22nd, 2006 - Posted in Education, Scholarship

Environmental scholarship available

Leduc County is again accepting applications for the Environmental Committee Scholarship awards.
The $1,000 awards were established to assist students in post-secondary education studying the environment and environmental stewardship.
“The environmental committee sees its role to try and promote people to be good stewards of the environment. This is such a good program for the community and […]

October 22nd, 2006 - Posted in Education, Scholarship

Foresters Unveils New Scholarship Program Awarding 320 Scholarships Valued Up to $8,000

The Independent Order of Foresters, commonly known as Foresters(tm), unveiled its new Scholarship Program (see Note) for the academic year 2007-2008. Foresters has now extended eligibility to include currently enrolled mature students over 25 years of age; undergraduate university, vocational college or trade school students and students who have taken a year or two break […]

October 20th, 2006 - Posted in Education, Scholarship

Evergreen Scholarship-Bootstraps

In 1945 a group of civic-minded citizens formed Evergreen Scholarship Association to recognize an outstanding graduating senior from Evergreen High School, then the only high school in the Evergreen-Conifer area.
Donations from citizens, the high school PTA, and the Evergreen Women’s Club raised $11,000 in seed money. In the spring of 1946, the association awarded two […]

October 20th, 2006 - Posted in Education, Scholarship