COLLEGE COSTS can be daunting. A year at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst costs Massachusetts residents more than $17,000. A year at a private college can run more than $45,000. At those prices, some students fall into a tuition gap. Even with financial aid, they do not have enough money to pay all their college bills, […]
Bethany College has received a $20,000 West Virginia Experimental Program to Stimulate competitive Research Instrumentation and Innovation grant, according to college officials.
The funds will be used to purchase equipment for the biology department to assist in the teaching and research of physiology and behavior, including equipment used to measure vital signs.
“This substantial enhancement of the […]
The usual education issues of funding, test assessments and school choice will be reviewed this legislative session, but a relative newcomer to the scene — online learning centers — also will draw scrutiny in the statehouse.
Gov.-elect Bill Ritter has said education ranks among his highest priorities. He wants to boost high school graduation rates and […]
Like Kalamazoo, Denver, Colo., draws on the generosity of wealthy donors to offer college scholarships across the board to graduates of its public schools.
The Kalamazoo Promise and the Denver Scholarship Foundation have more than that in common.
Kalamazoo’s program, though it started first, was not the source of the idea for philanthropists Timothy and Bernadette Marquez, […]
The Society of Vacuum Coaters Foundation Scholarship is available to undergraduate and graduate students who are pursuing a course of study important to vacuum coating technology.
Applicable majors include materials science, electronics engineering, chemistry and applied physics.
The Xerox Technical Minority Scholarship is open to minority undergraduate or graduate students pursuing degrees in technical science or an engineering discipline. In order to apply, you must be a high academic achiever (3.0 GPA or better) and be of African-American, Asian, Pacific Islander, American Indian, Native Alaskan or Hispanic descent. You must also be […]
# The SACNAS Conference Travel Scholarship is open to undergraduate (including those enrolled in two-year community or tribal colleges) and graduate students who are attending the Society for Advancement of Chicano/Latino and Native Americans in Science National Conference in the fall. You must be a current SACNAS student member by the financial aid deadline (May […]
The Delzone Research Seeing Is Believing Scholarship is available to students who are now enrolled or expecting to be enrolled in an accredited postsecondary institution in sciences or arts. To be eligible, you must submit an essay of 500-2,000 words that answers the following questions: What is Lasik eye surgery? Describe the pros and cons […]
The Famous People and Their Work Scholarship Contest is available to students who are enrolled at an accredited high school, two-year, four-year college or university in the U.S. You must submit a paper that you have written dealing with a famous person who has made a contribution to our lives and society. You must also […]
-A scholarship has been set up in the memory of a University of Vermont student who was abducted and murdered earlier this year, said the family of victim Michelle Gardner-Quinn.
The scholarship will benefit UVM seniors interested in environmental studies, the same field that Gardner-Quinn was studying when she died, said her parents John-Charles and Diane […]
A scholarship fund started about three months ago in honor of retired Communities in Schools executive director Cynthia Marshall already has surpassed $100,000, directors of the organization announced earlier this month.
“We’re delighted that the response has been so generous, although we had a feeling it would be,” said Bill Jeffries, president of the Communities in […]
Kennametal announced the establishment of a local scholarship program focusing on science and engineering for Lahontan Valley students attending
Western Nevada Community College’s Fallon Campus.
“We are looking to provide opportunities in Churchill County in pre-engineering, science and math classes, that could ultimately benefit our company, but most certainly have a positive impact in the community by […]