Archive for December, 2006

New Requirements for Millennium Scholarship

The Board of Regents say current freshmen and sophomores now need four years of math to be eligible for the Millennium Scholarship. Millennium scholarship winners can receive as much at $10,000 for their college undergraduate program. Students must pass the high school proficiency exam and earn a diploma at a Nevada high school with a [...]

Monday, December 4th, 2006

C-TEC student gets integrity scholarship

Micah Trumpower, a Career and Technology Education Centers of Licking Counter architectural engineering and design student, recently received a Student of Integrity Scholarship sponsored by the Better Business Bureau.
Sixty-six students in Central Ohio applied for the scholarship by submitting essays, and he was one of 10 winners.

Monday, December 4th, 2006

Students awarded bursaries under Security Scholarship Programme

Fifteen students from schools in Kingston’s inner cities received bursaries valued at $15,000 each on Friday, under the government’s Safety and Security Scholarship Programme.
Junior minister in the Ministry of National Security Dr Donald Rhodd said the initiative was timely, particularly in light of research data which estimates that there are approximately 160,000 unattached youths on [...]

Monday, December 4th, 2006

UC limits support for travel studies

Concerned by last summer’s Hezbollah missile attacks that threatened archaeology students in northern Israel, the University of California-Berkeley has suspended courses in countries subject to a U.S. State Department travel warning. Besides Israel, the list includes Indonesia and the Philippines.
The new policy threatens to end UC-Berkeley’s 21-year presence at Tel Dor, the site of an [...]

Monday, December 4th, 2006

Crossroads College Prep receives $145,000 scholarship grant

Crossroads College Preparatory School said recently that it received a $145,000 scholarship grant from Interco Charitable Trust for students from the Herbert Hoover Boys & Girls Club.
Crossroads College Preparatory School, for grades 7 through 12, has an annual budget with about 30 percent earmarked for scholarships, according to a release. The co-ed school has an [...]

Sunday, December 3rd, 2006

Scholarship in Memory of Cornelius Martin

The Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce has announced a scholarship in the honor of an area businessman killed in a tragic accident.
The Chamber will award a $500 scholarship to a non-traditional female undergraduate attending Western Kentucky University, through the Cornelius Martin Athena Scholarship fund.
The fund has been established within the College Heights Foundation and [...]

Sunday, December 3rd, 2006

Cochise College scholarship list

The Cochise College Foundation and Cochise College provided a variety of scholarships available to students for the 2006-2007 academic year. The scholarships are listed below and students are encouraged to begin the application process as soon as possible, remember to do continuous research for other available scholarships.
If you have any questions regarding scholarships, contact the [...]

Sunday, December 3rd, 2006

Scholarship foundation formed for Blizzard

An innovative initiative is afoot in the Junior “A” Central Division of the NAHL. Supporters of the Alexandria Blizzard hockey players, independently of team management and ownership, recently formed a scholarship foundation which is aptly named “The I.C.E. Foundation.” The foundation is named for its purpose — Investing in College Education. It is a non-profit [...]

Sunday, December 3rd, 2006

Special-Needs Scholarship Program Proposed in Kentucky

Kentucky state Rep. Stan Lee (R-Lexington) proposed a school choice bill for special-needs students this fall. If it passes, it will be the first school choice program of any kind in the state.
Lee’s plan would let parents of special-needs children use scholarships to send their kids to other public schools or participating private schools for [...]

Sunday, December 3rd, 2006

Morgan County Scholarship Fair provides opportunity for students

Students looking to ease the burden of college tuition might find the financial relief they need at the Morgan County Scholarship Fair.
The event will be 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Mooresville High School cafeteria.
In its second year, the scholarship fair brings together school counselors from all five school districts in Morgan County, as [...]

Sunday, December 3rd, 2006

Scholarship scheme to continue

The One-District-One-Scholarship programme funded by profits from digit lottery sales will be continued, government spokesman Yongyuth Mayalarp said during a TV show this morning.
“There will be no changes on this because government sees it as a good programme,” said Mr Yongyuth on “Direct from Government House” which aired on government-owned Channel 11 and numerous radio [...]

Sunday, December 3rd, 2006