Rowan-Cabarrus Community College has received a $61,109 grant from the N.C. Biotechnology Center.
RCCC will use the funds to develop and conduct “Train the Counselor” workshops under which counselors from community colleges, local four-year colleges, public high schools and area career centers will learn how to advise students and clients on biotechnology-related careers in the Charlotte […]
Republic High School counselors have rescheduled a financial aid night for seniors and parents because of the ice storm.
The event is now at 7 p.m. Feb. 12 in the high school auditorium. It will have information for students applying for financial aid to attend college.
The LSU Office of Student Aid & Scholarships will hold Financial Aid Night on Tuesday, Feb. 13, at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center on LSU’s campus. The event runs from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. and will inform potential college students and their parents on financial aid packages available to college students and how to […]
A private student loan provider is moving to Austin with plans to hire more than 200 people.
Education Finance Partners Inc., based in San Francisco, will open a customer operations center in North Austin. The location will house loan operations, customer service, technology and human resources. It expects to bring the site up to full capacity […]
In an effort to boost educational opportunities for students in the 20th District and around the state, State Senator Joy Padgett (R - Coshocton) is seeking to nominate high school graduates from the class of 2007 for the Ohio Association of Career Colleges and Schools (OACCS) Legislative Scholarship Program. If chosen, students are given assistance […]
A scholarship was recently established in memory of Simone Grant Timoney, a 1983 graduate of Catawba College. Simone’s aunt, Sylvia Wiseman of Salisbury, gave the initial gift to establish the Simone Grant Timoney Endowed Scholarship.
Timoney received a bachelor of arts degree, majored in theatre arts and speech and frequently appeared on the Hedrick Little Theatre […]
The Day Kimball Hospital Philanthropy Committee is accepting nominations for their annual health care scholarship.
The Susan Chilkott Memorial Scholarship is awarded to individuals pursuing a career in health care, and is available to residents of Woodstock, Thompson, Ashford, Eastford, Pomfret, Putnam, Chaplin, Hampton, Brooklyn, Killingly, Canterbury, Plainfield and Sterling.
Bernice King graduated from Spelman College in 1985 with a degree and a commitment to one day establish a scholarship at her alma mater to help other women complete their studies.
Today, she kept her promise by establishing the Be A King scholarship at the nation’s pre-eminent liberal arts college for African-American women, in honor of […]
The Baptist Health Foundation of San Antonio is donating $156,710 toward the Baptist Health System School of Health Professions for health care scholarships.
The money will support 130 semester scholarships to students working toward degrees in nursing and allied health.
Baptist Health Foundation President and CEO W. Frank Elston says trustees decided to release these […]
The deadline for qualifying first-time freshmen to apply for scholarships at UL is Wednesday.
UL offers incoming freshmen a host of scholarships that include the Jefferson Caffery Scholarship, the Academic Scholarship, the Centennial Scholarship, the Academic Excellence Scholarship, the Distinguished Freshman Scholarship, the Distinguished Freshman Housing Scholarship and the Centennial Valedictorian Scholarship.
To apply for a scholarship, […]
Blair Oaks High School is sponsoring a new scholarship, the Peggy Luebbert scholarship, in the amount of $2,500, for the class of 2007. Luebbert is a veteran English teacher who will retire at the end of the school year.
Gary Wilbers, a 1985 graduate and owner of Mid-America Wireless, is making the scholarship available. He is […]
Arizona State University is seeking solutions to issues facing the state from high school seniors.
The Young Steward of Public Policy Scholarship is based on an essay about a public issue important to the state. Students will have to analyze a specific public issue affecting the state and its residents and include specific recommendations for policy […]