Applications are being accepted for the William E. Simon Fellowship for Noble Purpose through the Intercollegiate Studies Institute.
The fellowship is a $40,000 unrestricted cash grant to a graduating college senior who has demonstrated “passion, dedication, a high capacity for self-direction and originality in pursuit of a goal that would strengthen civil society.”
Two $5,000 cash awards [...]

Italian American Festival Foundation scholarships will be available for the 2007 academic year.
To qualify, applicants must be of a person of Italian-American heritage who will be a May or June graduate from a Stark County high school. A total of $8,000 will be awarded.
For an application, submit a written request to: Italian American Festival Foundation, [...]

Applicants for Robert H. Jentes scholarships must meet one or more of the following eligibility requirements:
- Children of employees of the former McLain Grocery Co. or Fleming Foods.
- Members of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Massillon, attending or entering an institution of higher learning.
- Students attending or entering Wittenberg College in Springfield and residing in [...]

Four area teens have reached the semifinals of a scholarship program sponsored by Coca-Cola. Kristen Jones, Jerry Kent and Susana Sanchez of Bloomingdale High and Breanna Kelly of East Bay High join 2,100 other seniors competing for a total of $3 million from the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation.
A panel will review applications in February and select [...]

CEFCO Convenience Stores, a business unit of Fikes Wholesale, Inc., contributed $15,000 to establish the C. E. Fikes (CEFCO) Endowed Scholarship at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, located in Belton, Texas.
The scholarship is named in honor of C. E. Fikes, native of Cameron, Texas and founder of Fikes Wholesale.
CEFCO c-stores, a chain of 70 convenience [...]

Rebecca Walton is an actress, an Old Town Playhouse volunteer and a top theater student at Northwestern Michigan College.
She’s also the first generation in her family to go to college _ a fact that helped the Bellaire High School graduate earn a free ride as an Northwestern Michigan College commitment scholar.
Since it began in 1993, [...]

The Dabney S. Lancaster Community College Educational Foundation has announced the availability of the Virginia Firefighters Foundation Scholarship. The scholarship was established in 2001 by the Virginia Firefighters Foundation to provide tuition assistance to dependents of Virginia firefighters who wish to study at DSLCC.
According to Helen Kostel, Scholarship Chairman, initial disbursements were made to colleges [...]

Competing in the Badger State Games may now be possible for everyone.
An anonymous donation to the Wisconsin Sports Development Corporation may allow those less fortunate to be able to compete in the games.
The money was given to the WSDC under the agreement that it would start a scholarship fund.
Scholarships will be given to those who [...]

Town Clerk/Tax Collector Desiree Mahurin has received the Anne Ingemundsen Scholarship after successfully completing the New Hampshire Town Clerk-Tax Collector Certification Program.
“Desiree has shown great enthusiasm for the program and, I am sure, has benefitted from attending,” said Certification Committee Chair Kathy Seaver.

WNB A £ 3000000 (BPS) worth ‘KASTAH’ scholarship has been decreed upon to be awarded on an annual basis for outstanding research, doctoral and post-doctoral studies in natural disasters managements and relevant areas. The scholarship is named after the four recipients of the ‘Century Merit Award’– Kofi Annan; former UN secretary general, Shadow Intl; a [...]

Authorities want you to be on the look out for a scam artist who says they’re collecting money to send kids to college.
Leaders at Gulf Coast Community College say they’ve received reports a scam artist is going door-to-door asking for donations to a scholarship fund.
Do not give this person money.

The Timothy McElroy scholarship fund, created in the name of the late president of Proto-Vest, Inc., has donated money to the Promise Village Home for Children, a charitable non-profit organization, a release from the company stated.
According to the release, Proto-Vest, Inc., a manufacturer of carwash drying equipment, handles all administrative costs for the fund to [...]