Five finalists have been announced for the 25th annual Miss Hibernia Scholarship Contest. The contest was open to young women of Irish heritage.
The final phase of judging is open to the public and will take place at 4 p.m., Feb. 3, at Dom Polski Hall, 3415 Linden Road, in Flint Township. Each contestant will give [...]

County Farm Bureau Foundation is accepting applications for the Thomas Lincoln Scholarship, awarded annually in memory of Thomas Lincoln, a Knox County Farm Bureau Young Farmer who died in a car accident.
One $500 scholarship will be given in the spring to a graduating high school senior who has been accepted into an agriculture or agriculture-related [...]

Last week, members of the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass a bill that would cut student loan interest rates in half.
“The motivation is to help college graduates alleviate their debt load and to make college more affordable to students by making loans and loan rates more manageable,” said Nicole Young, press secretary for [...]

Thousands of California students in for-profit and vocational schools will keep their financial aid even if state oversight lapses in July, a federal agency has decided.
Only a handful of the 400,000 students could be affected by the scheduled closure of the state’s Bureau of Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education, a U.S. Department of Education official [...]

Many people think about going to college. Whether they’ve never gone, have attended some college, or already obtained a degree, each person’s situation and career goals are unique.
Some students opt for a traditional school where they attend class in person, on campus. But increasingly more popular is online education. Many choose this option because they [...]

Adding to its extensive line of mortgage publications, websites, database products, and proprietary research for the mortgage market, SourceMedia’s Mortgage Group, publisher of National Mortgage News and BrokerUniverse, announced today the launch of Mortgage University, an array of correspondence and online courses designed to fulfill the professional education and compliance needs of mortgage professionals. Mortgage [...]

Fallon Auto Mall and Churchill County FFA announce that the two organizations raised more than $3,300 in scholarship funds though the Hometown Scholarship Program, which was administered in Fallon from September through December.
Through the program, FFA members accepted suggested donations of $5 from Fallon community members. The donors were then invited to visit the dealership [...]

Financial aid money is available to graduating high school seniors entering a college, university or two-year electronics school through the John D. Bare Memorial Scholarship Fund.
Interested students can obtain an application by submitting a request to M&T Bank, Trustee of the John D. Bare Memorial Scholarship Fund, 13 Baltimore St., P.O. Box 518, Hanover, PA [...]

The African Union (AU) has announced the launch of the Mwalimu Nyerere Scholarship Scheme for science and technology, to boost expertise in scientific research.
The AU said in a statement, that its Department of Human Resources, Science and Technology, is sponsoring the scholarships, to be made available to 50 students interested in civil, mechanical and chemical [...]

The Hispanic Metropolitan Chamber (Hispanic Chamber) will announce the establishment of the Oregon Latino Scholarship Fund on Tuesday, January 30 at 10:00 a.m. in the Meadowlark Room, 3rd Floor of the Portland Marriott Waterfront hotel. A result of support from The Oregon Community Foundation (OCF) and the Meyer Memorial Trust, this endowment fund will provide [...]

Royce and Rita Kay Wilson of Batesville are former Bald Knob graduates who know how difficult it is for some high school students to finance a college education, and they want to make it possible for more students from their hometown to attend college. The Wilsons have recently established the Royce and Rita Kay Wilson [...]

One million Georgia college students have now received HOPE scholarships.
State officials held a celebration yesterday at Georgia State University in Atlanta. On hand was Zell Miller, who ushered in the HOPE scholarship as governor. Miller used the occasion to endorse Governor Perdue’s constitutional amendment to ensure that lottery proceeds are spent only [...]