Archive for January, 2007

Nebrasky-sponsored student awarded tech scholarship

January 19th, 2007

Kyle Scott, a Chester resident, has been awarded a $2,500 college scholarship by the Bradford White Corporation as part of the Educational Foundation of the Plumbing Heating Cooling Contractors National Association. Nebrasky Plumbing Heating and Cooling, a PHCC member, sponsored Kyle in this effort.
A summer employee at Nebrasky, Scott is a student at SUNY College [...]

NMFA Teams with Military Channel to Expand Spouse Scholarship Program

January 19th, 2007

The National Military Family Association (NMFA) announces a new partnership with The Military Channel to expand the Association’s Joanne Holbrook Patton Military Spouse Scholarship Program. The Military Channel is sponsoring the initiative this year, allowing NMFA to provide additional scholarships to a larger number of deserving military spouses and bringing added exposure and visibility to [...]

Zonta calls for scholarship applicants

January 19th, 2007

The Zonta Club of Spearfish will be taking applications for two $1000 scholarships to be awarded to young women in the 2007 graduating class from Spearfish High School.
One local award recipient’s application will be forwarded to Zonta International for further consideration for additional scholarship awards. Last year, one of the Spearfish award recipients also received [...]

Financial Aid Administrators Deliver New Loan Proposal

January 18th, 2007

A White Paper describing a new educational loan program has been released by a group of school financial aid administrators. The paper urges all entities involved in student loans to rethink the structure of the student loan programs.
Loans have become the major college financing option for students and parents, but as currently structured, these [...]

Kilgore College to join loan program

January 18th, 2007

Kilgore College’s board of trustees voted to re-enter the Federal Family Education Loan Program in the fall, said Chris Moore, school spokesman.
“Kilgore College had gotten out of the federal loan administration business about 15 years ago, when the default rate on our loans was just under 19 percent,” Moore said.
Most of the burden has been [...]

Aetna Donates $50,000 to Increase Minority Student Enrollment at National Labor College and Boost Healthcare Education Program

January 18th, 2007

The National Labor College (NLC) announced today that Aetna has made a $50,000 grant to support scholarships for minority union members and to expand union members’ knowledge of the fast-paced healthcare industry.
“Of all benefits negotiated by union members, healthcare is among the most critical,” said Susan J. Schurman, NLC president. “We need the labor [...]

CUYAHOGA FALLS: Falls electric system offers scholarship

January 18th, 2007

The city’s electric system is accepting applications for its $1,500 annual college scholarship to be awarded to a graduating high school senior.
Applicants must be seniors at a Cuyahoga Falls high school who will graduate in the spring and have met all basic requirements for college or technical school.
Only students who have maintained a grade-point [...]

Educators consider duplicating Kalamazoo scholarship program statewide

January 18th, 2007

A little more than a year after the Kalamazoo Promise was launched, the hope, curiosity and excitement for this novel scholarship program has only grown.
Cities and states have generated proposals to duplicate the program, which guarantees four-year tuition payment at any Michigan public institution for Kalamazoo Public Schools graduates who have resided in the district [...]

MLK scholarship established

January 18th, 2007

Franciscan University of Steubenville has established a $1,000 scholarship commemorating the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Martin Luther King Memorial Scholarship will be awarded yearly to a student who graduated from any public or private high school in Jefferson County. Incoming freshmen, transfer students and graduate students may apply.
Applicants will submit a 500-word [...]

Malaysia: Honda Scholarship Open To Applicants

January 18th, 2007

The Honda Dreams Fund, which provides underprivileged youths with full scholarship to pursue higher education at private colleges and universities in the country, is now open to applicants.
Honda Dreams Fund Project (HDFP) advisory panel chairman, Datuk Dr Denison Jayasooria said the fund would offer 20 full scholarships this year for Malaysians aged 17 to 24 [...]