The La Cañada Thursday Club announced this week applications are now available for its annual scholarship awards.
One of the main philanthropic projects of this 95-year-old organization is to further the youth of this community in their academic endeavors. Each year, members of the Thursday Club celebrate youth at a May tea meeting by hosting and [...]

The Dalai Lama, Buddhist monks and some of the world’s leading neuroscientists all gather once a year at a conference on the latest discoveries in neuroplasticity: the study of how the human brain can change itself. (This is the second book the subject due out in March, along with Norman Doidge’s The Brain That [...]

It’s official! Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the seventh and final book in J.K. Rowling’s magical Harry Potter series, will be released on July 21, 2007. In the February 1 announcement from the book’s publisher, Lisa Holton, President of Scholastic Children’s Books, said, “We are thrilled to announce the publication date of [...]

An Indian American student from Long Islands has shared a $30,000 annual scholarship sponsored by Siemens, the German electronics conglomerate.
Vijay Jain, a senior at Herricks High School in New Hyde Park, New York and Jinju Yi, a senior at Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School, New York shared the scholarship for fourth-place in the [...]

While chocolate and flowers are traditional Valentine gifts, perhaps for students the best gift is a $1,500 college scholarship.
The Scholarships for Military Children program might be just the ticket this Valentine’s Day, but don’t procrastinate because applications must be turned in at a commissary by close of business Feb. 21.
The scholarships are available to unmarried [...]

For high school seniors looking to enter into the growing fields of graphic design and the culinary arts, it takes more than just focus, hard work and dedication to make things happen.
It takes financial resources that aren’t always within reach for many families. And that’s why The Art Institutes system of 32 locations across the [...]

The Edward C. Farrell Memorial Scholarship Foundation is accepting applications for its $1,000 scholarship to be awarded in June.
Eligible applicants must be Ledyard residents and seniors at Ledyard High School, The Williams School, an area technical school or St. Bernard High School.
Applicants will continue their education at a college, university or technical school.

Hundreds of college-bound students whose parents draw state salaries could find themselves disqualified from receiving private financial aid this year because of the recently passed “Ethics in Government” initiative.
Amendment 41, approved by voters in November, bars state employees and their dependents from receiving “gifts” of $50 of more.
Curt Martin, director of financial aid at Mesa [...]

The Medical Societies of Chenango and Otsego counties are seeking candidates to receive monetary grants from the Lee C. Van Wagner Scholarship Loan Fund. The fund provides grants to qualified county students who have been accepted to osteopathic or medical schools approved by the Association of American Medical Colleges. Recipients of the grant would [...]

‘New Zealand’s success in securing over 300 Saudi Arabian Scholarship students speaks volumes for the quality of our education offering and the way in which Universities and stakeholders have been able to work together to attract students’ says Robert Stevens, Chief Executive of Education New Zealand, responding to today’s announcement by Tertiary Education Minister Michael [...]

University of Wyoming President Tom Buchanan encouraged a Senate committee Wednesday to set high standards for the state’s Hathaway Scholarship recipients.
The House recently voted to allow students who pass only basic classes required for high school graduation to have access to some scholarship funds, rejecting a proposal from a joint interim committee that called for [...]

Windward Community College is hosting a free, one-stop shop introduction to scholarship organizations Thursday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Hale `Akoakoa.
The event will introduce students, and perspective students, to organizations that can offer financial aid.
The participating organizations:
# WCC Financial Aid Office
# College Connections
# Hawai`i Community Foundation
# Liko `Ae
# Kamehameha Schools Scholarship
# Na [...]