Archive for March, 2007

Roberta Flack Concert to Benefit Dillard University Scholarship Program

Grammy winner Roberta Flack will perform a concert to benefit Dillard University’s scholarship program at the New Orleans Convention Center at 8 p.m. on Friday, May 18, 2007.
“We are very excited and extremely honored to host Ms. Flack during her stay in New Orleans and look forward to her sharing her extraordinary talent with our […]

March 30th, 2007 - Posted in Education, Scholarship

The Sallie Mae Fund Reminds Students That Scholarship Deadlines Are Less Than One Month Away

The Sallie Mae Fund — the philanthropic arm of the nation’s leading saving-and-paying for college company, Sallie Mae — today reminded students and families that several important scholarship application deadlines are right around the corner. For those students looking to apply for The Sallie Mae Fund “First in My Family” or “American Dream” scholarships, applications […]

March 30th, 2007 - Posted in Education, Scholarship

New Scholarship Offered For Black UCLA Students

A private group led by several prominent UCLA alumni say they hope a new scholarship they’re bankrolling for black students will boost enrollment by African Americans.
The group is headed by L-A businessman Peter J. Taylor and leaders of UCLA’s Black Alumni Association.
They say they will make their first scholarship offers in the next few days […]

March 30th, 2007 - Posted in Education

ASML Announces the Henk Bodt ASML-TU/e Scholarship Fund

ASML Holding NV (ASML) today announced a scholarship fund set up as a tribute to Henk Bodt, who retires after 12 years as Chairman of the ASML Supervisory Board. The scholarships, jointly financed by ASML and Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), fund up to 40 outstanding master’s degree students per year and include a three-year […]

March 29th, 2007 - Posted in Education, Scholarship

Speare president achieves fellowship

Michelle McEwen, Speare Memorial Hospital’s president and chief executive officer, has become a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), which has been called nation’s leading professional society for healthcare leaders.
McEwen said she has spent the past few years being certified. She said that the criteria have changed through the years but it […]

March 29th, 2007 - Posted in Education, Fellowship

Deadline for CNES media fellowship extended

NEW DELHI: media professionals who wish to study issues related to the North-east can now apply for the Third CNES-Setu National Media Fellowship by April 15.
This follows the extension of the deadline for receipt of applications for the fellowship, instituted by the Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research.
The fellowship carries an award of […]

March 29th, 2007 - Posted in Education, Fellowship

Jazz Pharmaceuticals Launches Sleep Medicine Fellowship Grant Program

Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced the launch of the Jazz Pharmaceuticals Fellowship Training Grant in Sleep Medicine for physician and research Fellows conducting original peer-review research in sleep medicine. Four $50,000 one-year grants will be awarded at the beginning of the 2008-2009 academic year to support promising research conducted by Fellows in accredited sleep training […]

March 29th, 2007 - Posted in Education, Fellowship

ENTRIES CLOSE SOON FOR $20,000 GRANT MCLENNAN FELLOWSHIP

Queensland-based songwriters have until Friday to submit their entries for the inaugural $20,000 Grant McLennan Fellowship before applications close.
Acting Premier Anna Bligh urged aspiring and practising songwriters to complete and send in their applications for a chance to further their careers.
“Enquiries about the Grant McLennan Fellowship have been received from across the state and I […]

March 29th, 2007 - Posted in Education, Fellowship

Student gets fellowship to research black culture

Katherine Chilton, a student in Carnegie Mellon’s Ph.D. program in history, was awarded a research fellowship from the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History earlier this month. The fellowship will help to further Chilton’s research for her dissertation, titled “Gender, Labor, and Family during Slavery and the Transition to Freedom in the District of Columbia […]

March 29th, 2007 - Posted in Education, Fellowship

Annual fellowship to focus on mobility in the Balkans

Balkan journalists are invited to apply for a seven-month fellowship to research and report on transitional and reform issues in southeast Europe and the European Union at large. Application deadline: April 27.
The Balkan Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence will provide ten journalists with a EU€2,000 (US$2,650) research stipend and an additional EU€2,000 travel stipend to produce […]

March 29th, 2007 - Posted in Education, Fellowship

Fun fellowship at Rotary Ball

Grand Bahama Rotarians experienced a night of sophisticated dining and entertainment at the annual Rotary Ball on Saturday night.
Held in the Crown Ball-room of the Our Lucaya Convention Centre, the ball showcased the many projects of the Grand Bahama clubs, and gave those in attendance an insight into the dedication to service that all Rotarians […]

March 29th, 2007 - Posted in Education, Fellowship

JAS scholars hold outreach and fellowship activity

Some two hundred students from the Catanduanes State Colleges enjoying scholarship benefits from Cong. Joseph Aldea Santiago conducted an outreach and fellowship activity last Sunday, March 18, 2006, at Barangay Marilima in the Municipality of Virac.
The students, beneficiaries of the Congressional Initiative Scholarship Program and the Emergency Fund Assistance for Students, both funded out of […]

March 29th, 2007 - Posted in Education, Fellowship, Scholarship