Paul Newman is donating $10 million to a central Ohio college to help start a scholarship fund.
The 82-year-old actor graduated from Kenyon College, a private liberal arts school, in 1949 with a degree in drama and economics.
A spokesman for the college says Newman’s donation will fund partial and full scholarships for 15 to 20 students [...]

Rotary District 5190 is looking for candidates to award a one one-year Ambassadorial Scholarship for $26,000.
The Ambassadorial Scholarship is a program of the Rotary Foundation. The purpose of the scholarship is to support the mission of the foundation to further international understanding and world peace.
Eligibility: Applicants must have at least two years of university or [...]

The Golden Hill Parent Teacher Association is pleased to announce the formation of “The Diane Leo Honorary Scholarship for Teaching.” This scholarship will be presented annually beginning this June to a graduating senior at S. S. Seward Institute interested in pursuing a degree in teaching.
This scholarship has been created to honor local legacy Mrs. Diane [...]

Money from an anonymous donor in Lakeland is funding a full scholarship for a fellowship in integrative medicine to be granted to a physician serving socio-economically disadvantaged patients in the area.
The dollar amount of the donation to the University of Arizona Program in Integrative Medicine wasn’t disclosed. It will fund the Brenda Craft Service [...]

YOU Inc. has been awarded a $1 million, four-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education for a three-way partnership aimed at helping low-income students in Southbridge public schools go to college. Nichols College in Dudley is also involved.
Coined Southbridge Upward Bound, up to 50 freshmen at Southbridge High School, whose parents did not attend [...]

Governor Timothy M. Kaine announced today that Virginia nursing students may be eligible for scholarships of up to $40,000 through the Commonwealth of Virginia Nursing Scholarship Program.
The state is facing a shortage of nearly 16,000 nurses by 2015, the governor said in making the announcement.
Administered by the Virginia Department of Health, the $200,000 initiative is [...]

The Oklahoma RedHawks will honor the memory of the late Col. Dr. Brian Allgood and raise money for a University of Oklahoma Medical School scholarship in his name at the RedHawks’ 7:05 pm game against Colorado Springs on Saturday, June 2 at AT&T Bricktown Ballpark.
Allgood, first cousin of RedHawks Executive Director John Allgood, was the [...]

The Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation Act, a bill that would increase and diversify student participation in study abroad programs, is expected to reach the floor of the United States House of Representatives within the next few weeks.
The bill would appropriate $80 million for grants used to provide opportunities to students for study abroad [...]

Interest rates on federally backed loans for college students are set to edge higher on July 1, a student lender said Tuesday.
Based on the results of a Treasury Department bill auction, the in-school rate on the federal Stafford loan will rise by 0.08 percentage point from 6.54 percent to 6.62 percent, according to College Loan [...]

Interest rates on federally backed loans for college students are set to edge higher on July 1, a student lender said yesterday.
Based on the results of a Treasury Department bill auction, the in-school rate on the federal Stafford loan will rise by 0.08 percentage point from 6.54 percent to 6.62 percent, according to College Loan [...]