Delta Dental of Illinois has made a $250,000, five-year grant to the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry to modernize the existing pre-doctoral dentistry clinic. When the renovations are complete, the clinic will be named the Delta Dental of Illinois Pre-doctoral Pediatric Dentistry Clinic.
The contribution will help the UIC Department of Pediatric Dentistry […]
The Texas Engineering Extension Service in College Station has received a grant of $86,744 from the Economic Development Administration (EDA), U.S. Sen. John Cornyn announced Monday. The grant will be used to make operations more efficient. It comes through the U.S. Department of Commerce.
“This is good news for the future of economic development in College […]
John Morgridge choked up Tuesday as he spoke about the older brother who helped pave his way to college.
He was a metaphorical genie, Morgridge said, granting his wish to attend school away from their Wauwatosa home.
Now Morgridge hopes to grant such wishes many times over.
The California philanthropist and his wife, Tashia, on Tuesday formally unveiled […]
A $2 million Department of Labor grant is expected to help ease the nursing shortage in Southwest Virginia.
The money is going to expand nursing and other health-related programs at four community colleges across the region. Mountain Empire Community College, Southwest Virginia Community College, Virginia Highlands Community College, and Wytheville Community College will each benefit from […]
Wilson College was recently awarded $313,275 in grant funds from the National Science Foundation’s Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics program.
The grant will be used to provide scholarships of up to $10,000 a year for full-time female students majoring in biology or chemistry.
The scholarships will be available beginning with the fall 2008 semester, according […]
Plainfield Central High School senior Kristina Knowski won a $20,000 scholarship to attend the Academy of Art in Chicago.
Knowski, 18, was accepted to the Academy of Art earlier this year, but she had to “audition” — by demonstrating her artistic abilities — to receive the full-year scholarship.
On Sept. 29, Knowski and about 150 other […]
UND officials Wednesday announced a new scholarship available this fall for entering freshmen who scored 24 or higher on the ACT.
That’s the average score for admitted students under the school’s stricter admissions standards implemented two years ago.
The scholarship will give $1,000 per year to students who meet ACT and other requirements, including:
– At least a […]
Agricultural biotech giant Monsanto is lending a hand to Madison Area Technical College (MATC) students with a $10,000 grant.
The money will help pay for some state-of-the-art equipment that students will use to learn biotechnology techniques that they may soon see in the workplace, officials said.
Agents for Western Union Money Transfer in Sierra Leone have concluded a joint end-of-year back-to-school raffle draw that offers thirty scholarships to primary school pupils.
Pupils whose parents have been collecting or sending money through Union Trust Bank (UTB) and Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) courtesy of Western Union qualified for the draws for transactions done between […]
Just like every other high-profile college football prospect, Terry Grant felt a little pressure coming out of high school.
But Grant wasn’t just feeling pressure from the teams that were recruiting him. The Lumberton, Miss. native was also feeling it from the community.
“People would call me all the time saying ‘you need to got to MSU’, […]
A new federal grant awarded to LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City will help provide increased educational services to veterans.
Recently, the college’s Veterans Program was awarded a $250,000 a year grant for the next five years from the U.S. Department of Education’s Veterans Upward Bound program.
For Samuel Farrell, […]
Today Amcore Bank dished out 250-thousand dollars to help fund a program aimed at expanding the Rockford campus.
The 58-thousand square foot expansion among other things, will include a new pharmacy program, a renovated auditorium, and a new library.