Archive for the 'Education' Category

Pinnacle donates $160,000 to the med school scholarship drive

Pinnacle Cos. is donating $160,000 to the University of Central Florida’s College of Medicine scholarship drive.
The donation will fund one full scholarship, which includes tuition and living expenses for four years.
UCF so far has received funding for 22 scholarships, with a goal of bringing in 40 totaling $6.4 million to fund education costs for its […]

January 23rd, 2008 - Posted in Education, Scholarship

Funding boost sought for scholarship program for Iraq, Afghanistan vets

Gov. Martin O’Malley wants to increase by $150,000 a state scholarship fund for veterans of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to help eliminate a waiting list.
The Maryland Higher Education Commission launched the $500,000 fund last February to assist veterans of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq enroll in undergraduate programs at state colleges and […]

January 23rd, 2008 - Posted in Education, Scholarship

How college financial aid works

It is in the government’s best interest that its citizens be well educated. For that reason, there is a system to provide college monies for those who can demonstrate need.
To qualify for financial aid, a student must complete the FAFSA (www.fafsa.ed.gov) either on paper or online. Using the information from the FAFSA, the government determines […]

November 28th, 2007 - Posted in Education, Financial Aid

Indian-origin students in Rhodes Scholarship list

Several Indian-origin students have found a pride of place among the 32 named last week to receive the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship for 2008.
Six students of Indian or South Asian origin are among the recipients of the scholarship, the oldest international study awards available to American students.
Each will receive scholarships to study at the University of […]

November 28th, 2007 - Posted in Education, Scholarship

Lawsuit dismissed against student loan agency

A lawsuit seeking to stop Missouri’s student loan agency from supplying money to Gov. Matt Blunt’s college construction plan has been dropped.
A Cole County judge had denied a request in September to temporarily bar the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority from paying the first installment of Blunt’s $350 million plan. Although the initial request failed, […]

November 28th, 2007 - Posted in College Loans, Education, Student Loan

CEA, Study Abroad Program Provider, Appoints Dr. William Davey as Vice President of Academic Affairs

CEA, the leading global marketplace for quality study abroad programs for university and college students, announced today that it has named Dr. William Davey as Vice President of Academic Affairs. An internationally recognized expert in cross-cultural communications, Dr. Davey is charged with overseeing CEA’s academic initiatives and development with a particular focus on the signature […]

November 28th, 2007 - Posted in Education, Study Abroad

Rotary scholarships available for Wilton college students to study abroad

College sophomores, juniors and seniors who want to study a language and live abroad starting any time after July 2009 for three months or for a full academic year should apply by March 1 for a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship.
Interested students should look at the rotary.org Web site to download the Ambassadorial Scholarship […]

November 28th, 2007 - Posted in Education, Study Abroad

Prepare for college, too, parents told

Three professionals who work in the fields of finance or education tried to better prepare parents on what to expect to pay for college at the “ Paying for College Without Going Broke” seminar Tuesday evening at the Fayetteville Public Library.
Anne Butt, a Fayetteville High School college and career advisor, Bryan Hembree, director of academic […]

November 7th, 2007 - Posted in College Loans, Education

Academic Financial Solutions Advises Recent Graduates Not to Delay on College Loan Consolidation

Academic Financial Solutions, a leading student loan debt consolidation company based in Tampa, Florida, alerts college graduates who graduated last May or June not to delay on college loan consolidation.
“Waiting to consolidate will be costly,” says Michael Babb, President of Academic Financial Solutions. “Many student loan borrowers don’t realize that their six-month grace period is […]

November 7th, 2007 - Posted in College Loans, Education, Student Loan

MATC Receives $10,000 Biotechnology Grant

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.

November 7th, 2007 - Posted in College Grant, Education

Sierra Leone: Western Union On Scholarship Promotions

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 […]

November 7th, 2007 - Posted in College Grant, Education, Scholarship

Alabama’s Grant ready to impress home-state crowd in Mississippi

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’, […]

November 7th, 2007 - Posted in College Grant, Education