Mohamed Bakri endured political strife in Sudan, confronted language barriers in the United States and worked while raising a family on his way to graduating summa cum laude at the University of Minnesota.
Now Bakri, 44, is among 33 out of a pool of more than 970 nominated candidates to receive a slice of the “world’s [...]
The Filipino-American Presidents Club of Guam is sponsoring a scholarship fair from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 18 to 19 at the Agana Shopping Center’s center court. FAPCG Club scholarship applications for the University of Guam and also other available scholarships are for the Navy Collegiate Programs to be presented by Edgar Dimagiba of [...]
A man who helped evacuate a school bus full of children after the deadly interstate bridge collapse has a generous offer to consider.
Jeremy Hernandez, 20, dropped out of Dunwoody College of Technology because he couldn’t afford the $15,000 tuition. Now, he can finish his two-year automotive technician degree for free if he wants to come [...]
Young golfers now have the chance to get the best possible start thanks to the Golf At Goodwood Scholarship Programme’s partnership with Frozen Rope.
Frozen Rope will give every student a set of bespoke custom-fit clubs tailored to their abilities.
In addition the company monitors their development and makes any necessary adjustments as their game progresses.
The scholarship [...]
Kevin Paz, a resident of Kihei and student of the Maui Community College’s Maui Culinary Academy, has been selected to receive the first Alexander & Baldwin Culinary Arts Scholarship award, which pays full tuition — and more — through an endowment funded by the Alexander & Baldwin Foundation.
Paz just completed his second semester at Maui [...]
Over 175 scholarships were awarded at the Battle Creek Community Foundation’s Annual Scholarship Reception, which took place on May 24, 2007, at Kellogg Arena. These scholarships, including annual renewals on those awarded previously, total over $600,000! Scholarship selection criteria vary, depending on the donor’s interest; however, academic performance, financial need, and school/community/church involvement are the [...]
State Board of Education members have approved 115 private schools to participate in the first year of a scholarship program for disabled children —- slightly more than the 100 campuses that participated in the start of a similar program in Florida.
Principal Kim Wigington is thrilled her small, three-year-old campus —- located in the Sunday school [...]
Two nominees of the government of Liberia in the employ of the Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization (BIN) have been awarded three months scholarship by the government of India.
The two employees, Mr. Isaac Nyanplu Teah and Mrs. Mae Angie Brooks are to undergo training in “Advanced Software Technology under the ITEC Programme.
The training is from [...]
The Embassy of the United States in Brunei Darussalam is pleased to announce that Zul-Fakhri bin Maidy has been selected to receive the prestigious Fulbright Scholarship for 2007.
Zul-Fakhri - the fourth Fulbright Scholar from Brunei to pursue graduate education in the US since the reactivation of the programme in 2004 - will be leaving at [...]
2Futuro is pleased to announce the awards of two scholarships of $1,000 each to Mayra Alvarez, a student at California State University, Los Angeles, and Jason Gates, a student at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City. They are the first recipients of scholarships awarded through random monthly drawings that 2Futuro conducts [...]
Versant today announced that it will grant a 2-year scholarship to a talented student pursuing a masters degree in computer science specializing in Databases/Information systems at Hamburg University in Germany. In launching the new “Versant Advanced Database Scholarship”, Versant, with its European Headquarters in Hamburg, Germany, and Hamburg University will jointly select a talented student [...]
The Newfoundland and Labrador government is creating a university scholarship it hopes will encourage further study into the recovery of precious cod stocks off the province’s coast.
The Dr. Wilfred Templeman Memorial Scholarship, named after the late fisheries researcher, commemorates the 15th anniversary of the northern cod moratorium.
The scholarship, which will provide $5,000 for a two-year [...]