Archive for the ‘Scholarship’ Category

Borneo Bulletin Journalist Wins Prestigious Fulbright Scholarship

July 7th, 2007

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 Announces $2,000 in Scholarship Awards

July 7th, 2007

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 and German University Team Up to Grant Scholarship for Masters Degree in Computer Science

July 7th, 2007

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 [...]

N.L. offers scholarship for fish research on anniversary of cod moratorium

July 3rd, 2007

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 [...]

Scholarship Energizes Gay NYU Student

July 3rd, 2007

Bristol native Benjamin Ancher had not planned to be an advocate for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual cause.
In high school, he wore the cap of a star swimmer at Bristol Eastern High School, breaking three school records. His time in the water, he said, taught him commitment and dedication.
“It gave me something to focus [...]

GIA’s 2008 Liddicoat Scholarship Fund Campaign Kicks Off

July 3rd, 2007

The Gemological Institute of America’s fifth annual Richard T. Liddicoat Scholarship Fund Campaign is now underway and will run through December. Contributors will be helping qualified individuals build their careers in the gem and jewelry industry.
The RTL Scholarship Fund was created by the GIA Alumni Association in 2003 to honor Liddicoat, GIA’s longtime president and [...]

Two Brunei Students Awarded One-Month Scholarship To France

June 28th, 2007

Two Brunei students have both been awarded a month-long scholarship to study at a French university beginning early July 2007. The two French language students of Universiti Brunei Darussalam are Dyg Haziyah bte Hj Awang and Awg Mohammad Salehin bin Hj Basir. The French Embassy and Mr Samuel Gandin – the French lecturer at UBD [...]

Province’s scholarship fund pumped up by oil and gas revenue

June 27th, 2007

The Alberta government is using some of its energy revenue windfall to add $227 million to the province’s largest scholarship fund.
Premier Ed Stelmach has announced a 35% increase to the Alberta Heritage Scholarship Fund, bringing its total value to $851 million.
The program provides annual scholarships to high school students as well as undergraduate and graduate [...]

Midcoast AAUW Scholarship recipients

June 27th, 2007

Three college-bound students, one from each of the counties of Waldo, Knox, and Lincoln, have received scholarship awards from the Midcoast Maine Branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW).
In addition to managing her small family farm near Belfast, Skye Lawrence commuted to school on Islesboro each day as part of a magnet [...]

PCHS Scholarship Selection Process Criticized

June 27th, 2007

The Pinckneyville Community High School board of education heard from parents at their Monday meeting who questioned objectivity in the awarding of a scholarship provided by the Southern Illinois Coaches Association and the Egyptian Officials Association.
Wade Graskewicz and Casey Hawkins told the board that awarding the scholarship during the past school year to Bryant Hale, [...]