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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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’, […]
Rosie Lopez, an educator and community advocacy leader, will be honored with the establishment of the Rosie Lopez Student Advocate Scholarship.
The Arizona Association of Chicanos in Higher Education created the scholarship to honor Lopez during the 20th anniversary of the Arizona Hispanic Community Forum, a volunteer-based advocacy group she formed in 1987. Thus far, more […]
The Oshkosh Garden Club will present their annual Home For the Holidays Luncheon on Saturday, Nov. 17 at the Oshkosh Country Club.
The entertainment will be Ron Reynolds who will perform his tribute to Frank Sinatra.
Cocktails begin at 11:30 a.m., followed by a gourmet luncheon at noon. There are basket raffles in numerous themes and also […]
The new Professional Program in Veterinary Medicine at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has received first endowed student scholarship fund.
Janet Beachler Day of Lincoln, an alumna of the UNL College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, established the endowed fund with a gift to the University of Nebraska Foundation. Annual income from the fund will be […]
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, […]
A small private Catholic college is changing its name as it undergoes a major expansion.
Marian College President Daniel J. Elsener said the 70-year-old school will become The Marian University.
The name change coincides with a $100 million plan to expand the school’s campus on Indianapolis’ northwest side.
Elsener wants to build a new residence hall and athletic […]