ATHENS — The Athens Rotary Club established a scholarship to assist students attending Athens State University.
The club completed a $10,000 endowed schol-arship when it presented University President Jerry Bartlett a check for $4,000.
The scholarship will be awarded through the Athens State University Foundation. The club’s scholarship committee will select the student.

The summer study abroad program is one of UD’s most successful and attractive programs and provides students with the unique opportunity to take time to expand their cultural horizons without leaving their education behind. Each year the program grows and improves, and this year is no exception, according to Sally Raymont, the program’s director.
Summer study [...]

The University of Georgia Arch Foundation has established a scholarship fund to help UGA students study in other countries in honor of university President Michael Adams and his wife, Mary, both strong proponents of international education.
The foundation created the fund in recognition of the 10-year anniversary of Michael Adams appointment as UGA president.

The dreaded Q&A that lingers at the conclusion of any study abroad program is the price one must pay for enjoying a four-month sojourn in an exotic location.
Much like entering through customs, I’ll have to pass rigorous conversations that will test my patience and resolve before I’ll be allowed to return to my common place [...]

Beverly Baskin, President and CEO of the Better Business Bureau of Eastern North Carolina, announces today that Claudia Antolin, a graduate of Athens Drive High School, has been awarded a $2,500 scholarship after being nominated by the Latino Community Credit Union. As a member firm of the BBB of Eastern North Carolina, the Latino Community [...]

A new scholarship at a Valley university will make sure the memory of a man killed in a crash will live on.
Jerry Camp died in October when the van he was driving collided with a school bus near Athens.
Camp’s family is announcing the scholarship to preserve his memory.
Athens State University will make the award.

WAVERLY – The annual Scholarship Challenge event kicked off its 27th season Thursday with a special luncheon held at The Club at Shepard Hills.
The luncheon was attended by the team advisors from the 24 Twin Tier high schools participating in the senior high edition and the six middle schools that are taking part in the [...]

Six Nigerian athletes will begin preparations for the 2008 Beijing Olympics this month on the scholarship of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
The athletes, who will train in Senegal, Germany and Tunisia, signed their contracts with the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) in Lagos on Wednesday.
The beneficiaries are Samuel Francis and Chinonyelum Ohadugha (track and field), Grace [...]

The following area high school seniors were nominated by their schools for the Star-Gazette’s annual scholarship. The winner was William P. Chandler of Athens Area High School. The other nominees:
•Danielle M. Bannister, daughter of Richard and Norma Bannister, Odessa-Montour High School.
•Melissa A. Christensen, daughter of Ann Updike and Richard Christensen, Hammondsport Central School.
•DeAnna M. Cleveland, [...]

Honors colleges at Arizona State University and the University of Washington will soon be home to several new Clark County high school graduates, part of a new wave of National Merit Scholarship winners announced last week.
Seven local seniors are among 2,400 winners of college-sponsored awards nationwide, stemming from high scores on their junior-year Preliminary Scholastic [...]