It has been more than twenty years since desktop publishing reinvented design, and it’s clear that there is a growing need for designers and artists to learn programming skills to fill the widening gap between their ideas and the capability of their purchased software. This book is an introduction to the concepts of computer [...]
In Handbook for the Spirit, an extraordinary group of thinkers and teachers, including Andrew Harvey, Sue Bender, Rev. Michael Beckwith, Barbara De Angelis, and Marianne Williamson, celebrate their personal experiences of the divine. Previously published as For the Love of God, the book features the Dalai Lama on the central importance of kindness; Sue [...]
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 [...]
More than 5,200 students at Kansas State University are academic scholarship recipients for the 2006-2007 school year. Students are listed by their hometown.
Butler County
Andover: Austin Garrett Delimont, $1,460 Barbe Family Scholarship; Megan Ann Enns, $525 A. Sidney McIntire Memorial Scholarship and $725 Richard L. Clarke Scholarship; Bradley Warren Fouse, $240 G.E. Johnson Engineering Scholarship and [...]
Western Nevada Community College students got the opportunity to personally thank the individuals who are helping them earn a college degree at the WNCC Foundation’s sixth annual Scholarship Appreciation & Recognition Reception.
The event celebrated the success of 175 students who received a total of $156,000 in scholarship awards. Foundation funds contributed $109,600 of this total [...]
More than 1,600 black U.S. high school seniors are semifinalists in this year’s competition for awards in the National Achievement Scholarship Program, conducted by National Merit Scholarship Corp. Achievement are expected eventually to be awarded to some 800 students.
Here are area semifinalists:
Illinois
Aurora: Jasmyn A. Martin, Aurora East High; Adedayo O. Adesokan, Jorrell R. Bonner, Rhiana [...]
The Narcissa Whitman chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution has announced the winners of the William and Mary Hambelton Scholarship for 2006-2007.
Selected from a large pool of applicants were Jamin Ankney, Elizabeth Walsh and Lauryn Baranowski.
Ankney is a student at Yakima Valley Community College, where he has a 4.0 grade point average and is [...]
Recent graduates of Hamburg High School are beginning their first year in colleges and universities. Nineteen of these college freshmen received scholarships administered by the Hamburg High School Honors Scholarship Board. These scholarships are funded by alumni, various businesses in the area, school patrons, organizations, and other interested parties.
The purpose of this program is to [...]
The University of Arkansas – Fort Smith has released the names of almost 300 new scholarship recipients at UA Fort Smith for fall 2006.
The students, by town of residence, include:
Ada, Okla.:
Tisha L. Campbell of Ada, Okla., has received an Ed Ballman Foundation Scholarship at UA Fort Smith. She is the daughter of Clayton and Dahlra [...]
The Point Foundation announced today that it has granted scholarships to 30 outstanding gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students. The Point Foundation provides financial support, mentoring and hope to meritorious students who are marginalized because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.
“Our newest Point Scholars represent the best and brightest in our community, coming [...]