Two New Scholarships Among AAJA’s 2006 Programs
The Asian American Journalists Association is awarding the largest amount of student scholarships in its history.
“We are grateful that these major media companies and supporters recognize the need to diversify newsrooms by encouraging young people to become journalists,” said AAJA executive director Rene Astudillo. “By increasing the number of [...]

Concord Law School of Kaplan University, a pioneer in online legal education, celebrated the graduation of 74 students on Saturday, Aug. 2, at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. This graduation, which included 50 graduates of the Juris Doctor program and 24 from the Executive Juris Doctor program, helped mark the school’s 10th [...]

Ten outstanding students pursuing careers in the beef industry have each been awarded a $1,500 scholarship provided by the CME Group and the National Cattlemen’s Foundation. The CME Group has sponsored this scholarship program for 18 years.
Each scholarship winner wrote a 750-word essay that identified key issues confronting the beef industry, and suggested [...]

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 [...]

Lane Cigna of Mellon Bank has informed All About Jazz that the Bank has partnered with Temple University’s Boyer College of Music and Dance, as Boyer celebrates its 25th Anniversary. They are offering a $5,000 “Mellon Jazz scholarship” there. The application period closes May 1, 2007.
Questions regarding the Mellon Jazz scholarship at Temple Univeristy or [...]

The Pennsbury Scholarship Foundation celebrated its 50th anniversary and Veterans Day at the Sheraton Bucks County Saturday night.
Volunteers were treated to a full-course meal, live entertainment and demonstrations by Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems of Newtown Township and Morrisville’s Air Products, which provides specialty gases to businesses around the world. Employees from Air Products, a [...]

The Sam Houston State University Department of Theatre and Dance is hosting its 50th Anniversary Scholarship Gala on Saturday beginning at 6 p.m. in the University Theatre Center. All proceeds from the gala benefit student scholarships for theater, dance and musical theater.
Kandice Harris, manager for the University Theatre Center, said Charles Schmidt was the driving [...]

The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) and Microsoft Canada today announced the winners of CFIB’s 35th anniversary scholarship program. Fifteen $1,000 scholarships have been awarded to university and college students from across the country who exemplify CFIB’s small- and medium-sized business owner members’ values of achievement, entrepreneurship, creativity and community building.
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Nine high school and college students received scholarships totaling $15,000 at the DFW Network of Hispanic Communicators’ annual scholarship awards brunch Saturday in Fort Worth.
Nine high school students also received a total of $1,650 in cash prizes for their winning essays on immigration reform, the theme of this year’s 24th annual high school writing contest.
The [...]

The CHS Foundation announced Mar. 20 that it will award 25 college scholarships in celebration of the 75th anniversary of CHS Inc.
The $1,000 scholarships, available to high school juniors who will be graduating in the spring of 2007, will be awarded based on academic achievement, activities and two essays – one about ideas for keeping [...]