The Caribbean Hotel Foundation (CHF), the non-profit subsidiary of the Caribbean Hotel Association, announced on 26 January the beginning of its 2007/2008 Scholarship Program for Caribbean hospitality employees, educators, and students wishing to pursue studies or professional development courses related to the tourism industry.
In 2006, the CHF reached a record amount of US $144,500, which [...]

The Caribbean Hotel Foundation (CHF), the non-profit subsidiary of the Caribbean Hotel Association, announced today the beginning of its 2007/2008 Scholarship Program for Caribbean hospitality employees, educators, and students wishing to pursue studies or professional development courses related to the tourism industry. Application forms are now available at the CHF website www.caribbeanhotelfoundation.org, and from the [...]

MEMBERS OF the Caribbean Educators Association (CARE) have awarded scholarships to two graduating high school seniors of Caribbean descent, and have donated school supplies and toys to the Woodlawn School of Special Education in Mandeville, Manchester.
The scholarship recipients are Kaidero Hutchinson, a Jamaican national of Pahokee Senior High School, who intends to attend Florida State [...]

U.S. and Caribbean nationals interested in pursuing studies in media, broadcasting or public speaking are being offered scholarship awards in the memory of Christian communications professional and former CNN news anchor Andria Hall.
The SpeakEasy M.E.D.I.A. Foundation opened the application process for two grants which will be awarded to a high school student from the United [...]

Motorola, Inc. and the Motorola Foundation today announced a US $20,000 donation to the Association of Caribbean Commissioners of Police (ACCP) to create the ACCP/Motorola Scholarship Fund. The announcement was made at the ACCP’s Annual Banquet, part of the ACCP’s General Meeting and Conference held this year in Nassau, Bahamas.
The ACCP/Motorola Scholarship Program will [...]

THE West Indies Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists on Saturday announced the establishment of a centennial scholarship fund in celebration of its 100th anniversary.
The announcement was made treasurer of the union Pastor Herman Ming during the offering collection at a special commemorative service under the theme ‘Ebenezer! Hitherto hath the Lord helped us’ at the [...]

NEW YORK – Student loan companies are under fire for reportedly offering bonuses, iPods and free trips to U.S. college and university administrators.
The New York Times said one student loan company earlier this year invited administrators and their spouses to attend a free education conference in the Caribbean.
Data from the College Board shows that college [...]

It turns out there probably will not be much talk about education on the Caribbean island of Nevis this February. The student loan company that invited university officials and their spouses to an expenses-paid education summit meeting there has canceled the event.
George Pappas, a senior vice president of the loan company, EduCap Inc., had said [...]

MULTI-TALENTED Barbados hockey player Dareece Dyall has landed a four-year scholarship at the London Metropolitan University (LMU).
The 19-year-old defender, who made her senior debut at this year’s Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Championships in the Dominican Republic this year, leaves the island tomorrow for England where she will play hockey and pursue a bachelor’s degree [...]

The Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture invites applications for a one-year Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in any area of early American studies, to begin July 1, 2007.
The award carries a year’s support to revise the applicant’s first book manuscript and the Institute’s commitment to publish the resulting study. The Institute’s [...]