Below is a listing of scholarship opportunities available to local students:
# Altrusa International, Inc. of Fond du Lac: a $1,000 scholarship is available to any graduating senior of Fond du Lac High School, St. Mary’s Springs High School, Winnebago Lutheran Academy or Horace Mann High School in North Fond du Lac.
Selection is based upon personal [...]
The American Safety Council, in conjunction with AAA and Taggart’s Driving School, announces the approval of its 30-hour online driver education course that meets Georgia’s new Joshua’s Law requirements for teen drivers and is approved by the Georgia Department of Driver Services (DDS).
Called Joshua’s Law, the State of Georgia now requires 16-year-olds to complete an [...]
Alicia Keys wants to help talented youngsters go to college, so the Grammy award winner is offering $5,000 scholarships to students from Atlanta and three other cities.
The four scholarship winners will be selected from Atlanta; Jacksonville, Florida; New Orleans and New York City’s Harlem neighborhood.
The Open Doors Scholars Program is part of Frum Tha Ground [...]
The Gaylord Green Scholarship, which for the past five years has been offered to only seniors at St. Regis and Superior high schools, is now being offered to students in all four classes, freshman through senior.
Details on the Mineral County Scholarship:
Annual amount $2,000 per award per student – $8,000 total for four years
Applicant Qualifications: Any [...]
In 2004, Kimmel & Associates, the largest search firm in the United States dedicated to construction, announced the creation of the Kimmel & Associates Scholarship for Students in Construction. Since it was introduced, the Scholarship for Students in Construction has been awarded to 180 students at 76 colleges and universities in 34 states around the [...]
Auburn University capped off an 11 win season with one final, and very rewarding victory, the “Pontiac Game Changing Performance of the Yearâ€. Thanks to their special team play against the National Champion University of Florida during week 7 of the NCAA football season , and their strong online voting support by their fans, students [...]
On many Saturday afternoons, Harrison Collie, a varsity baseball player at Houston’s Lamar High School, turns down invitations to work out, play ball or grab lunch with friends.
The 17-year-old plans to graduate in May with the prestigious International Baccalaureate diploma. And that means he has spent countless weekends at home, reading novels and writing essays [...]
A diploma isn’t the only thing college graduates carry with them when they leave school.
The average student now enters the working world with $16,000 to $20,000 in student loans to repay, a burden that nearly doubled over the last decade.
House Democrats hope to reduce that debt load by slashing interest rates on some student loans [...]
College financial aid seminars will be held in January for students and parents of public, private, charter and home schools.
The free seminars, which will cover college scholarships and financial aid, will be held at Polk County high schools in January.
Seminar topics will include the scholarship search, Florida Bright Futures Program, financial aid sources and publications, [...]
The most important education reform bill proposed here in decades, one that would give scholarships to special-needs children, has been introduced by state Sen. Eric Johnson of Savannah, the Senate’s President Pro Tem — a position second in power to the lieutenant governor.
Watch for the defenders of the status quo, the more-money it’s-not-our-fault crowd that [...]