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2007 Awards of Excellence Announced by The Foundation for Pentecostal Scholarship

March 27th, 2007

The Foundation for Pentecostal Scholarship (TFFPS) conferred its 2007 Awards of Excellence for Pentecostal scholarship. TFFPS president, Robert W. Graves, announced the awards during the 2007 Conference of the Society for Pentecostal Studies at Lee University. Two book awards and one article award were given.
This year’s book award voting resulted in a tie between [...]

Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarships 2008-2009

March 12th, 2007

Applications for the 2008-09 Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarships, designed to promote international understanding and friendly relations among people of different countries and cultures, are available from area Rotary clubs.
The scholarships are for full-time study abroad for one academic year at a college or university selected by the student and approved by the Rotary Foundation trustees. [...]

LCCC Foundation establishes scholarship honoring longtime journalist

January 30th, 2007

The Laramie County Community College Foundation has established a memorial scholarship for Eleanore Louise Wagner Field, a former college employee and former reporter and editor at the Casper Star-Tribune.
Field was the writer-editor of publications at Laramie County Community College from 1986 until 2000.
She died suddenly in December 2006 at the age of 66.
An accomplished writer, [...]

Nigeria: Evah Awards Scholarship to 25 Ijaw Undergraduates

October 20th, 2006

NATIONAL coordinator of the Ijaw Monitoring Congress (INC), Comrade Joseph Evah, yesterday, in Warri, Delta State awarded scholarship to 25 undergraduates of Ijaw ethnic nationalities studying in various universities in the country as well as donated exercise books and writing materials to 20 secondary schools in the Niger-Delta region.
Speaking on the occasion, which saw each [...]

Hansen Foundation to give UNT scholarships

July 6th, 2006

Dale Hansen, WFAA-TV’s sports director, will sponsor scholarships at the University of North Texas in Denton.
Hansen says The Hansen Foundation plans to raise $100,000 during its first year with a golf tournament and other events.
The first scholarships will be awarded for the 2007-2008 school year. Each scholarship covers four years of tuition, [...]

Tennessee Board Of Regents Online Education Fills Demands For Workforce

March 19th, 2006

Nashville–In response to a statewide demand for a more qualified and skilled workforce, the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) has developed two online educational programs.
The two programs — Regents Online Degree Programs (RODP) and Regents Online Continuing Education and Workforce Development (ROCE) — aim to expand educational opportunities and enhance the skills of the workforce.
TBR [...]

Pueblo Community College Foundation (PCC) Scholarship

February 12th, 2006

If they’ve said it once, they’ve said it a thousand times — but members of Pueblo Community College Foundation never tire of saying everyone has a shot at a postsecondary education.
On Thursday evening, two dedicated members brought these sentiments to the hallways of the Fremont campus. Foundation Executive Director Diane Porter and founding board [...]

Foundation to give LGBT scholarships

February 8th, 2006

A Chicago-based foundation for the advancement of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students is teaming up with the Matthew Shepard Foundation to award three scholarships to high school and college students.
The Point Foundation was created in 2001 to help promote higher education for those discriminated against because of their “sexual orientation, gender expression or gender [...]

Point Foundation Scholarships

January 19th, 2006

The Point Foundation, the first and largest national foundation to support academic achievement in higher education among LGBT students, has opened its 2006 application season by announcing more than a dozen scholarships, including a new partnership with the Matthew Shepard Foundation.
The Point Foundation will also continue its partnership with mtvU, MTV’s 24-hour college network. [...]

Verizon International Foundation Awards Scholarships to 10 More Students at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez

November 30th, 2005

Contribution of $250,000 This Year to a Total of 50 Students Supports Next Generation of Computer Engineers
For the fifth consecutive year, the Verizon International Foundation has presented $5,000 scholarships to 10 first-year students enrolled in the Computer Engineering program at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez. The latest awards bring to 50 the number [...]