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Winners of 8th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Contest announced

January 20th, 2007

ADC Michigan has announced the winners of its 8th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Contest, which was open to all Arab and Chaldean American high school seniors in Michigan. This year, entries reached record numbers and were received from all parts of the state, a sign of the successful expansion of this program and [...]

MLK scholarship established

January 18th, 2007

Franciscan University of Steubenville has established a $1,000 scholarship commemorating the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Martin Luther King Memorial Scholarship will be awarded yearly to a student who graduated from any public or private high school in Jefferson County. Incoming freshmen, transfer students and graduate students may apply.
Applicants will submit a 500-word [...]

Scholarship honors Fagan, former Green Creek teacher

January 17th, 2007

The Nell Fagan Scholarship to be awarded by the Green Creek Community Center honors a former Green Creek Elementary School teacher who taught generations of area young people.
The community center recently announced the creation of the new scholarship designed specifically for students with ties to Green Creek. Officials and residents say it’s fitting to name [...]

King Scholarship Founder Still Serves Her Community

January 15th, 2007

When she moved here as a young woman in 1961, Eunice Waller was surprised to see few blacks living in the city. She was even more surprised, and a bit angered, when she learned there were no local scholarships available for an outstanding African-American girl graduating from New London High School.
The principal told her the [...]

Logan Receives Grant From HRSA

January 9th, 2007

Logan College of Chiropractic has received a $234,000 grant from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration. The college, located in Chesterfield, Mo., will use the grant to fund the Musculoskeletal and Obstetric Management Study (MOMS).
Since 1998, internal funding has supported the MOMS project, which involves ongoing collaboration between Logan and Washington University School [...]

ECU Notes: $100,000 gift given to start education scholarship

January 8th, 2007

The College of Education recently received a $100,000 pledge to establish a middle grades education scholarship, officials announced.
Jim and Evelyn Kirkland of Lumberton have committed to give $20,000 a year over the next five years to establish the scholarship.
The Kirklands are graduates of East Carolina University. Jim Kirkland received his bachelor’s degree in 1962, and [...]

College students advised to file early for financial aid

January 1st, 2007

Students planning to head off to college next fall should put filing the FAFSA form at the top of their New Year’s to-do list.
Starting Tuesday, anyone planning to attend college next year can jump-start the financial aid process by filing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid.
“If there is anything that is critical, it’s the [...]

Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College (WITC) Rice Lake awarded nearly $10,000 in scholarships to current students for the spring 2007 semester.

December 28th, 2006

Scholarship recipients were honored at a reception hosted by the WITC Foundation on Tuesday, Dec. 12, at the WITC-Rice Lake Conference Center.
The WITC Foundation, a nonprofit charitable organization, provides support to promote, develop, and expand quality education and services of WITC and encourages the success and achievement of students, faculty, staff and alumni. The foundation, [...]

Students awarded bursaries under Security Scholarship Programme

December 4th, 2006

Fifteen students from schools in Kingston’s inner cities received bursaries valued at $15,000 each on Friday, under the government’s Safety and Security Scholarship Programme.
Junior minister in the Ministry of National Security Dr Donald Rhodd said the initiative was timely, particularly in light of research data which estimates that there are approximately 160,000 unattached youths on [...]

Scholarship for a NZ Chamber Ensemble

November 1st, 2006

Inaugural Pettman/ROSL ARTS International Scholarship for a New Zealand Chamber Ensemble: Winner Announced
The winner of the inaugural Pettman/ROSL ARTS International Scholarship is The New Zealand School of Music Graduate String Quartet.
Christobel Lin (20) violin: born Christchurch, University of Auckland, NZ School of
Music, Wellington
Sophie Bird (21) violin: born Auckland, University of Auckland, NZ School of Music,
Wellington
Nicholas [...]