Lincoln Educational Services Corporation announced that it entered into a definitive purchase agreement to acquire Briarwood College for approximately $11.4 million in cash. Briarwood is regionally accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) and currently offers two Bachelor’s degree programs and 31 Associate’s degree programs to approximately 700 students from Connecticut [...]

Lincoln Educational Services Corporation announced that it will host a conference call to discuss its third quarter 2008 earnings on Wednesday, November 5, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time. A news release outlining Lincoln’s financial results will be issued before 9:30 a.m. Eastern time on the same day.
To access the live web cast of the [...]

The Lincoln County Family and Community Education Council is offering two scholarships for students from Lincoln County.
The $300 Agriculture/Family & Consumer Science scholarship is provided for any high school senior from Lincoln County who plans to pursue a degree in family & consumer science or agriculture at an accredited four year college in Nebraska or [...]

Ephraim McDowell Health is accepting applications for a health care scholarship for the fall 2009-spring 2010 school year. Scholarships are available to high school seniors or college students from Boyle, Casey, Garrard, Lincoln, Mercer and Washington counties. The application deadline is Feb. 15.
To be eligible for the scholarship, high school students must be in the [...]

Through 150 striking color photographs, Obama: The Historic Campaign in Photographs charts the road to Barack Obama’s nomination as the first African American to lead the presidential ticket of a major party. Announcing his campaign in Springfield, Illinois, on February 10, 2007, Obama stood on the grounds of the Old State Capitol, where Abraham [...]

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 new Professional Program in Veterinary Medicine at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has received first endowed student scholarship fund.
Janet Beachler Day of Lincoln, an alumna of the UNL College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, established the endowed fund with a gift to the University of Nebraska Foundation. Annual income from the fund will be [...]

Three college-bound students, one from each of the counties of Waldo, Knox, and Lincoln, have received scholarship awards from the Midcoast Maine Branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW).
In addition to managing her small family farm near Belfast, Skye Lawrence commuted to school on Islesboro each day as part of a magnet [...]

The Canterbury Growers Society is offering a $3,000 scholarship for people wanting to get into the horticulture industry.
The funding will help a student in the first year of study towards a Bachelor of Commerce in horticulture management at Lincoln University.
The Society says the industry suffers from a shortage of suitably qualified staff and an example [...]

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has announced that Brittany Ruttman of Grand Island has been awarded a $500 Phi Theta Kappa Scholarship. Recipients of this scholarship must be a member of Phi Theta Kappa, the transfer student honorary, and meet transfer scholarship criteria.