Joann and Benny Pearce of Fayetteville, NC, have recently established and endowed a scholarship at Campbell University. The Pearces are career educators who served the Cumberland County School System for over 30 years—Benny as teacher, principal, and Assistant Superintendent of Schools and Joann as a teacher and principal. The scholarship will be awarded to prospective [...]

Like Kalamazoo, Denver, Colo., draws on the generosity of wealthy donors to offer college scholarships across the board to graduates of its public schools.
The Kalamazoo Promise and the Denver Scholarship Foundation have more than that in common.
Kalamazoo’s program, though it started first, was not the source of the idea for philanthropists Timothy and Bernadette Marquez, [...]

Scholarship applications are now available for the Eighth Annual Women for Women Workshop and Resource Fair scheduled to take place from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27 at the Oregon Coast Aquarium.
The event is co-sponsored by Oregon Coast Community College, Newport Business and Professional Women, and Altrusa International of Yaquina Bay and is [...]

Students looking to ease the burden of college tuition might find the financial relief they need at the Morgan County Scholarship Fair.
The event will be 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Mooresville High School cafeteria.
In its second year, the scholarship fair brings together school counselors from all five school districts in Morgan County, as [...]

SWITZ CITY – The Greene County Foundation is hosting a county-wide scholarship and career fair from 5-9 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 5 at the Greene County Cooperative Extension Service at 4-H Fairgrounds.
Many colleges, universities and employers will be on hand to answer questions from Greene County high school students and their parents about programs and [...]

Some Lincoln University students will be eligible for a new, $500 scholarship endowed Friday by Embarq, the local-exchange telephone company spun off earlier this year from Sprint.
The company has donated $10,000 to LU’s Foundation to establish the Embarq/Lincoln University Scholarship Fund.
Company spokesman Greg Gaffke, who also is a Lincoln curator, told fellow board members Thursday [...]

Some Lincoln University students will be eligible for a new, $500 scholarship endowed Friday by Embarq, the local-exchange telephone company spun off earlier this year from Sprint.
The company has donated $10,000 to LU’s Foundation to establish the Embarq/Lincoln University Scholarship Fund.
Company spokesman Greg Gaffke, who also is a Lincoln curator, told fellow board members Thursday [...]

The families of Thomas F. Marshall and William J. Herdrich recently created a new endowed scholarship fund at the Rush County Community Foundation in memory of Thomas F. Marshall.
The “Thomas F. Marshall Scholarship Fund” was established in memory of Judge Thomas Marshall by his wife Marylu, William and Debbie Herdrich and Heather Herdrich Meckes in [...]

Scholarship application deadline for Oregon Coast Community College Foundation scholarships for the 2006 fall term is Monday, July 10. The foundation has received additional scholarship funding, according to A.T. Ronan, college development director.
She said, “Our total scholarships are now at $35,880 which potentially will assist 36 OCCC students. The foundation board of directors is very [...]

The Gaylord/Otsego County Chamber of Commerce has announced it will present two culinary art scholarships to Otsego County residents pursuing a career in the hospitality field.
The $1,000 scholarships have been made available by the proceeds of the 2006 Taste of Gaylord event and the generosity of Keith Gornick, owner of the Otsego Club and Resort [...]