Some facts: Eighty-two percent of graduates will attend post-secondary education. Together they earned about $1.5 million in scholarships. Seven enlisted in the military.
Behind the scenes: Faculty and other volunteers coordinating graduation often have inglorious tasks, such as collecting chewing gum before the procession, but school counselor Tery Krisher said she loves the job. “It’s so [...]

The Victoria College is offering summer programs to help out high school students who are not college-ready and middle school students who excel in class.
VC received a grant from the Texas Higher Education Board that will allow it to offer a program called Summer Scholars to upcoming 11th-graders.
“It is a four-week program, and what we [...]

More than 5,200 students at Kansas State University are academic scholarship recipients for the 2006-2007 school year. Students are listed by their hometown.
Butler County
Andover: Austin Garrett Delimont, $1,460 Barbe Family Scholarship; Megan Ann Enns, $525 A. Sidney McIntire Memorial Scholarship and $725 Richard L. Clarke Scholarship; Bradley Warren Fouse, $240 G.E. Johnson Engineering Scholarship and [...]

Orbital Technologies, a leading Vancouver-based provider of outsourced software product development services, announced today the first award of its University of Victoria Scholarship.
The first cash award of the Orbital Technologies Inc. Scholarship was presented to Susan Perkins in recognition of her academic achievement and community service. Ms. Perkins is currently completing her Bachelor of Software [...]

Local grads cashed in in a big way on post-secondary school opportunities, thanks to their high marks, leadership skills and community involvement.
Colby Ramsay, who graduated from Penticton secondary school, tops the list with the $140,000 Morehead Scholarship he won to attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The scholarship covers all the costs [...]

The University of Arkansas – Fort Smith has released the names of almost 300 new scholarship recipients at UA Fort Smith for fall 2006.
The students, by town of residence, include:
Ada, Okla.:
Tisha L. Campbell of Ada, Okla., has received an Ed Ballman Foundation Scholarship at UA Fort Smith. She is the daughter of Clayton and Dahlra [...]

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Agents for Western Union Money Transfer in Sierra Leone have concluded a joint end-of-year back-to-school raffle draw that offers thirty scholarships to primary school pupils.
Pupils whose parents have been collecting or sending money through Union Trust Bank (UTB) and Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) courtesy of Western Union qualified for the draws for transactions done between [...]

The Good News is that there’s plenty of money out there for high school grads who want to continue their studies.
School board staff and trustees are entertained and informed prior to each bi-monthly meeting by delegations from schools with achievements to share.
It’s called “Good News from the Schools.”
Tuesday night’s board meeting showcased some scholarship winners [...]

Over 175 scholarships were awarded at the Battle Creek Community Foundation’s Annual Scholarship Reception, which took place on May 24, 2007, at Kellogg Arena. These scholarships, including annual renewals on those awarded previously, total over $600,000! Scholarship selection criteria vary, depending on the donor’s interest; however, academic performance, financial need, and school/community/church involvement are the [...]