Minnesota

American Cancer Society Youth Scholarship

January 19th, 2007

The Midwest Division of the American Cancer Society is offering a limited number of scholarships for young cancer survivors who plan to attend a university, college, technical or vocational school in the fall of 2007. The annual Youth Scholarship Program enables young cancer survivors to demonstrate accomplishments made in spite of illness.
Eligibility guidelines for a [...]

St. Olaf College ranks No. 1 in students who study abroad

January 12th, 2007

Minnesota’s private colleges are leading the way in undergraduate study abroad participation, according to the latest Open Doors report published by the Institute of International Education. The report indicates that in 2004-05, of Minnesota students studying abroad 58 percent attended the 17 institutions of the Minnesota Private College Council (MPCC) compared to 30 percent [...]

Fogelsville Fundraising Banquet Set For Scholarship Fund

January 10th, 2007

The Capers annual Minority Scholarship Fund banquet will be held 2-5 p.m. Jan. 28 at the Holiday Inn, Route 100, Fogelsville. Doors will open at 1 p.m.
Capers Lehigh Valley is a nonprofit organization that promotes education by identifying minority students for careers in professional occupations and offering them scholarships in return for a commitment to [...]

CHS Foundation Expands Two-Year College Scholarship Program

January 8th, 2007

First-year agricultural students at two-year colleges are invited to apply for 50 $750 scholarships from the CHS Foundation, which recently expanded its Two-Year College Scholarship Program to provide greater financial assistance to more students. The CHS Foundation is the major giving entity of CHS Inc., a leading energy and grain- based foods company with a [...]

Members Cooperative Credit Union offers scholarship

December 29th, 2006

Members Cooperative Credit Union (MCCU) and the Minnesota Family Involvement Council (MNFIC) are now accepting scholarship applications from students planning to continue their education in the fall of 2007.
All MCCU members are eligible to apply for two $1,000 scholarships available to high school graduates. One $1,000 scholarship and two $500 scholarships for continuing education students [...]

Minnesota Association of Townships offers 7th annual scholarship program

December 12th, 2006

The Minnesota Association of Townships is again offering a township scholarship program for high school Juniors in the state of Minnesota. Up to four $1,000 scholarships will be awarded. This is the seventh annual scholarship program.
The Minnesota Association of Townships is a nonprofit corporation representing Minnesota townships while promoting an understanding of the heritage [...]

Scholarship foundation formed for Blizzard

December 3rd, 2006

An innovative initiative is afoot in the Junior “A” Central Division of the NAHL. Supporters of the Alexandria Blizzard hockey players, independently of team management and ownership, recently formed a scholarship foundation which is aptly named “The I.C.E. Foundation.” The foundation is named for its purpose — Investing in College Education. It is a non-profit [...]

MSU establishes scholarship for agriculture department leader

November 15th, 2006

A new scholarship named for agriculture department head Dr. Anson Elliott has been established at Missouri State University.
The first scholarships will be awarded at the annual Agriculture Scholarship Banquet next fall.
The scholarship for agricultural leadership will be awarded to students at Missouri State University for their academic achievements and their demonstrated potential to become future [...]

Online education patent tests boundaries

August 28th, 2006

Every day, millions of students taking online college courses act in much the same way as their bricks-and-mortar counterparts. After logging on, they move from course to course and do things like submit work in virtual drop boxes and view posted grades — all from a program running on a PC.
It may seem self-evident that [...]

Bemidji NTC partners with Marco for scholarship, intern program

August 24th, 2006

Marco, a St. Cloud business, recently established the Northwest Technical College (NTC) Scholarship-Intern Program.
Marco selected NTC as a partner to help hire future skilled sales specialists in various areas of technology solutions.
Program highlights include 50 percent second year tuition reimbursement, a paid internship and a sales position offer after successfully completing the sales marketing and [...]