Western Governors University, the leading non-profit online university, will extend the deadline for the WGU Reservists and National Guard Scholarship to June 30, 2009. This scholarship is designed to help members of the Reserves and National Guard attend college online.
The WGU Reservists and National Guard Scholarship is valued up to $1,500 and can be used [...]

St. Charles, in partnership with the Illinois Municipal Utilities Association, is offering a scholarship program for high school seniors.
Each applicant is asked to submit an application and essay of 500 words or less addressing: “Global warming is a matter of universal concern, an issue that, in order to be resolved, will require a tremendous amount [...]

Gov. Martin O’Malley wants to increase by $150,000 a state scholarship fund for veterans of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to help eliminate a waiting list.
The Maryland Higher Education Commission launched the $500,000 fund last February to assist veterans of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq enroll in undergraduate programs at state colleges and [...]

Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr., joined by 31 Attorneys General, urged the U.S. Senate to enact The Student Loan Sunshine Act, a new federal law to safeguard students and families nationwide from deceptive practices in the college loan industry.
The House of Representatives recently passed this legislation in a virtually unanimous vote of 414-3.
In a [...]

Karmichael Hunt playing for the Brisbane Lions?
The AFL would like to have seen that.
As unlikely as it sounds, it wasn’t that long ago that the talented Hunt had to choose between rugby league and AFL as he rose through the schoolboy ranks.
History shows Hunt went on to explode onto the international rugby league scene.

Sallie Mae Senior Vice President Barry Goulding today testified at the Senate Banking Committee hearing, ‘Paying for College: The Role of Private Student Lending’ to demonstrate how Sallie Mae serves students and parents in the private education loan market.
Goulding emphasized Sallie Mae’s ‘1-2-3 approach’ to paying for college: 1) after tapping personal financial resources such [...]

Some lending companies with access to a national database that contains confidential information on 60 million student borrowers have repeatedly searched it in ways that violate federal rules, raising alarms about data mining and abuse of privacy, government and university officials said.
The improper searching has grown so pervasive that officials said the Education Department is [...]

Grand Bahama Rotarians experienced a night of sophisticated dining and entertainment at the annual Rotary Ball on Saturday night.
Held in the Crown Ball-room of the Our Lucaya Convention Centre, the ball showcased the many projects of the Grand Bahama clubs, and gave those in attendance an insight into the dedication to service that all Rotarians [...]

USBA (Uniformed Services Benefit Association), today, sent out its call for applications for its annual William A. Dietrich Memorial Scholarship Fund. The scholarship awards a non-renewable $2,000 grant to selected individuals who are children of USBA’s members. Applications must be received at USBA headquarters no later than March 31, 2007.
“Chief among the eligibility rules is [...]

The McCook College Foundation has announced the establishment of the Randy J. Matheny Memorial Patriot Scholarship as an enduring pledge to preserve remembrance, and as a recognition to honor, with distinction, respect, and gratitude, the love, devotion and service of Randy J. Matheny to his country.
Randy J. Matheny, of McCook was a member of the [...]