New Jersey

New Jersey American Water Meets Young Engineers at Future Cities Competition

January 20th, 2009

Engineers from New Jersey American Water shared their expertise with aspiring seventh and eighth grade engineers from across the state at the National Engineering Week Future Cities Competition, held on Saturday, January 17, on the Busch Campus at Rutgers University.
“Water and the Economy” is the focus of this year’s Future Cities Competition. The students, who [...]

Rich Ramm Memorial Scholarship

April 29th, 2009

A scholarship in the amount of $1,200 will be given to a graduating senior from any Clinton County school or the Jersey Shore Area School District. Rich Ramm Memorial Scholarship is also available for present full-time college students. The student must be entered in or have been accepted into an accredited program in the field [...]

Community Visiting Nurse Association Scholarship program

March 1st, 2009

Community Visiting Nurse Association and its affiliates have announced that they are accepting applications for its nursing scholarship program, in memory of Caroline E. Krajewski Manney, former director of Community Visiting Nurse Association.
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The scholarship is awarded annually to a Somerset County resident who currently is enrolled in an accredited nursing program within the State of [...]

AGs urge Senate to protect students from deceptive loan practices

July 7th, 2007

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 [...]

Sallie Mae Executive Testifies Before Senate Banking Committee on Private Loans and College Affordability

June 8th, 2007

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 [...]

GCC, Rowan tardy on loan info

June 1st, 2007

Both Gloucester County College and Rowan University missed the deadline to reply to the state Attorney General’s subpoena as part of a statewide investigation into improper partnerships with colleges and student loan companies.
Only 32 of the 61 subpoenaed colleges subpoenaed responded by the May 20 deadline, according to Attorney General’s Office spokesman David Wald.
The [...]

Bayberry Garden Club of Brielle scholarship

March 3rd, 2007

The Bayberry Garden Club of Brielle is offering a $1,000 scholarship to New Jersey high school seniors and undergraduate students in an effort to promote the study of horticulture, landscape design, botany and other related subjects.
For an application, write to Mary Lou Bolger, Two Water’s Edge, Brielle, NJ 08730. All documents must be submitted with [...]

Federal tax legislation has made 529 savings plans the preferred way to save for college.

February 25th, 2007

For years, as college costs have climbed to back-breaking levels, more families have begun socking money in tax-advantaged 529 savings plans. Now, as these 529 plans mark their 10th anniversary this year, they are fast becoming the principal way for parents and grandparents to save for college.
Why? Costs associated with the plans have dropped. Investment [...]

Thais study abroad and bring fashion skills back home

February 25th, 2007

BANGKOK: Like many young Thais, Issariya Virajsilp knew she had to leave Thailand if she wanted to learn fashion. To study locally meant becoming essentially a dressmaker, or even worse, a kind of photocopier, reproducing someone else’s commercial ideas.
Unlike most of her friends, she could take flight, and in 2000 she headed to the Parsons [...]

Dream Scholarship available to graduates of four Chicago high schools

February 13th, 2007

DeVry University, working with Banco Popular, one of the leading community banks in the United States, has announced an extension of the scholarship application deadline for the Dream Scholarship available to high school seniors.
Potential students now have until March 30, 2007 to apply for the tuition awards.
These partial tuition scholarships, targeted to middle and lower-income [...]