Scholarship applications for the 2009 Glenn Miller Vocal and Instrumental Scholarships have been streaming in, representing 26 states and one foreign country.
Fifty-three instrumental and 43 vocal applications have been received from the states of Alabama, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, [...]

A brunch was held on Sunday, May 31, at the Mountain View Chalet in Pattenburg to honor three graduating seniors from Hunterdon County ? Greta Elizabeth Hintz of Califon, Jennifer L. Lewaine of Pittstown and Caitlin Moran Liebel of Asbury ? as this year’s recipients of the Susan Yonaitis-Kastner Memorial Scholarship.
The Susan-Yonaitis-Kastner Memorial Fund was [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]