North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State Un

Chattanooga State Student Wins Dental Hygiene Scholarship

June 1st, 2007

Chattanooga State Technical College dental hygiene student, Lina E. Mills, has been awarded a scholarship from the Thomas P. Hinman Dental Society. The award was presented at a luncheon held at the 95th Hinman Dental Meeting in Atlanta.
This year the Society provided scholarships and gifts totaling more than $250,000 to 89 dental, dental hygiene, laboratory [...]

Scholarship will pay teachers’ tuition

November 14th, 2006

A new scholarship program aims to recruit new teachers in Lenoir and Greene counties with free college tuition and licensure within a year of enrolling.
The Rural Teaching Fellows Initiative, sponsored by North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NC A&T) and a $2.8 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education, will license 150 teachers [...]

Xerox Grants ‘Technical Minority Scholarships’ to 119 Students

January 22nd, 2006

Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) has awarded its annual Xerox Technical Minority Scholarships to 119 graduate and undergraduate students from across the country to recognize their high academic achievement in the fields of science, engineering and technology.
“The Xerox Foundation is committed to investing in colleges and universities that enhance learning opportunities for minorities, and this scholarship [...]

Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College gets grant for machines

August 29th, 2007

Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College has been awarded a $238,000 grant designed to broaden the employee pool for manufacturers in Western North Carolina. The money comes from Duke Energy Carolinas’ Community College Grant Program.
The Resurgent Manufacturing Initiative grant will be used to purchase a computer numerical control machine for machining technology, a coordinate measuring machine [...]

State bill boosts REC scholarship fund

June 8th, 2007

Every year during the Somerset Rural Electric Cooperative meeting, scholarships are given to high school students.
This year is no different, but the scholarship amount is: The cooperative is giving away a total of $7,000.
“Seven $1,000 scholarships will be given,” said Carline Mitchell, REC marketing specialist. “That’s more than we have given out in the past.”
Only [...]

HBA Raises Funds for Scholarship Program

June 8th, 2007

In another demonstration of how ‘homes build lives,’ the Home Builders Association of Raleigh-Wake County has raised more than $28,000 since May for its college scholarship program through golf and fishing tournaments.
The Spring Charity Golf Tournament held at the Crooked Creek Golf Club in Fuquay-Varina raised more than $19,000. The Fourth Annual HBA Fishing Tournament [...]

New Scholarship Offered for KILE Junior Beef Exhibitors

March 11th, 2007

HARRISBURG – A new scholarship is available for junior beef exhibitors of the Keystone International Livestock Exposition (KILE). The KILE Beef Committee is offering two scholarships to college students, one for $1,000 and one for $500.
“It is very gratifying when so many young people are active participants in the success and growth of our state’s [...]

Scholarship Recipients From 2006 Pilot Program Announced

March 1st, 2007

UCB, Inc. announced today the national roll out of the 2007 Crohn’s Scholarship Program, which will award 30, one-time scholarships of up to $10,000 to people diagnosed with Crohn’s disease who demonstrate academic ambition and who are reaching beyond the boundaries of their condition. The program is an expansion of UCB’s pilot scholarship program in [...]

Kansas State University academic scholarship recipients

December 20th, 2006

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 [...]

State credit union awards $10,000 scholarships to three grads

June 21st, 2006

The State Employees’ Credit Union Foundation, funded solely by SECU’s membership, has presented $10,000 four-year college scholarships to three recent high school graduates.Daniel C. Grimes, Sidney M. Hill and Katie Maloney each received the awards, to be used over eight consecutive semesters.
This scholarship is awarded for study at an institution of higher learning in the [...]