OCCC Foundation AAUW Lincoln City Branch Scholarship

Deadline nears for OCCC Foundation scholarships

July 6th, 2006

Scholarship application deadline for Oregon Coast Community College Foundation scholarships for the 2006 fall term is Monday, July 10. The foundation has received additional scholarship funding, according to A.T. Ronan, college development director.
She said, “Our total scholarships are now at $35,880 which potentially will assist 36 OCCC students. The foundation board of directors is very [...]

AAUW scholarships awarded to female students

January 5th, 2006

The Lincoln City Branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) contributed $4,000 to the Oregon Coast Community College Foundation for four $1,000 scholarships for female students at OCCC. Tabitha Arnold of Lincoln City is the fourth receipt to be awarded for the 2005 -06 school term. The previous AAUW recipients, Karla Schafer, Melissa [...]

Midcoast AAUW Scholarship recipients

June 27th, 2007

Three college-bound students, one from each of the counties of Waldo, Knox, and Lincoln, have received scholarship awards from the Midcoast Maine Branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW).
In addition to managing her small family farm near Belfast, Skye Lawrence commuted to school on Islesboro each day as part of a magnet [...]

Anniston City Scholarship Unconstitutional

April 19th, 2007

Attorney General Troy King issued an opinion this month saying a scholarship program that has used $500,000 in Anniston city funds to help high school students pay for college is unconstitutional and should be stopped.
The Anniston City Schools Foundation Next Start scholarships have helped 480 Anniston High School graduates go to college since 1998, but [...]

Inner-City Scholarship Fund celebrated at annual dinner

April 7th, 2007

The Catholic Schools Foundation held its 17th Annual Inner-City Scholarship Fund Dinner celebration at the Boston Marriott Copley Place on March 28. Troy Brown, wide receiver for the New England Patriots and trustee of the Catholic Schools Foundation was the evening’s featured speaker.
The dinner is held annually to celebrate and support the Inner-City Scholarship Fund [...]

Mayor Dixon Announces Hilton Hotels Corporation Scholarship Fund for Baltimore City High School Graduates

March 15th, 2007

Mayor Sheila Dixon joined representatives from Hilton Hotels Corporation, the National Academy Foundation, CollegeBound Foundation and the Baltimore Hotel Corporation, at Digital Harbor High School in Federal hill to announce that the Hilton Hotels Corporation has established the Hilton Baltimore Convention Center Hotel Scholarship Fund.
Executives from Hilton Hotels Corporation, which will operate and manage [...]

Carmel Gallery Supports Billiards Education Foundation Scholarship

March 8th, 2007

New York artist Arthur Robins and his publisher, poolpaintings.com (a division of Gallery Diamante, Carmel) are releasing a commemorative poster that benefits the Billiards Education Foundation scholarship. The poster commemorates the Billiards Congress of America National 8-Ball Championships taking place at the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas, NV, May 14-22.
The Billiard Education Foundation (BEF) [...]

Duneland Education Foundation scholarship raffle underway

February 22nd, 2007

Tickets are now available for the Duneland Education Foundation $10,000 Scholarship Raffle. Tickets cost $25 each and can be purchased by those 18 years and older. The beneficiary, however, may be of any age.
Tickets will be sold until 12:00 p.m. (Noon) on April 9, 2007 or until all 800 tickets are sold.
The raffle drawing will [...]

Utah foundation establishes scholarship at NCCU

February 6th, 2007

A Salt Lake City foundation with Durham ties has established funding for a chemistry scholarship at North Carolina Central University.
The Meldrum Foundation, a family foundation set up by Peter Meldrum, chief executive officer and president of Myriad Genetics, has made a principal commitment of $100,000 to establish the Christopher S. Meldrum Chemistry Scholarship at NCCU.
Christopher [...]

Family establishes scholarship fund at Mid-Nebraska Community Foundation

February 5th, 2007

Mid-Nebraska Community Foundation announced it received a bequest from Marion “Bunny” Hoover of almost $1 million to provide an endowment fund for annual scholarships benefiting graduates of North Platte High School as well as students at North Platte Community College.
The announcement was made at the community foundation’s celebration event Saturday night in North Platte.
In [...]