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College foundation establishes Randy J. Matheny Patriot Scholarship

February 22nd, 2007

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 [...]

City Hopes for Boost to Atkinson Scholarship Fund

February 22nd, 2007

City leaders want Matt Atkinson’s name to live on in Green Bay for generations, but in order for that to happen they need to raise more money.
On September 14 last year, Atkinson told school staff at Green Bay East High School about an attack three of his peers were planning.
Police arrested East students William Cornell [...]

CSC scholarship applications open

February 9th, 2007

Sandburg College Foundation is accepting applications from students for 2007-2008 scholarships.
Full-time and part-time students who are interested in applying for scholarship assistance should complete the application process. The deadline for scholarship applications is April 1.

Edward C. Farrell Memorial Scholarship Foundation accepting applications from area students

February 5th, 2007

The Edward C. Farrell Memorial Scholarship Foundation is accepting applications for its $1,000 scholarship to be awarded in June.
Eligible applicants must be Ledyard residents and seniors at Ledyard High School, The Williams School, an area technical school or St. Bernard High School.
Applicants will continue their education at a college, university or technical school.

Edward C. Farrell Memorial Scholarship Foundation accepts applications

February 2nd, 2007

The Edward C. Farrell Memorial Scholarship Foundation is accepting applications for its $1,000 scholarship to be awarded in June.
Eligible applicants must be Ledyard residents and seniors at Ledyard High School, The Williams School, an area technical school or St. Bernard High School.
Applicants will continue their education at a college, university or technical school.

LCCC Foundation establishes scholarship honoring longtime journalist

January 30th, 2007

The Laramie County Community College Foundation has established a memorial scholarship for Eleanore Louise Wagner Field, a former college employee and former reporter and editor at the Casper Star-Tribune.
Field was the writer-editor of publications at Laramie County Community College from 1986 until 2000.
She died suddenly in December 2006 at the age of 66.
An accomplished writer, [...]

Ag scholarship applications taken

January 27th, 2007

County Farm Bureau Foundation is accepting applications for the Thomas Lincoln Scholarship, awarded annually in memory of Thomas Lincoln, a Knox County Farm Bureau Young Farmer who died in a car accident.
One $500 scholarship will be given in the spring to a graduating high school senior who has been accepted into an agriculture or agriculture-related [...]

Alumnus donates $1 million for scholarship fund

January 22nd, 2007

The University of Illinois recently received a gift of $1 million for use in a scholarship.
Charles Hammond, Jr., 79, donated the money, which will be used to create a scholarship intended for students from Fulton County who attend the University, with preference to students from Hammond’s hometown of Canton, Ill.
Andy Schroeder, a counselor at [...]

2007 Scholarship Preview starts Jan. 25 at Oklahoma City University School of Law

January 19th, 2007

Lawyer Sheryl N. Young was a young mom when she began attending Oklahoma City University School of Law in the late 1980s. Today she is a shareholder at McAfee & Taft in Oklahoma City.
“The Sumners Scholarship and the evening program at OCU gave me the opportunity to go to law school as a then single [...]

FCS Child Care Scholarship helps students continue college education

January 19th, 2007

Young women are sometimes told that once you have a child, all your dreams of having a life and pursuing an education are over. Some young mothers often realize that they cannot go to school, afford to pay daycare and maintain a household, so they give up their dreams of pursuing higher education. Through the [...]