Many Teche Area students who graduate this spring are looking for scholarship money to attend college in August.
Southwest Louisiana Electric Membership Corporation, a state organization, is offering a scholarship program and will be accepting applications for 20 college scholarships, worth $2,000, to be awarded in a random drawing at the cooperative annual membership meeting June [...]

John Morgridge choked up Tuesday as he spoke about the older brother who helped pave his way to college.
He was a metaphorical genie, Morgridge said, granting his wish to attend school away from their Wauwatosa home.
Now Morgridge hopes to grant such wishes many times over.
The California philanthropist and his wife, Tashia, on Tuesday formally unveiled [...]

Toting a large suitcase through a self check-in line at Sea-Tac Airport, Naomi Rahn, of University Place (Tacoma area), looked puzzled when she finally reached the kiosk.
“What am I supposed to do with it?” the 15-year-old said, referring to her passport while jabbing the machine.
She has never been out of the country, but as this [...]

From 10 to 14 October, the Frankfurt Book Fair 2007 is host to the world of literature in six exhibition halls. Once again, this year the organisers expect over 280, 000 visitors during the five days of the Fair.
At the world’s fair for the book and media industry, one can anticipate more than 7, 000 [...]

Over 175 scholarships were awarded at the Battle Creek Community Foundation’s Annual Scholarship Reception, which took place on May 24, 2007, at Kellogg Arena. These scholarships, including annual renewals on those awarded previously, total over $600,000! Scholarship selection criteria vary, depending on the donor’s interest; however, academic performance, financial need, and school/community/church involvement are the [...]

Graduating college students across the country recently have received their degrees and are taking their first steps into the real world, which includes repaying their student loans. According to NextStudent, a leading Phoenix-based education funding company, composing a strategy for repaying college student debt is simple, once borrowers are armed with accurate, easily applicable information.
Fortunately, [...]

Chesapeake Energy Corp. said Friday it would give up to $2.5 million to fund scholarships for minorities and “socially disadvantaged” youth.
The Oklahoma City-based natural gas drilling company is putting up $1.25 million, and will give another $1.25 million if the Dallas-Fort Worth communities match its initial donation.
Chesapeake (NYSE: CHK) has chosen The Dallas [...]

Digicel, sponsors of West Indies cricket, in collaboration with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) on Thursday launched the Digicel Cricket Scholarship, which will give young West Indian cricketers the opportunity of playing cricket in England and other major cricketing nations, according to a release from Digicel.
Windies fast bowler Jerome Taylor is to be the [...]

A federal grant worth $810,000 will support construction costs for a new Transportation Technology Center on the campus of Davidson County Community College.
The grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce will fund about half the anticipated costs of constructing the new single-story, 9,100-square-foot building. The college will provide the balance of the needed money. [...]

Columbia University will pay $1.1 million into an education fund and a national financial aid organization will crack down on gifts from lenders as part of state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s effort to reform the student loan industry, Cuomo said Thursday.
Under the agreement, both Columbia and the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators will [...]