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Local students get UAFort Smith scholarships

June 19th, 2006

The University of Arkansas – Fort Smith has announced the names of students who will receive Scholarships of Prestige for the fall 2006 semester, according to Marion Dunagan, vice chancellor for enrollment management.
Local students receiving Scholarships of Prestige for Fall 2006 include:
• Laura A. Scott of Bentonville, has received an engineering scholarship. She is the [...]

Rich Ramm Memorial Scholarship

April 29th, 2009

A scholarship in the amount of $1,200 will be given to a graduating senior from any Clinton County school or the Jersey Shore Area School District. Rich Ramm Memorial Scholarship is also available for present full-time college students. The student must be entered in or have been accepted into an accredited program in the field [...]

The Transition Handbook: From Oil Dependency to Local Resilience

November 13th, 2008

We live in an oil-dependent world, arriving at this level of dependency in a very short space of time by treating petroleum as if it were in infinite supply. Most of us avoid thinking about what happens when oil runs out (or becomes prohibitively expensive), but The Transition Handbook shows how the inevitable and [...]

Art scholarship available to local high school students

April 1st, 2007

FAIRFIELD COUNTY – All Fairfield County high school students are eligible to win a $1,000 art scholarship, a trip to Washington, D.C., and to have their artwork on display in the U.S. Capitol.
Students can enter the 24th Annual Congressional Art Competition until April 30. Four winners will be chosen from countywide competitions to enter the [...]

Farmers establish Ivy Tech agricultural scholarship

January 14th, 2007

Wayne County farmers Joe and Roma Meyer have established an endowed agricultural scholarship at Ivy Tech Community College.
Last fall, Ivy Tech began offering an agribusiness concentration in the business administration associate of applied science degree program. The courses will prepare graduates for jobs in agricultural research, production, processing and marketing. Credits will transfer to Purdue [...]

Master Farmers Association establishes Trustee Matching Scholarship

October 27th, 2006

University Park, Pa. – The Master Farmers Association has committed $150,000 to establish a Trustee Matching Scholarship to benefit undergraduate students in the College of Agricultural Sciences who have financial need. The scholarship will be named for the Pennsylvania Master Farmers Association.
Established in 1927 by Pennsylvania Farmer magazine and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the [...]

WorldNow Enrolls ClassesUSA: Online Higher-Education Portal Now Provides Content and Resources to WorldNow’s National Network of Local Television Station Web Sites

August 2nd, 2006

Partnership Enables More Than 13 Million Unique Visitors to Learn More About Educational Opportunities
ClassesUSA®, an Experian company, and WorldNow’s Local Media Network (LMN) today announced a new advertising and content partnership. Users on more than 100 local station Web sites now have access to ClassesUSA’s vast higher-education information while providing a new revenue stream for [...]

Ronald McDonald House To Award $40,000 In Scholarships To Local Students

June 17th, 2006

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Chattanooga (RMHC) will host its fifth annual scholarship luncheon on Tuesday from noon to 1 p.m. at The Chattanoogan, located at 1201 South Broad St.
40 local high school students will receive $1,000 each as part of Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Chattanooga’s Scholarship Program.
The high schools that will [...]

AgHeritage Farm Credit Services Scholarship

February 25th, 2006

Outstanding college bound students have been recognized for their achievements through the AgHeritage Farm Credit Services Scholarship Program for the past five years. Again this year, AgHeritage FCS will award $500 scholarships.
“The Scholarship Program is one of several programs provided by AgHeritage Farm Credit Services in support of the future generation of farmers and ranchers,” [...]

Wabash Telephone Cooperative to offer scholarships for local students

February 17th, 2006

Wabash Telephone Cooperative in Louisville is excited to announce their scholarship program for area high school seniors whose parents are members of the cooperative. Scholarship forms are available to eligible students through their high school guidance counselor. March 10 is the last day Wabash Telephone Coop. will be able to accept the applications.
Wabash Telephone is [...]