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DOI offers Junior Statesmen scholarships

February 25th, 2006

The U.S. Department of the Interior is encouraging top high school student leaders, grades 10-11, to apply for one of three full scholarships being offered by Department of the Interior to attend a Junior Statesmen Summer School session in the States.
The scholarships cover all tuition costs and round trip transportation to the Summer School of [...]

Accenture Opens Application Process for 2007 Scholarship Fund for American Indian Students

April 24th, 2007

Accenture is now accepting applications for its scholarship fund program for American Indian students. The Accenture American Indian Scholarship Fund supports students with demonstrated leadership ability and financial need entering fields of professional study.
These scholarships are part of the company’s commitment to the American Indian community, and represent just one example of Accenture’s dedication [...]

The Sallie Mae Fund Reminds Students That Scholarship Deadlines Are Less Than One Month Away

March 30th, 2007

The Sallie Mae Fund — the philanthropic arm of the nation’s leading saving-and-paying for college company, Sallie Mae — today reminded students and families that several important scholarship application deadlines are right around the corner. For those students looking to apply for The Sallie Mae Fund “First in My Family” or “American Dream” scholarships, applications [...]

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 [...]

Cuba offers free Scholarship to more Pakistani students

February 16th, 2007

Islamabad: Scores of Pakistani students have reached in Cuba while several hundreds are expected to leave soon on a Cuban Government scholarship aimed at providing free education and boarding facilities to one thousand Pakistani medical students.
Of those 26 of these Pakistani students have reached Cuba on 12th of February last, and about 368 more Pakistani [...]

Clarkson Junior Receives Military Engineers Scholarship

February 7th, 2007

Clarkson University Army ROTC Cadet William C. Toft of Berkeley Heights, N.J., is the recipient of this year’s New York City Post Society of Military Engineers Scholarship. Toft was presented with a certificate and a $1,000 scholarship check during a recent on-campus ceremony.
Toft, a junior at Clarkson majoring in environmental engineering, joined the Army Reserve [...]

Culture shock affects study abroad students

January 19th, 2007

It’s not easy studying abroad in another country but, for some students, coming home might be the hardest part.
Chris Klein, publications and marketing coordinator in the Office of Programs for Study Abroad, said reverse culture shock occurs when people return from studying abroad and find some of the things about their home culture to be [...]

Study abroad programs immerse college students in foreign cultures

December 11th, 2006

When most Georgia College & State University students return to their dorms and apartments in the spring, a group of students will move into bungalows in the small town of Annot, France.
For three months, they’ll be immersed in French culture. They’ll eat the food, speak the language and interact with natives – all while earning [...]

Students awarded bursaries under Security Scholarship Programme

December 4th, 2006

Fifteen students from schools in Kingston’s inner cities received bursaries valued at $15,000 each on Friday, under the government’s Safety and Security Scholarship Programme.
Junior minister in the Ministry of National Security Dr Donald Rhodd said the initiative was timely, particularly in light of research data which estimates that there are approximately 160,000 unattached youths on [...]

NGO awards scholarship to blind students in Sierra Leone

September 30th, 2006

Youth Action International (Y.A.I) has on past Monday 25th September 2006 donated scholarships to sixteen (16) graduates of the Junior Secondary School, at the Milton Margai School for the blind at Wilkinson Road, West of Freetown.
In her statement before awarding the scholarship, the Country Representative of YAI, Mrs Yeanor Conteh told audience that the scholarships [...]