The Moody Handbook of Theology leads the beginner into the appreciation and understanding of this essential field of study. It introduces the reader to the five dimensions that provide a comprehensive view of theology: biblical, systematic, historical, dogmatic and contemporary. The apostle Paul wrote that all Scripture is ‘profitable for teaching’ [...]
Governor Timothy M. Kaine announced today that Virginia nursing students may be eligible for scholarships of up to $40,000 through the Commonwealth of Virginia Nursing Scholarship Program.
The state is facing a shortage of nearly 16,000 nurses by 2015, the governor said in making the announcement.
Administered by the Virginia Department of Health, the $200,000 initiative is [...]
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s office said Thursday it reached a settlement with CIT Group Inc. and CIT’s Student Loan Xpress unit arising from the state’s investigation of abuses in the U.S. student loan business.
The New York-based commercial and consumer lender agreed to pay $3 million into a fund that will educate students about [...]
Fundraising is continuing for the Cpl. Timothy J. Lauer Scholarship and the first scholarship is expected to be awarded in spring 2008.
Lauer, 25, was killed Oct. 14, 2006, in Baghdad, Iraq, while on a convoy resupply mission. He served with the U.S. Army’s Company C, 1st Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division [...]
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MovieMaker, the world’s most widely-read independent movie magazine, has teamed up with the Vancouver Film School (VFS), one of the world’s premier film education institutions, to offer one lucky reader a full scholarship to the school’s one-year Film Production program. The student will be selected by a [...]
Idaho high school students have a new incentive to pick a college close to home. The University of Idaho announced Monday that it will offer a minimum of $6,000 over four years to any Idaho student who meets minimum academic standards.
High school students must have a minimum 3.5 cumulative grade point average, [...]
For years, as college costs have climbed to back-breaking levels, more families have begun socking money in tax-advantaged 529 savings plans. Now, as these 529 plans mark their 10th anniversary this year, they are fast becoming the principal way for parents and grandparents to save for college.
Why? Costs associated with the plans have dropped. Investment [...]
The Timothy McElroy scholarship fund, created in the name of the late president of Proto-Vest, Inc., has donated money to the Promise Village Home for Children, a charitable non-profit organization, a release from the company stated.
According to the release, Proto-Vest, Inc., a manufacturer of carwash drying equipment, handles all administrative costs for the fund to [...]
Like Kalamazoo, Denver, Colo., draws on the generosity of wealthy donors to offer college scholarships across the board to graduates of its public schools.
The Kalamazoo Promise and the Denver Scholarship Foundation have more than that in common.
Kalamazoo’s program, though it started first, was not the source of the idea for philanthropists Timothy and Bernadette Marquez, [...]
More than 5,200 students at Kansas State University are academic scholarship recipients for the 2006-2007 school year. Students are listed by their hometown.
Butler County
Andover: Austin Garrett Delimont, $1,460 Barbe Family Scholarship; Megan Ann Enns, $525 A. Sidney McIntire Memorial Scholarship and $725 Richard L. Clarke Scholarship; Bradley Warren Fouse, $240 G.E. Johnson Engineering Scholarship and [...]