Gov. Martin O’Malley wants to increase by $150,000 a state scholarship fund for veterans of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to help eliminate a waiting list.
The Maryland Higher Education Commission launched the $500,000 fund last February to assist veterans of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq enroll in undergraduate programs at state colleges and [...]
Delta Dental of Illinois has made a $250,000, five-year grant to the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry to modernize the existing pre-doctoral dentistry clinic. When the renovations are complete, the clinic will be named the Delta Dental of Illinois Pre-doctoral Pediatric Dentistry Clinic.
The contribution will help the UIC Department of Pediatric Dentistry [...]
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 [...]
Wilson College was recently awarded $313,275 in grant funds from the National Science Foundation’s Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics program.
The grant will be used to provide scholarships of up to $10,000 a year for full-time female students majoring in biology or chemistry.
The scholarships will be available beginning with the fall 2008 semester, according [...]
UND officials Wednesday announced a new scholarship available this fall for entering freshmen who scored 24 or higher on the ACT.
That’s the average score for admitted students under the school’s stricter admissions standards implemented two years ago.
The scholarship will give $1,000 per year to students who meet ACT and other requirements, including:
– At least a [...]
It’s been 10 years since SilkAir flight MI 185 crashed in Palembang on December 19, on its route from Jakarta to Singapore.
All 104 passengers and crew members died. However, the memory of one victim - Kathryn Worth - lives on, through a scholarship set up by her husband.
Kathryn loved to travel; she was equally at [...]
Medtronic Spinal and Biologics today awarded the first annual Alan Olsen Leadership Scholarship to a student at Memphis Academy of Science and Engineering.
The $4,000 scholarship went to Chrystal Hayes, a MASE 11th grader. Hayes’ essay was chosen from a field of 32 other students vying for the scholarship. She says she plans to study [...]
The University of Hawai‘i Foundation is proud to announce the establishment the Candes Mejide Gentry Endowed Scholarship at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa Shidler College of Business. The initial $25,000 gift from Gentry will be matched with funds from Jay Shidler’s $25 million gift, increasing the total value to $50,000. The endowed scholarship is [...]
It is in the government’s best interest that its citizens be well educated. For that reason, there is a system to provide college monies for those who can demonstrate need.
To qualify for financial aid, a student must complete the FAFSA (www.fafsa.ed.gov) either on paper or online. Using the information from the FAFSA, the government determines [...]
A lawsuit seeking to stop Missouri’s student loan agency from supplying money to Gov. Matt Blunt’s college construction plan has been dropped.
A Cole County judge had denied a request in September to temporarily bar the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority from paying the first installment of Blunt’s $350 million plan. Although the initial request failed, [...]