Motorola Inc. announced that Motorola Technology Sdn Bhd (”Motorola Penang”) has set up a new MMU-Motorola Wireless Broadband Technology Lab at Multimedia University (”MMU”), Cyberjaya, providing a conducive wireless network environment for students and faculty members to conduct applied research on the latest wireless broadband technologies. The Wireless Broadband Technology Lab is the first [...]

The financial industry is in crisis, but thousands of recent graduates and professionals are still in the market for jobs in banking, private equity and asset management.
Despite the state of the economy, high quality jobs are still available in these industries. But job seekers may need to consider additional training that sets them apart from [...]

Among the casualties of Lehman Bros., AIG and others who have recently lost their jobs in finance, many are expected to step out of the workforce for a couple of years and reset their career paths in business school to become better qualified when they reenter the industry. However, financial refugees seeking admission into a [...]

The Lagunitas School District will unveil a new solar facility this August, showing how sustainable energy in California schools can become a reality. Solar Power Partners, Inc. (SPP™) a Mill Valley, California-based renewable energy company, developed the solar facility that will be hosted at the Lagunitas School District and that will provide an estimated 65% [...]

As many colleges, including ISU, have begun mailing their financial-aid award letters this month, students can still consider their options to obtain more monetary assistance for the upcoming school year.
Although a House committee approved increasing the four-year undergraduate loan limit from $23,000 to $31,000, help is unlikely to come quick enough to impact those [...]

Rogers High School students should see Sharon Schrantz in the Guidance Center for information about the following scholarships:
Local Scholarships
The Rick & Michael Bertschy Memorial Scholarship will award $5,000 over four years to a Rogers High School senior with financial need. The applicant’s grade point average will be considered. Deadline is Tuesday.
The Rogers Education Scholarship Fund [...]

Missouri’s student loan authority has put on hold an independent financial analysis of a proposed higher education funding plan sought by Gov. Matt Blunt, the agency’s director said yesterday.
The Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority proposed in January to sell billions of dollars worth of student loans over several years to help finance Blunt’s $450 million [...]

Industry experts attending the inaugural International Islamic Finance Forum (IIFF) Asia in Singapore yesterday welcomed a new initiative to set up a scholarship fund to create more Islamic Scholars.
Exponential growth in Islamic Finance over the past five years has led to a shortage of Islamic Finance Scholars who are desperately required to provide policy, product [...]

Nissan North America, Inc. (NNA) and the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) are currently seeking applicants for the NISSAN-UNCF “SHIFT_” knowledge Scholarship Program. The postmark deadline has been extended to Friday, June 16, 2006.
The NISSAN-UNCF “SHIFT_” knowledge Scholarship Program was created in 2004 to recognize the academic achievement and leadership qualities of students, and to [...]

Honors colleges at Arizona State University and the University of Washington will soon be home to several new Clark County high school graduates, part of a new wave of National Merit Scholarship winners announced last week.
Seven local seniors are among 2,400 winners of college-sponsored awards nationwide, stemming from high scores on their junior-year Preliminary Scholastic [...]