Entries from contestants in the Miss Dogwood Scholarship Pageant are now being accepted. The pageant will be held at 3 p.m. March 29 at the Siloam Springs High School Performing Arts Auditorium.
The pageant is an official preliminary to the Miss Arkansas, Miss Arkansas’ Outstanding Teen and the Miss Arkansas Teen Beauty pageants. The Dogwood winners [...]

The Point Foundation announced today that it has granted scholarships to 30 outstanding gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students. The Point Foundation provides financial support, mentoring and hope to meritorious students who are marginalized because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.
“Our newest Point Scholars represent the best and brightest in our community, coming [...]

Say goodbye to the pressure of tests; bring on the pressure of debt … a lot of debt if you are like the average person graduating from college this year.
Until now, you may have paid little attention to the loans you’ve been taking out to pay for college. But usually about this time, after donning [...]

California Credit Union is pleased to announce the winners of its second annual California Credit Union College Scholarship Program. In an awards ceremony on Saturday, June 3, the credit union awarded $1,000 college scholarships to 35 deserving students. Two of the winners are already California Credit Union members.
Begun in 2005 with 25 scholarships, the California [...]

Students whose parents do not have four-year college degrees could get need-based financial aid under a $6.5 million scholarship program that became law Friday.
Although students of any race can apply, lawmakers hope it will increase minority enrollment at Florida universities.
The Legislature passed the First Generation Matching Grant Program after black enrollment declined last year at [...]

The Board of Missions of the First Baptist Church of Le Roy and Rev. Peter McCurdy honored and remembered the Covell’s through giving the Covell Scholarship to 17 well deserving recipients this past Sunday. This is the 10th year and the 11th award of the Covell Scholarship. “To honor the Covell’s let us meditate on [...]

The Point Foundation announced May 24 that it has granted scholarships to 30 outstanding gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students. The Point Foundation provides financial support, mentoring and hope to meritorious students who are marginalized because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. “Our newest Point Scholars represent the best and brightest in our [...]

Dr. John A. Johnson, president of Alabama Southern Community College, recently announced the recipients of scholarships for 2006 from Clarke and Washington counties.
Shayla A. Pernell, 2006 graduate of Coffeeville High School, daughter of Sharon and Mack Pernell has received a Salutatorian Scholarship from Alabama Southern Community College.
Tal’ya L. Calhoun, 2006 graduate of Coffeeville High School [...]

Efforts to improve North Carolina’s high schools will benefit from a $10.4 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, according to the office of N.C. Gov. Mike Easley.
The grant, which follows a $22.6 million Gates Foundation award to the UNC System, will support the N.C. New Schools Project and the Learn and Earn [...]

As part of its ongoing efforts to give back the communities in which its employees work and live, Best Buy has announced the recipients of its 2006 scholarship program. A total of 1,520 graduating high school seniors across the United States will receive more than $2.4 million in scholarships.
Eight seniors will each receive a $25,000 [...]