Posts tagged with ‘Washington

Federal APA Conference Scholarships

March 10th, 2006

APANA stands for Asian Pacific American Network in Agriculture, a department-wide employee organization in the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The Federal Asian Pacific American Conference (FAPAC) awards 10 scholarships annually of $1,000 to each eligible candidate in the month of May (Asian Pacific Heritage Month) at its National Leadership Conference.
Any undergraduate student pursuing a [...]

The Port Townsend Arts Guild offers art scholarships

March 9th, 2006

The Port Townsend Arts Guild offers art scholarships of up to $500 to high school seniors based on their originality, leadership and merit.
Applications must be postmarked by March 31 and must include a written letter from the applicant explaining why he or she is applying, a written plan for the future year of study, an [...]

Angelides pledges math, science, engineering scholarships

March 6th, 2006

SAN JOSE - Democratic gubernatorial primary candidate Phil Angelides told Silicon Valley business executives Thursday he could reduce Silicon Valley’s dependency on skilled foreign workers by offering thousands of college scholarships to California students who study science, math and engineering.
If he were governor, Angelides told business executives, the California Tomorrow Fellowship program would award 10,000 [...]

Scholarships given at NAACP banquet

February 25th, 2006

The Middletown Area Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People held its 21st annual Louie F. Cox Scholarship fundraising banquet and freedom dinner Friday night at the Manchester Inn.
Several scholarships and other awards were given at the event, which was themed: “Youth, our legacy is their future.”
The Presidents Community Service Award [...]

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 [...]

20 States Ask for Flexibility in School Law

February 25th, 2006

The federal Education Department has agreed to review requests from 20 states to alter significantly the way they measure student progress under the No Child Left Behind Act. The move comes as the number of schools across the country deemed substandard under that law grows by the thousands.
The requests, which Education Secretary Margaret Spellings invited [...]

Golden LEAF Scholarships

February 3rd, 2006

The North Carolina State Education Assistance Authority has announced a scholarship opportunity for students who enroll at public universities in fall 2006. The Golden LEAF Scholars Program is funded by a grant from the Golden LEAF Foundation of Rocky Mount, a long-term economic advancement foundation.
The $3,000 scholarship is available for one academic year for [...]

Weirtonian gives scholarships

January 14th, 2006

Weirtonian Lodge 183 and the Order of the Italian Sons and Daughters have awarded $500 scholarships to 28 students who are lodge members for the 2005-06 school year.
Recipients are:First year - John E. Capito II, son of Dr. John and Darlene Capito of Weirton, attends Wheeling Jesuit University; Courtney Ceran, daughter of M. Matthew Ceran [...]

APIA Scholarships

January 8th, 2006

The Asian and Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund (APIASF) announced today that it is accepting applications for the organization’s second scholarship competition. Asian and Pacific Islander Americans who are entering college for the first time in the fall of 2006 are eligible, provided that they are United States citizens or permanent residents, or citizens [...]

The Gates Cambridge Scholarship

December 2nd, 2005

In October 2000, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation of Seattle, Washington, USA announced a donation to the University of Cambridge of $210 million to establish the Gates Cambridge Trust.
This benefaction creates in perpetuity an international scholarship programme to enable outstanding graduate students from outside the United Kingdom to study at the University of Cambridge. [...]