Archive for July, 2006

Former Baldwin athletes helping fund scholarship

The Childress-Williams Helping Hand College Scholarship Dinner will be held on Friday in the Baldwin High School cafeteria.
The Scholarship Dinner will be the first of two events to raise funds for a $2,000 scholarship to be awarded to a graduating Baldwin High School senior. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. and the dinner will begin […]

Thursday, July 27th, 2006

Peace group offering scholarship to Navajos

College-bound Navajos have less than a week left to apply for a new scholarship designed to spare them the choice of trading military service for financial aid. Applications are due Aug. 1.
The scholarships worth up to $3,000 per student are courtesy of the Santa Fe chapter of Veterans for Peace. Their aim is to keep […]

Thursday, July 27th, 2006

National Starch and Chemical Co. awards scholarships to five high school graduates

National Starch and Chemical Co. has presented its 16th annual scholarship program awards to five local 2006 high school graduates.
The $1,000 scholarships are awarded to a graduate of each high school in the Rowan-Salisbury Schools system who is planning to major in science or engineering in college.
They are Amanda Davenport, East Rowan High School; Ashley […]

Thursday, July 27th, 2006

Shipman Scholarships awarded to seven

Memorial scholarships in honor of William Dewey Shipman Sr. and Zenah Mae Clarida Shipman were awarded Sunday, August 28, during the regular morning services at St. James AME Zion Church in the Sandhill community near Bladenboro.
The seven recipients of this year’s scholarships are Tiffany Bradford, Tambra Grange, Tiffany Jacobs, Monica Jessup, Kayla Murphy, Tiffany Rhodes […]

Thursday, July 27th, 2006

Westbrook Foundation awards scholarships to seniors

The Westbrook Foundation has continued its mission of ensuring that local students and residents have the funding to achieve their goals.
The Foundation recently awarded nearly $62,000 in scholarships to college-bound Westbrook High School graduates. According to Russ Barmmer, spokesman for the foundation, the hope is that those students will go on to success and carry […]

Thursday, July 27th, 2006

Scholarship deal

When Geno Auriemma first offered Stonington High point guard Jacquie Fernandes the opportunity to play with the Huskies, it was as a non-scholarship walk-on player and she graciously accepted.
Six weeks later after the Huskies had exhausted their recruiting efforts for this season, Auriemma decided to offer Fernandes a scholarship that wouldn’t be used this season. […]

Tuesday, July 25th, 2006

MJSA awards 2006 scholarships

Six aspiring jewelers will have some help with their tuition this year, thanks to scholarships from the Manufacturing Jewelers & Suppliers of America’s Education Foundation.
The foundation has awarded $6,500 for 2006.
Two students received $2,000 scholarships: Carol Salisbury of Portland, Ore., who is pursuing a bachelor of fine arts degree in jewelry at Oregon College of […]

Tuesday, July 25th, 2006

PSC awards scholarships to 39 students for further studies

The Public Service Commission has awarded 39 scholars with its Scholarship Award.
Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean handed out the scholarships at the Istana on Saturday.
The scholars received the financial awards to help them pursue their studies in a range of subjects overseas and in Singapore.
The students sang a song to thank their parents for […]

Monday, July 24th, 2006

Prizes and scholarships presented to staff at Beaches Boscobel annual awards

Beaches Boscobel Resort & Golf Club presented four million dollars in prizes and scholarships at the recent 2005-2006 Annual Team Members Awards ceremony.
Room attendant Audie Johnson, technician Andre Smith, and landscaping attendant Marlon Bish each received full scholarships to Hocking College in the USA for two years. A fourth scholarship will also be offered to […]

Monday, July 24th, 2006

Scholarships big winner at OSU golf fundraiser

The real winners of the Oklahoma State University Family & Friends Golf Scramble Saturday at Pheasant Run Golf Club won’t be known until May.
That’s when the Cherokee Strip chapter of the OSU Alumni Association will award seven scholarships to students from a four-county area — Garfield, Grant, Major and Alfalfa.
Saturday’s fund-raiser netted approximately $5,000 to […]

Monday, July 24th, 2006