When it comes to getting around the University campus in her wheelchair, political science and French junior Rachel Garaghty doesn’t have much to worry about.
“The United States is really ahead of the curve in respecting the rights of disabled people,” she said.
When it comes to traveling abroad, however, access can become a problem.
Since last spring, […]

New details are emerging about the investigation into alleged financial aid fraud at Bishop State Community College, and the two local residents arrested at the center of the probe: school employee Marlene French and the man she once married, Robert Horn. Both are charged with theft by deception.
Meanwhile, Bishop State’s embattled president remains at the […]

Kenya’s sensational swimmers, Rama Vyombo and Pina Ercolano, have landed a three-year swimming scholarship in South Africa.
Kenya Swimming Federation (KSF) second vice-chairman, Joe Mutune, confirmed that the two have won a scholarship deal through the federation.
“KSF in collaboration with Olympic Solidarity, managed to secure two scholarship package for Vyombo and Ercolano,” said Mutune yesterday.
But Mutune […]

A national discount retailer has opened up its corporate coffers to benefit Hispanic youth in search of college scholarship.
The Wal-Mart Foundation is donating a $3 million, multiyear grant to the Hispanic Scholarship Fund, the company announced Thursday in Bentonville, Ark.
The company issued its first installment – a check for $640,000 – Thursday during its official […]

Daniel Sanchez, a Gilbert resident and agribusiness senior at Arizona State University, became the first student of the Morrison School of Management and Agribusiness to receive the Asparagus Scholarship, a $3,000 award given to students who are pursuing a degree leading to a career in the grocery industry.
A 2003 Mesquite High graduate, Sanchez competed against […]

USC Athletics and the Trojan Board of Directors have announced the establishment of the Ryan Francis Endowed Scholarship with the hosting of an inaugural fund-raising event on Oct. 24 at the Galen Center from 4-7 p.m.
The Ryan Francis Endowed Scholarship Inaugural Event allows fans to watch practice at the brand new Galen Center from 4-5 […]

Ideas on how to spend the remaining $43,000 from this year’s Diman-Wolf Scholarship disbursement are being sought by Hart Public Schools.
According to Hart Superintendent Peter Moss, the scholarship fund had $78,000 available this year, but only 35 of Hart’s 86 seniors in 2006 qualified for the $1,000 scholarship, leaving a $43,000 surplus. To qualify students […]

THE Civil Service Commission (CSC) in Cordillera on Wednesday announced that the Japanese Government is inviting employees from both the private and the public sector to participate in the Japanese Grant Aid for Human Resource Development Scholarship (JDS) for school year 2007-2008.
The JDS project aims to provide Filipinos an opportunity to obtain a master’s degree […]

The First Marblehead (Nachrichten) Corporation (NYSE: FMD) today announced its estimated additional structural advisory fees and residual revenue in connection with a previously announced securitization involving The National Collegiate Student Loan Trust 2006-3 (the Trust). The Trust expects to raise approximately $1.84 billion from the sale of asset-backed securities, and expects to acquire private […]

The University of New Mexico-Taos campus is partnering with Northern New Mexico College and New Mexico Highlands University to share a $3.4 million grant. The money will be used in part to create college recruitment programs aimed at low income high school students in northern New Mexico, specifically in the communities of Taos, Penasco, […]