Southern Methodist University in Dallas said Monday it has received a $5 million gift from Dallas business leader Edwin L. Cox.
The money will be used for merit-based scholarships for students in SMU’s Edwin L. Cox School of Business.
SMU said the gift also will serve as a challenge gift toward reaching a $10 million fundraising goal […]

Donald Prue, principal of Ross Corners Christian Academy, announced that William Baker has been named a Commended Student in the 2008 National Merit Scholarship Program. A Letter of Commendation from the school and National Merit Scholarship Corporation, which conducts the program, was presented to Baker.

Although he will not continue in the 2008 competition for National […]

(Davenport, Iowa) The Palmer Chiropractic Clinics will present a $4,200 check on Friday, Oct. 26, to the Christian Family Care Center, Rock Island, from fundraising efforts in conjunction with the Clinic-sponsored Kids Day America (KDA) event on Sept. 29.
In addition, a certificate will be presented to 6-year-old Breanna Rice, winner of the full-tuition Palmer […]

A few minutes surfing the net in Korea reeled in a scholarship for local First Nations students.
Harold Shim, president of a Rotary International Club in South Korea, donated a $1,000 scholarship for students involved in the Sooke School District’s First Nations graduation program.
Shim, a lawyer involved in international mergers, said he found out about the […]

Since 1992, more than $350,000 from the Alabama Cattlemen’s Foundation has been awarded to the sons and daughters of ACA members.
See the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association website, bamabeef.org, for applications for each of the following scholarships. Scholarship Applications are due Dec. 5, 2007
1. Tagged for Greatness Scholarships - $1,000 - $1,500

These scholarships are funded by the […]

U of M Wallin Scholarship Program Scholars Blia Yang (back row left) and Thouni Seneyakone (back row right) are pictured with Win and Maxine Wallin at the reception.
Blia Yang of St. Paul and Thouni Seneyakone of Minneapolis were among the Wallin Scholarship Program scholars honored at the University of Minnesota on Oct. 3, 2007. In […]

The University of Georgia Arch Foundation has established a scholarship fund to help UGA students study in other countries in honor of university President Michael Adams and his wife, Mary, both strong proponents of international education.
The foundation created the fund in recognition of the 10-year anniversary of Michael Adams appointment as UGA president.

Arch Foundation Chairman […]

Application deadline for the Roy J. Pallardy Memorial Scholarship is Nov. 30.
The scholarship is awarded in January of each year to a college student from the Mid-Missouri area who has completed their third year of study and is enrolled at a nationally accredited college of architecture.
The amount of the scholarship is $1,000, with a possible […]

The organisers of the Roux Scholarship have revealed a £10,000 prize pot for the competition’s 25th anniversary.
Now open for entries, the winner of the 2008 Roux Scholarship will receive £5,000 cash with £1,000 awarded to the remaining five finalists.
Also up for grabs is a coveted three-month stage at a three Michelin-starred establishment courtesy of the […]

A fund created to pay education costs of the children who lost a parent in a 2003 nightclub fire says it’s received scholarship commitments from several colleges and universities.
The Station Education Fund was created by Jeffrey and Michael Derderian. The brothers owned The Station nightclub in West Warwick, where a fire sparked by a […]