Denise Savoie, NDP post-secondary education critic, is calling for the end of the Canadian Millennium Scholarship Foundation. The mandate of the foundation that awards federal bursaries and scholarships is set to expire in 2009, and the government has not yet made any mention of its future.
In an open letter to the Minister of Human Resources […]

The Sembradores de Austin Valentine’s Ball, a formal gala supporting a scholarship program for underprivileged first-generation students at The University of Texas at Austin and three other central Texas universities, will be held Feb. 9 at the Omni Hotel South Park in Austin.
Ron Oliveira, anchor for KEYE-TV, Channel 42 in Austin, will be the master […]

Companies working in the Fayetteville Shale Play announced Wednesday a $70,000 donation to the University of Arkansas Community College at Morrilton to support a program that trains workers for jobs in the state’s emerging gas industry.
The Fayetteville Shale Scholarship Fund, a volunteer organization made up of members representing several companies working at the north-central Arkansas […]

Applications for the Scholarships for Military Children Program must be delivered to a commissary - either by hand or mail - by close of business Feb. 20.
Applications are available in commissaries worldwide or online through a link at www.commissaries.com and directly at www.militaryscholar.org, where they can be filled out on the computer and printed, or […]

Residents of Waldo County pursuing their education in a health-care field may be eligible for scholarships awarded by Waldo County General Hospital.
Awards are granted to graduating high school seniors and college undergraduates pursuing careers in health-care related fields including but not limited to: nursing, laboratory technician, surgical technician, radiology, pharmacy, therapy services and medical records […]

In a move that left the usually unflappable Esther Shepherd “totally shocked,” Baptist Health President and CEO A. Hugh Greene presented the long-time nurse with flowers and the inaugural Carol Thompson Scholarship Award on Dec. 6 in Jacksonville.
The award is named for a distinguished health care and community visionary in Northeast Florida who played a […]

The Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association/Farmers Insurance Group scholarship program will give $30,000 to 10 different graduating student athletes at the conclusion of the spring season.
The scholarships, which will range in amounts of $2,500 to $5,000, are an effort by Farmers to assist those who are college bound and signed to continue their athletic career […]

Twenty-five students
received $3,500 scholarships from the Pennsylvania Farm Show Scholarship
Foundation prior to the Sale of Champions on Tuesday, Jan. 8, at the 2008
Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg.
Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff presented the scholarship awards,
explaining the important role youth play in Pennsylvania’s number one
industry.
“It is very gratifying when so many young people are active participants in
the […]