Gov. Matt Blunt’s funding plan for Missouri colleges and universities, technology centers and experiment stations remains on track. The initiative provides more than $2.1 million to benefit students around the state, promote technology and innovation, and help secure Missouri’s role as a higher education leader. The $2,174,009 payment distribution is the eighth of the $335 […]

Richland County middle school students have another tool to help them pick a career path.
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University College Access Network of Richland County (U-CAN) has received a $10,000 grant as part of the Invest in Success program. This grant is designed for community-based Ohio College Access Network members to add or enhance programs or strengthen their overall […]

The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation has awarded roughly $496,000 in grants to 48 projects. These first-quarter grants are part of the foundation’s Arts, Culture and Education granting cycle.
These grants strengthen the quality of life in the community, Greater Kanawha President and CEO Becky Ceperley said.
The biggest grant, $45,000, goes to Recording for the Blind […]

Kilgore College has received a $100,000 grant to fund the college’s Risk Management Institute.
Texas Mutual Insurance Co. awarded the grant to the college to offer free safety training to employees across East Texas, according to a press release from the college. Kilgore College is the third Texas college to be awarded the grant by the […]

For more than 40 years, the Kiwanis Club of Mariemont, part of Kiwanis International, has been in the business of serving youth and their neighborhoods and developing young leaders.
A key recipient of their efforts has been the Mariemont City School District community.
Kiwanis members, along with faculty advisors, work with students in each of the five […]

Oklahoma City Community College has received a $1.72 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to fund a new college health careers program in clinical research.
The grant will give OCCC the opportunity to grant degrees and certificates in clinical research. College officials hope the program will serve as a national model.
Sonya Williams, the chairwoman […]

A grant initiative will double the dollars donated to the Southwestern Illinois College Foundation until 2012.
The Title III grant initiative is part of a Strengthening Institutions Program grant from the U.S. Department of Education. Funds contribued to the college foundation now through 2012 will be matched dollar for dollar by the grant.
“This is the […]

Through a $1.9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor, a Kansas community college has expanded its nursing program, the Dodge City Daily Globe reported.
The Kansas Department of Labor estimates that by 2012, job openings in southwest Kansas will increase by 21.6% for LPNs and 27.5% for RNs.
The three-year grant is helping Dodge City […]

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 […]