Unclaimed Scholarships?
Nearly every local and national organization has a college scholarship to offer, along with wealthy philanthropists, nationally known retailers and universities.
High school seniors are scrambling to meet deadlines in February for those scholarships, though some say the flood of offers could end up crowding the field and discourage students from applying.
Financial Aid Basics
Do you remember learning your ABCs as a child — that proud day when you finally could sing the “Alphabet Song” all the way through? Once you learned these letters, they became useful tools for you, and odds are that you don’t even have to sing the song anymore to remember them. Well, it’s time to learn a new alphabet, and unfortunately there’s no cute tune to help you remember it. Eventually, however, just as you learned the regular letters, you’ll develop a comfort level with FAFSA, SAR, EFC and PIN — acronyms that are part of the financial aid alphabet.
Technology & Fashion Scholarship
The“Fashion in Motion’’ College Scholarship Program for Technology & Fashion Students is sponsored by CTIA WIRELESS 2006. The Application is March 10.
Mercedes-Benz USA Scholarship
MONTVALE, N.J. — Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA), with support from World Wide Motors and Mercedes-Benz dealers, will make $1.5 million in scholarship funding available to students who are the first generation in their families to attend college.
Football Scholarship Winner
It’s a takeoff on the world’s oldest story line. Only this fairy tale rings true: Boy meets football. Boy loses taste for football. Boy wins back passion for the game.
And in the end, a fine young man earns a college scholarship. Mill Creek senior Jerry Winfield may still be pinching himself.
Turner Scholarship Program
Scholarship Program Assists Minority Students Towards Career In the Building Industry
NEW YORK, Jan. 25 /PRNewswire/ — Turner Construction Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Turner Corporation, the nation’s leading general builder, today announced that its New York City YouthForce 2020 Scholarship Program is accepting college scholarship applications for 2006. This marks the program’s fifteenth successful year in guiding minority students towards a career in the building industry. Since the program’s inception, Turner has
awarded over 55 scholarships to students living in the five boroughs.
Each year, Turner’s New York business unit selects five graduating high school seniors from New York City schools to be recipients of the scholarship in the amount of $2,000 each year, a total of $8,000 after completing four years of college. As a scholarship recipient, students must maintain a 2.75 grade point average, remain in the same course of study, and complete a four-year summer internship at Turner that begins immediately following the first full year of college. In addition to mentoring these students throughout their college education, Turner extends full-time employment to its scholarship recipients upon graduating from college.
Applications for the 2006 Scholarship program are now being accepted. For further information or to request an application form, please contact Stephanie Ansari, Community Affairs Coordinator for Turner Construction Company, via email at sansari@tcco.com. The scholarship program is open to the public and the deadline for receiving all applications is May 6, 2006.
Duck Tape Prom Contest
Have you heard about this crazy scholarship program? Are you creative and daring enough to create formal wear out of duct-tape and wear it to your prom? Then you could win a scholarship in the Stuck at Prom Duck Brand Duct Tape Scholarship Contest.
This year the top prize is a $6,000 Scholarship!
Contest Ends - Friday June 9, 2006
Basketball Player Gets Help, Scholarship from NBA Coach
Tim Floyd arranged for Rob Brooks to receive a college scholarship, meet an NBA general manager and attend a Laker game.
Just a few appreciative gestures from the USC coach to his head team manager?
Hardly. All these acts of kindness occurred several years ago, when Floyd coached in the NBA and Brooks was a high school student in Orange County.
Sallie Mae Fund Scholarships
The Sallie Mae Fund’s 2006-2007 Academic Year Scholarship Applications Now Available
RESTON, Va., Jan. 17 /PRNewswire/ — Nearly 1,000 low income and minority students will be closer to achieving their college dreams this year, thanks to $2.3 million in scholarships from The Sallie Mae Fund. The charitable organization sponsored by Sallie Mae announced today that applications for all of its scholarship programs are now available at http://www.salliemaefund.org/.
FBI Scholarship
FBI Scholarship Draws Record Number of High School and College Students
More than 2,000 high school and college student per day have been registering for the FBI Common Knowledge Challenge. This is a cash scholarship that is won by students taking a series of multiple-choice quizzes over the internet.
Ft. Lauderdale, FL (PRWEB) January 19, 2006 — High school and college students looking for easy scholarship money are registering in record numbers to compete in the FBI Common Knowledge Challenge scholarship. For the first time in its five year history, the Common Knowledge Scholarship Foundation (http://www.cksf.org/) registered over 2,000 students in one day to compete for the $500 scholarship set to begin on January 28th and run through February.