Newport Oregon Financial Planning Workshops
Newport High School will hold a “Making College Financial Planning Count Program” on Dec. 7, and a FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) Workshop on Dec. 12. Both programs will begin at 7 p.m. in the Newport High Boone Center and last for one hour. All parents of students in grades 9 through 12 are welcome.
Gates Millennium Scholars Program for Minority Students
The Gates Millennium Scholars program is funded by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and is available to graduating high school seniors. The goal of this program is to promote academic excellence and to assist students with significant financial need.
To be eligible students must have one of the following backgrounds: African American, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian Pacific Islander American, and Hispanic.
The scholarship is open to undergraduate students of all majors and graduate students in mathematics, science, engineering, education, or library science.
The Deadline for entering the Gates Millennium Scholars program is January 13, 2006
For more information and application visit the Gates Millennium Scholars website.
Financial Aid & Scholarship Tips for Indiana Students
IndyStar offers advice and scholarship information especially relevant to Indiana students.
College tuition. Two simple words that can strike terror in the hearts of parents and their college-bound offspring.
Luckily, financial aid programs bridge the gap between a family’s available funds and the total cost of tuition and fees, books, room and board and all of the other expenses of a college education.
How to Apply for a Scholarship
The scholarship application process is very similar to the college application process. First, you filter a large list of possible choices into a focused list that matches you. Then you create compelling applications that are supported by your achievements, essays, recommendations, and interviews. Here are some tips to help you create strong scholarship applications.
Tackling the Cost of College Tuition
This is the time when high-school seniors are putting their college applications in the mail, wondering if they’ll get into the school of their choice. It is also the same time when many of their parents are frantically worrying about how they are going to foot the bill.
Start Financial Aid Application Process Early
Unless your child has applied early decision, you’re probably still sweating through the college application process. And yet, though you can’t even submit the FAFSA (the Free Application for Financial Student Aid) until the beginning of next year, you’d be smart to start thinking about financial aid as well.
College Scholarship for Indiana Middle School Students
The 21st Century Scholars program is open to all Indiana seventh- and eighth-graders. Whether applying or reapplying, applications be submitted in full by June 30 of the year the student enters high school.
The program has some financial basis requirements and students whose family income (to support four people) is less than $34,873 may apply.
For more information see the 21st Century Scholars Website.
Student Loan Limits Not Keeping Up With Tuition
As tuition rates at many colleges continues to rise, the limits that students may borrow each year has stayed the same.
Dependent undergraduates may borrow up to $2,625 their freshman year, $3,500 their sophomore year and $5,500 for each remaining year in Stafford Loans.
Keep Reading: Federal Student Loan Limits
$2,000 Scholarship for Washington, D.C. Area Students
Washington, D.C. area high school seniors and undergraduate students: Apply now for The Sallie Mae Fund “Home Runs for College” Scholarships!
The Sallie Mae Fund “Home Runs for College” Scholarships is a partnership between The Sallie Mae Fund and the Washington Nationals major league baseball team. The purpose of the scholarship is to provide funds to students with financial need from the Washington, D.C. area. All scholarships will be awarded in the amount of $2,000.
Deadline extended to December 1, 2005!
College Students Inspired by Rosa Parks
Civil rights leader Rosa Parks influenced many aspects in American culture, including education. The Rosa Parks Scholarship Foundation has been giving out college scholarships to Michgan students for 25 years.
College newspapers across the country reflect on the passing of Civil Rights leader Rosa Parks:
From Texas Tech University Daily Toreador:
On Dec. 1, 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested, tried and convicted for keeping her seat when a white man demanded it on a bus in Montgomery, Ala. The incident is often credited with sparking a national debate on segregation and increased interest in the struggle for civil rights. Parks died Monday in a Detroit nursing home at the age of 92.
From Perdue University Exponent:
Venetria Patton said Rosa Parks’ achievements can be used to teach a lesson that individuals can make a difference in society. Patton, director of the African American studies and research center at Purdue, said that Parks’ death on Monday allows people to reconsider her importance to the civil rights movement during the 1950s and 60s. “When someone of her stature passes away, it’s a moment to stop and reflect,” Patton said.
From the University of Virginia Cavalier Daily:
“The fact is that such a small act of civil disobedience was part of such a great movement and sparked the bus boycott,” Henderson said. “It only takes one person — you don’t have to have a whole group rally behind you to get something done.”