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Frank Barton Scholarship Goes To Trinity Academy Wichita Senior
The late Rent-A-Center Chairman Emeritus W. Frank Barton established the scholarship as a memorial to his son who died in 1988 at age 20. Trinity Academy senior David Friedberg from Wichita has won the $44,000 Clay Barton Scholarship to study at the W. Frank Barton School of Business at Wichita State, the largest business scholarship awarded at WSU. John Beehler, dean of the Barton School, announced the newest Clay Barton Scholar. Last year's scholarship went to Wichita East High School senior Timothy Wilson (see story) .
Former Congressman gives $2 million for SMU scholarship fund
The Dallas Business Journal reports about Brady P. Gentry, a former member of Congress and judge. He lived a while back (was an infantryman in WWI), liked SMU a lot and died in 1966. His will stated a scholarship fund would be started in his name at SMU. The school just announced that it got the money a couple months ago. The DMN explains why, although it's not the most clear of explanations. Not bad. But not great. Couldn't find a photo of Mr. Gentry, although there is this pencil or ink sketch from here, which I like because it makes us look kind of like the Wall Street Journal. OK, carry on. Posted by Blair .
Rice Memorial grad joins list of Rhodes Scholarship winners with ...
Only 32 Rhodes scholarships are awarded each year and two have gone this year to graduates of high schools in South Burlington.
R. Genevieve Quist, a 2001 graduate of Rice Memorial High School and 2005 graduate of Cornell University, learned Saturday night she had been selected for one of the coveted scholarships that pays for two years of study at Oxford University in England. Shes the third recipient with Vermont ties.
Maria Repnikova, a 2001 graduate of South Burlington High School with a degree from George Washington University, also learned Saturday she would be an American Rhodes Scholar. Jamila Headley, a St. Michaels College senior from Barbados, learned last week she, too, had been awarded a Rhodes Scholarship.
Quist grew up in Vermont, but now lives in Santa Monica and teaches sixth grade at a Los Angeles middle school in the Teach for America program.
As seen on TV
Northern Illinois head coach Joe Novak was recruiting a quarterback in Houston last year when he asked the young man why he was interested in playing for his team. The quarterback, who also was being recruited by schools in Texas, looked at Novak and said, "Exposure." Novak needed to hear it again. "What?" .
Get 'Close-Up' with U.S. history
EXETER -- Walking workshops, dancing, group discussions, shopping, debates and friendships are memories shared from past Close-Up participants from Exeter High School. Students wanting an inside look at government in action can participate in Close-Up from March 26 to March 30 in Washington, D.C. The program is designed to help prepare students to become active citizens in their communities and is open to EHS sophomores, juniors and seniors. On alternating years students can travel to Washington, D.C., or Hawaii to explore the federal government or international relations and culture. Combined with after-school meetings and a paper, the weeklong programs count for one class credit on student transcripts that are sent with college applications. The trip cost is $1,359.
NBA age rule gives colleges big men
The Next Big Thing started his second game for nationally ranked Ohio State on Saturday, hitting hook shots, threatening rims with his dunks, grabbing 11 boards and scoring 14 points in the Buckeyes' 72-50 rout of Cincinnati. Greg Oden played with a cast plastered around his right hand. The 7-foot, 280-pound center said he didn't feel limited, though one limit has affected him most. The NBA age limit, which took effect this past offseason and requires players to be at least 19 and one year out of high school before joining the league, keeps Oden in school. It keeps Oden, the best U.S.-born big man of his generation and the player Arizona coach Lute Olson said has "a chance to be the next Walton or Jabbar," on a college campus, earning his scholarship among other 18-, 19-, 20- and 21-year-olds.
Morgan County Scholarship Fair provides opportunity for students
Students looking to ease the burden of college tuition might find the financial relief they need at the Morgan County Scholarship Fair. The event will be 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Mooresville High School cafeteria. In its second year, the scholarship fair brings together school counselors from all five school districts in Morgan County, as well as other organizations offering scholarships to high school seniors in the area. Karen Bain, president of the Mooresville Chamber of Commerce, said the chamber gives away $1,000 scholarships to a student from Eminence, one from Monrovia and two students from Mooresville. The Morgan County Community Foundation, Bain said, will present information on the more than 20 scholarships they have available for seniors from all over the county.
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