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Scholarship winner credits motivators
The week before Sarah Gonzalez graduated from high school in 2005, she had not received any of the scholarships she had applied for, and she couldn't see a way to support herself while going to college. "I decided not to go to college for a year," Gonzalez, now 19, said. But within the next two weeks, she got word that she had received five scholarships. One of them was from the Portland-based Hispanic Metropolitan Chamber, which offered her four years of money for college -- $2,400 for the first two and $5,000 for the second two. Her sponsor, Legacy Health System, would give her summer internships while she was in school. She went to Portland Community College. This year, she became the first in her family to receive a higher education degree when she got her associate's, and she will transfer to Portland State University in January.
MECAPS hikes scholarship amount
Bhopal, Nov 30: Muslim Education and Career Promotion Society, (MECAPS), has taken two major steps this academic session to make its scholarship programme more effective and result oriented. Firstly, the scholarship for classes IXth and Xth has been enhanced from Rs.200/- per month to Rs.250/- per month while for classes XIth and XIIth from Rs.250/- p.m. to Rs.300/- p.m.. Secondly, MECAPS has rendered financial assistance amounting Rs.100,000/- (One lakh) to eight MECAPS scholarship recipients who have crossed the PMT and PET barrier and have joined medical and engineering courses. One student has also been granted Rs.30,000/- for admission in MBA course. According to a Press release issued by Sagheer Baidaar, MECAPS secretary, all these students belong to extremely weaker sections of society.
Rebel QB recruit from Olive Branch arrested
OXFORD Olive Branch High senior quarterback Cannon Smith said he was ready to become an Ole Miss football player after making an oral commitment to the Rebels on Dec. 3. But two weeks later, his scholarship status with the Rebels has become somewhat unclear because of an off-the-field incident that happened Thursday night in Collierville, Tenn. Smith, whose legal name is Fredrick B. Smith, was pulled over for speeding and arrested for possession of ecstasy, according to Collierville Jail Records. Smith, 19, is scheduled to appear in court on Jan. 9. Ecstasy is the slang term for an illegal drug that has effects similar to those of hallucinogens and stimulants and is popular among teens and college students. Possession of ecstasy in Tennessee is a Class A misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in jail and a $2,500 fine.
’07 Dora Maclellan Brown Scholarship Applications Being Accepted
Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation will again award Dora Maclellan Brown Scholarships for graduate education in Christian ministry.
The scholarships are named in memory of the late Mrs. Brown, daughter of the founder of Provident Life and Accident and Insurance Company, who helped educate students until her death in 1974. Using her legacy, the foundation has since 1976 helped nearly 400 students prepare for Christian ministry.
The 2007 awards will be announced in April, 2007.
Dora Maclellan Brown Ministry Scholarships are available to men and women from the Chattanooga area who are Biblically conservative and are seeking a masters degree at a theological seminary or other graduate school approved by the foundation. Scholarships are awarded based on merit and need for the duration of the degree program, usually two to four years.
SM offers scholarship
The SM Foundation College Scholarship Program was established by SM Foundation to provide quality education to deserving underprivileged high school graduates.
The program, which began in 1993, maintains 500 scholars at any given time. It has to date 798 alumni, many of whom are gainfully employed with the SM Group of Companies and other prestigious companies here and abroad.
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A student may apply for the scholarship program if he or she is a graduate of a public high school. An applicant should also have a household income per year of P150,000 or less and his or her fourth year average grade must be at least 88 percent in the second or third grading period.
Mailboxes, inboxes burst with college brochures
RICHMOND, Virginia (AP) -- Lucas S. Morales has what a lot of colleges are looking for. He's smart for starters -- with good grades, good test scores, and eight Advanced Placement courses. He's male, at a time when many colleges are struggling to recruit boys. He's Hispanic. He comes from a low-population state, New Mexico, which would help most schools improve their geographic diversity. So when the computers at college marketing and direct-mail outfits like Richmond, Virginia-based Royall & Company come across students such as Morales, a personalized recruiting campaign ensues. Slick, carefully tailored brochures are printed and mailed. Following cues from students about how they communicate, colleges fire out e-mails, instant messages, phone calls and may even contact parents.
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