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Private foundations, civic organizations, and other groups...
provide additional scholarships. In our experience, most students receive these outside scholarships from organizations within their home communities. For this reason, we encourage you to check with your high school, local civic organizations and religious institutions to see what scholarships are available.
Billions of Dollars in Free Money for College Available to Next Fall's Students The Sallie Mae Fund Offers Helpful Tips and $2 Million
The MEF Scholarship ranges from $1,000 to $2,500
The Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) is pleased to offer scholarships to your accounting and finance students. An IMA student member pursuing study in accounting or finance as an undergraduate or graduate is eligible for the Memorial Education Fund (MEF) Scholarship and for the Stuart Cameron and Margaret McCloud Memorial (SCMS) Scholarship. The MEF Scholarship ranges from $1,000 to $2,500. One student will be chosen from the MEF Scholarship pool of applicants to receive the SCMS Scholarship in the amount of $5,000. The SCMS Scholarship recipient will also receive lodging, transportation, and registration costs for both the IMA Annual Conference and Exposition, and the IMA Student Leadership Conference.
The application is available on the IMA website at www.imanet.org/scholarships. Please note that the deadline for receipt of all application materials is February 15, 2008.
If you have any questions, please feel free to call me at (800) 638-4427, ext. 1556, or e-mail me at jryan@imanet.org
Hispanic College Fund Last year the Hispanic College Fund awarded $1.8 million to over 615 students nationwide. HCF Scholars not only benefit from funding, but also from joining a powerful network of HCF Scholars, corporate executives and government leaders vested in developing the next generation of Hispanic professionals. Click here for more information
The Presidential Forum on Renewable Energy - $10.000 award The Presidential Forum on Renewable Energy is sponsoring a nationwide college student essay contest in which three college studens will be named and awarded a $10,000 educational prize.
The Forum: The Presidential Forum on Renewable Energy is sponsoring a presidential candidate forum on the afternoon of Saturday, November 17 at the Wadsworth Theater in Los Angeles. The PFRE joined forces with leading environmental organizations to hold a single joint forum on global warming and renewable energy. Our partner organization is hosting the event include the NRDC, the League of Conservation Voters, and the Center for American Progress.
The Contest: The Presidential Forum on Renewable Energy is sponsoring a student essay contest in which three college students will be named and awarded a $10,000 educational prize. The contest, which begins on November 17, will engage college students in the issues of renewable energy, sustainability, and conservation.
Eligibility: The contest is open to students who, as of January 1, 2008, are between the ages of 18 and 24; enrolled, full-time or part-time, in an undergraduate college program; and a citizen of the United States of America.
The Selection Criteria: Submissions, which must be completed by February 1, 2008, will be evaluate on their originality, on their political, economic, and technical feasibility, and on their long-term viability. We will evaluate the plans on the soundness and originality of thinking, but we will also consider the ability to present those ideas in a concise, persuasive, and compelling manner.
Prize: An educational prize of $10,000 will be paid to each of the three students who submit a winning essay. The prizes will be paid to the students, in a lump sum, on or after May 1, 2009. Individual winners will be responsible for all tax liabilities.
Announcement of Winners
The three students whose essays have been selected as winners will be contacted directly by the Presidential Forum on Renewal Energy in April, 2008, to coincide with Earth Day. He official announcement of the winners will be made only after each student’s eligibility has been confirmed.
To read up-to-date details about the contest and submit an essay, please go to www.2008EnergyForum.org. We look forward to working together on this important endeavor.
The World Nomads Podcast Documentary Scholarship The World Nomads Podcast Documentary Scholarship will send a student on assignment to a remote part of Cambodia to visit a Fred Hollows eye camp with unique access to interview the doctors, staff and local villagers. Under the mentorship of ABC radio journalist Tim Latham, the student will have the opportunity to create their own 15 minute podcast documentary. World Nomads is passionate about travel and this is the third in our series of educational travel scholarships. To date, we have sent students on a Film Documentary Scholarship to build a primary school in Laipikia region of Kenya and on a Travel Photography Scholarship to Arnhem Land in Australia to attend the indigenous Garma Festival with stunning results. We are working with key industry partners such as Lonely Planet and National Geographic to make these scholarship opportunities the best in their field. We would appreciate you forwarding this information on to your students (communications/ journalism/media/arts/radio) and lecturers, and also ask that you upload the opportunity onto the relevant section of your website which promotes external opportunities, and of course any other internal marketing platforms you have available. World Nomads will be offering 4 travel related Scholarships annually and we warmly welcome any feedback or thoughts you might have about our program. Please don't hesitate to contact me should you require further information. Kind regards, Amanda Byrne Global Programs Manager The World Nomads Group Limited Email: amanda@worldnomads.com Web: www.worldnomads.com
World Nomads Travel Writing Scholarship
http://journals.worldnomads.com/scholarships/post/15629.aspx
Please don't hesitate to contact me should you require further information. David L. Long Scholarship The American Water Works Association (AWWA) is an international nonprofit scientific and educational society dedicated to the improvement of drinking water quality and supply. Founded in 1881, AWWA is the largest organization of water supply professionals in the world. Its more than 60,000 members represent the full spectrum of the drinking water community: treatment plant operators and managers, scientists, environmentalists, consultants, manufacturers, academicians, regulators and others who hold genuine interest in water supply and public health. Membership includes more than 4,000 utilities that supply water to roughly 180 million people in North America.
The Pennsylvania Section of the AWWA encourages study in fields relating to the water supply industry and in May of 2008 is offering $2,000 scholarship to eligible students. Students are eligible to apply if:
1. They have completed one semester of the college junior year or they are a college senior or graduate level student. 2. They are pursuing or planning to pursue a degree in engineering, biology, chemistry, business administration or other field which may lead to a career in the water supply industry, and
3. They are attending a Pennsylvania college or maintain a permanent residence in Pennsylvania.
Please help the Scholarship Committee choose the most worthy students by distributing and posting the enclosed Application Packet and encouraging interested students to apply.
Additional information can be obtained by contacting the PA- AWWA Office, PO Box D, New Cumberland, PA 17070; phone (717) 774-8870; fax (717) 774-0288; or Email: paawwa@paawwa.org
The deadline is February 1, 2008.
Here are important documents you will need to qualify:
2008 Talbots Women’s Scholarship Fund. Applicants to the Talbots Women’s Scholarship Fund must be:
Enclosed are two applications for the 2008 Talbots Women’s Scholarship Fund. You may photocopy the application if additional copies are needed. Applications will be available in all Talbots U.S. stores, as well as on our website at www.talbots.com through January 2, 2008.
The program is independently managed by Scholarship Management Services, a department of Scholarship America. Scholarship America is a national nonprofit educational support and student aid service organization. Any questions regarding the program or the application process may be directed to Deb Johnson at (507)931-0452
The Tri-County Personnel Association
The Tri-County Personnel Association is pleased to announce the continuation of our scholarship program. A scholarship will be awarded to a full time student completing their junior or senior year at a four-year accredited college/university I the Tri-County Personnel area (Columbia, Lackawanna, Luzerne Counties and surrounding areas). The scholarship valued at $1,000.00 will be awarded for the 2008 Spring semester.
The Tri-County Personnel Association is an organization of approximately 116 Human Resource professionals representing close to 75 local companies. It was established to advance the understanding of the principles, policies and methods of creating and maintaining satisfactory human relations with commerce and industry.
The eligibility requirements for these scholarships are as follows. The student must be a full time bachelor’s degree candidate seeking a career in the human resource management field, the student should have completed a minimum of three courses (9 credits) in human resources or industrial relations related courses and maintaining an overall grade point average of 3.0.
Selections will be made by the Scholarship Committee of The Tri-Country Personnel Association. Check will be presented to the scholarship recipient at the February 13, 2008 meeting of the Association.
We would appreciate your assistance in communicating the availability of this scholarship program to your business, human resources or industrial relations faculty and students. In previous years, we have discovered that, in some cases, this information has not been disseminated to students who may be interested and in need of financial assistance. We sincerely hope that eligible students from your institution will apply for consideration this year.
Interested students must complete the enclosed application and return it by November 16, 2007 along with an official transcript, two letters of recommendation from college professors, counselors or administrators and a statement (minimum of 500 words) of their personal and professional goals in the human resource field. A Posting Notice has been included for your convenience to post in the appropriate areas.
If you have any question concerning this program, please feel free to call me at (570) 821-3622. Our Scholarship Committee would appreciate your anticipated assistance in making certain that this information is provided to interested students.
The Buxmont Chapter of The Buxmont Chapter of the Pennsylvania Society Of Public Accountants is extremely proud to offer four (4) $2,000.00, scholarships to qualified accounting majors with permanent addresses in Bucks or Montgomery counties. The applicants must be full time students, entering their Junior or Senior year, in the Fall of 2008. Further qualifications are; a "B" or better cumulative and Accounting Grade Point Averages, an essay of approximately 150 words explaining why the student chose accounting as a profession, a letter of recommendation from one of the student's accounting professors or instructors, and a copy of the applicant's most recent transcript. All applications and attachments must be received by May 16, 2008. My address is 1121 Sterling Street Warwick, Pa. 18974. An application can be obtained at www.pspabuxmont.org/scholarshipapplication.pdf. Awards will be presented at our June 2008, monthly dinner meeting, with the students and their parents as our guests. If there are any questions, I can be contacted at 215-675-0262. Our chapter web site is www.pspabuxmont.org
The McLean Scholarship for Nursing and Physician Assistant Majors The McLean Scholarship for Nursing or Physician Assistant Majors is provided through the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania (AICUP). The McLean Contributionship established a generous endowment in 1998 to help full-time undergraduate students who are enrolled in a Nursing or Physician’s Assistant program. Click here for more information. The Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. Scholarship for Diversity in Engineering & Information Technology Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. serves customers in technology, energy, healthcare and industrial markets worldwide with a unique portfolio of products, services and solutions, providing atmospheric gases, process and specialty gases, performance materials and chemical intermediates. The company is the largest global supplier of electronic materials, hydrogen, helium and select performance chemicals. Founded in 1940, Air Products is recognized for its innovative culture, operational excellence and commitment to safety and the environment. With annual revenues of $10 billion and operations in over 40 countries, the company's 20,000 employees build lasting relationships with their customers and communities based on understanding, integrity and passion. Click here for more information. The Commonwealth “Good Citizen” Scholarship The Good Citizen Scholarship is made possible by two endowments established at the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania. These scholarships are reserved for students who have shown an extraordinary commitment to community service and who have demonstrated creativity in shaping their volunteer activities. The selection committee takes great pleasure in choosing scholarship recipients from among the wonderfully talented, caring students attending our member institutions. Each year the choices are difficult, but the results – empowering students to serve their communities – are well worth the effort. Click here for more information.
The iModules Scholarship Program was established in March 2008 to support education. The goal of this program is to reward students with a financial scholarship to assist them in their education pursuit. This program is for prospective and current students in both the secondary (high school) and higher education (college or post graduate) field of study. Application deadline is April 30th. Winning students will be notified by May 1st of each year to assist in upcoming semester planning. Click here for more information.
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