Articles tagged with: college scholarship
Scholarship Friday: KFC, Olive Garden, and Greeting Card Scholarships
Be sure to set aside some time in the coming weeks to work on your scholarship applications. The winter is really peak season for scholarship committees, as there are an abundance of opportunities with upcoming deadlines. To help make your search for scholarships a little easier, I preview three upcoming scholarships every Friday here at […]
Scholarship Thursday #15
It’s the middle of the August and the scholarship pickings continue to be slimmer than normal. The pace will pick up in the fall, though, and by November, you’ll need to plot out your application strategy in an Excel chart. In other words, enjoy the quieter season and the opportunity it provides to focus on […]
Scholarship Announcements: Adelante!, CampusReform.org, and Betty Stevens Frecknall
Greetings, scholarship seekers! Most of you are heading into your final week, with a frantic rush to write all those final papers and study for your last exams. I hope you can also find a few minutes to devote to your scholarship applications. No time to search out scholarships this week? Well good thing I […]
Scholarship Weekend: Wayne V. Black Scholarship, Caterpillar Scholarship, Best Buy Scholarship
Happy Saturday, dear scholarship seeker. If you are new to this blog, then welcome to your first Scholarship Weekend! Every weekend (well, almost every weekend), I post about three great scholarships with upcoming deadlines. We are in the middle of “high” scholarship season, so there is definitely no better time than the present to get […]
Scholarship Thursday #22
September 25, 2008 by Mara Strom It’s time for our weekly round-up of scholarships with upcoming deadlines. I’ve got a really exciting new opportunity for you this week, so I hope you will have a chance to work on your college scholarship applications this weekend. Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Are you interested in studying […]
Student Scholarship Thursday #11
July 17, 2008 by Mara Strom July is more than half-way through, which means you’re probably starting to think about heading off (or back) to school. Believe it or not, it isn’t too late to earn a few more thousand dollars for your college education. This week, we’ve got a list of three great opportunities, […]
On The Campaign Trail: John McCain on Higher Education
ARCHIVE STORY – June 30, 2008 by Mara Strom Last week, we spotlighted the views of Barack Obama, the (presumed) Democratic nominee, on higher education and financial aid. I promised you then that I wasn’t being partisan — and that we’d look this week at what the Republican nominee John McCain has to say about […]
On The Campaign Trail: Barack Obama on Financial Aid
June 23, 2008 by Mara Strom A few weeks ago, I mentioned the brouhaha that was brewing between Barack Obama and John McCain over the Democrats’ proposal to fully fund scholarships for 3-year veterans. Well, that’s not the only financial aid issue making its way onto the ’08 campaign trail with the presumed Presidential candidates. […]
Scholarship Thursday #6
June 12, 2008 by Mara School may be out for summer – but don’t get too comfortable lounging at the pool, especially if you still need some more cash to pad your college fund. Here’s a look at three great scholarships with mid to late June deadlines that you don’t want to miss. 1) Safety […]
