Bill Gates Scholarship for Bangladeshi Girl

Bangladeshi girl gets Bill Gates Scholarship

Lamia Ahmed, a Bangladeshi girl who was born in the USA, has been awarded prestigious Bill Gates Millennium Scholarship this year in recognition of her outstanding academic success.

Because of being awarded the scholarship, she will be able to carry on her education for the rest of her academic life at free of cost.

Lamia has been living in Virginia with her parents, who came from Bangladesh, and all along doing excellent academic results.

In an interview with the Voice of America, Lamia said her parents are Bangladeshis though she was born in the USA.

A high school student, she now enters a new phase of her education life.

Bill Gates and Melinda Gates Foundation introduced this scholarship since 1999.

Cerissa Linegar and Scholarship

Like any other high school senior, Cerissa Linegar, 18, of Gothenburg
is busy preparing for graduation day.

Her white gown is pressed and announcements have been sent out to
family and friends. Linegar is looking forward to spending time with
her friends at the lake this summer, between shifts at the local Pizza
Hut, before she heads off to Southeast Community College in Lincoln in
the fall.

Linegar will receive help with college expenses, thanks to her
father's employer, Wal-Mart. At a ceremony at the North Platte
Wal-Mart Distribution Center Monday, Linegar was presented with a
$10,000 Walton Family Foundation Scholarship.

To qualify, seniors must post at least a 22 Composite ACT or 1030 SAT score.

"They told Dad at work," Linegar said. "He called and told me I got it."

Dad is Steve Linegar, a refrigeration technician supervisor at the
distribution center.

Linegar is third in her class of 67 at Gothenburg High School, and
maintains a 3.97 grade-point average.

"She's been focused," said her mom, Frances. "She's self-motivated
and industrious."

In addition to her school and work responsibilities, Linegar plays
softball and is active in her church youth group. She plans to attend
SECC for a year and then transfer to the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln, where she will major in business.

Also on Monday, Wal-Mart presented a $2,000 Associate Scholarship to
Colby Dolan of Minden.

AMSUS Scholarship 2008

Winter 2008 Recruiters: 2008 AMSUS Major General Jerry Sanders Scholarship

By Witham, Kelley J

Scholarships for Tomorrow's Healthcare Professionals The 2008 Major General Jerry Sanders Scholarship, funded by an endowment from TriWest Healthcare Alliance, will provide financial assistance in the form of a S1000 award for those who are pursuing a healthcare related career. The scholarship is available to individuals who meet the following requirements:

* Active AMSUS members, dependant children or dependant spouses of AMSUS members whose AMSUS membership is current as of the application deadline of 14 June 2008.

* High School Seniors or graduates who plan to enroll or students already enrolled in a full time undergraduate or graduate course of study at an accredited two or four year college, university, or vocational-technical school for the upcoming academic year.

Recipients must enroll in a healthcare related course of study no later than Fall 2008.

For more information and to download an application, please visit http://www.amsus.org/membership/ scholarship.shtml

CPT Kelley J. Witham, DC, USA

Copyright Association of Military Surgeons of the United States Spring 2008

(c) 2008 Military Medicine. Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning. All rights Reserved.

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Civic Engagement Scholarship

Eleanor Lucas Scholarship for Civic Engagement

Nominations are currently being accepted for the Eleanor Lucas Scholarship for Civic Engagement, which recognizes outstanding achievement by a University of Hartford student in the areas of civic engagement and community service.

The $1,000 scholarship, given by University of Hartford alumna Eleanor Lucas, will be applied to the student’s tuition and fees for the 2008–09 academic year.

The service recognized must be rendered as representative of the University of Hartford, and may be part of a course requirement (service learning) or an independent undertaking. The scholarship criteria are as follows:

• Performance above and beyond expectations.
• Demonstrated impact on the Greater Hartford community or other community outside of the University of Hartford.
• Student must have a 2.5 grade point average.
• Preference will be given to students with demonstrated financial need.

Nominations must be received by May 16, 2008. Nomination letters should address the criteria above. Self nominations are accepted.

Please send your nomination letter to Frederick Sweitzer, associate dean of Education, Nursing and Health Professions, 200 Hillyer Hall, or via email to sweitzer@hartford.edu. Decisions will be made by May 30.

Merit Scholarship Winner

Hilton Head Island High senior wins a National Merit Scholarship

A Hilton Head Island High School senior is one of five students statewide and 1,100 nationally to receive a corporate-sponsored National Merit Scholarship, according to a release.

Jordan Edwards,son of George and Pam Edwards, earned the National Merit Tenet Healthcare Foundation Scholarship. The scholarship is worth $500 a year for four years.

"It feels pretty cool," Jordan said of receiving the award. "... I definitely didn't think I'd get one of the scholarships."

Earlier this spring, Jordan received the local Heritage Foundation Scholarship valued at $18,000.

Edwards serves as team captain of his school's FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics team and is a member of Hilton Head High's chapter of Mu Alpha Theta, a math honor society. He plans to go to Cornell University to study engineering.

According to the National Merit Scholarship Corp., more than 1.4 million high school juniors from nearly 21,000 U.S. high schools entered the 2008 National Merit Program by taking the 2006 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.

The national pool of semi-finalists, representing less than 1 percent of U.S. high school seniors, consisted of the highest scoring entrants in each state.

Edwards was one of four Hilton Head High seniors recognized as semi-finalists.

Others were Megan Carey, Dominic DeSantis and Paige Wartko.

$2,000 Rotary Scholarship

Rotary Scholarship
by Laura Bell

Residents encouraged to apply

The Rotary Club of Big Sky is once again awarding a scholarship to a Big Sky resident attending a college or vocational post-high school program. This is the third successive year that the Rotary is offering the $2,000 scholarship which benefits a member of the community.
The criteria for the scholarship will be based on financial need, community service and academic performance. Each application will be reviewed by a committee of three Rotarians and a winner will be announced prior to June 15th.
The deadline for applications is May 15th, 2008. All information provided to the review committee will be kept strictly confidential to the members of that committee.
The scholarship will be awarded directly to the student upon receipt of a tuition bill.
“This is an opportunity to motivate those individual students who are inspired to further their education and strengthen themselves,” said local Rotarian Buzzy Vick.
The Rotary Club of Big Sky is able to give this scholarship as a result of the community’s generous support of the gold raffle.
This year’s gold raffle raised more than $34,000 to support humanitarian projects. Funds from last year’s raffle contributed to the following: procurement and installation of emergency call boxes in the Gallatin Canyon, a college scholarship to a Big Sky resident, recognizing an Ophir Student of the Quarter with a savings bond, drilling a well in Zambia to provide clean, safe water to two community schools and the adjacent villages, drilling community wells to provide potable water to rural villages in Honduras and creation of Saheli Centres for Women, vocational training facilities to uplift the status of women in India.
The Big Sky Rotary Chapter contributes to the Rotary Foundation and Rotary International. In 2003 Rotarians raise more than US$118 million to support the final stages of polio eradication. This is the largest single project that Rotary International has undertaken and there are only four countries in the world where polio is still a life-threatening disease. The fight to completely eradicate polio continues as a major Rotary project.
Rotary is a worldwide organization of business and professional leaders that provides humanitarian service, encourages high ethical standards in all vocations, and helps build goodwill and peace in the world. Approximately 1.2 million Rotarians belong to more than 32,000 clubs in more than 200 countries and geographical areas.
The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster: first: The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service; second: High ethical standards in business and professions, the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations, and the dignifying of each Rotarian's occupation as an opportunity to serve society; third: The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian's personal, business, and community life; and fourth: The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.

For more information on the Rotary Scholarship, please call Buzzy Vick at 995-4476 or Kathy Bouchard at 995-3861 or Wendy Rogers at 995-2744.

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$500 scholarship for women

AAUW to offer $500 scholarship to RHS grad

The Ritzville branch of the American Association of University Women is offering a $500 scholarship to a woman who graduated from Ritzville High School and who is entering her third year of college in the fall of 2008. This is the 13th year the scholarship has been awarded.

This scholarship is made available because AAUW, nationally and locally, wishes to encourage women in the fields of math, science and technology, including computer science, teaching, agriculture and other math and science areas of study.

Preference is given to women majoring in math, science or technology. A minimum 3.0 college GPA is required.

Scholarship applications are due by May 1, 2008, and the recipient will receive the award during the Ritzville High School graduation ceremony.

Applications are available from Dwight Pflugrath at Ritzville High School or Martha Heidenreich at mheidenrlake@hotmail.com.

The local AAUW branch is committed to making a significant impact on education and equity for all women.

Win $250,000 Scholarship Competition

National Scholarship Competition Launches Online - $250,000 Up For Grabs - Now Debate This - The Great Debate '08

Now Debate This! is a national scholarship competition taking place this summer. Sixteen high school juniors will be selected to spend their summer studying the lives and legacies of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Then they will debate who the better President was. The Top Two will debate live--online and maybe on television--for a $150,000 scholarship. The losing finalist will walk away with a $50,000 scholarship.

Nashville, TN (PRWEB) April 24, 2008 -- Now Debate This! is a national scholarship competition taking place this summer. Sixteen high school juniors will be selected to spend their summer studying the lives and legacies of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Then they will debate who the better President was. The winner will receive a full scholarship to the college of their choice. Check it out at www.nowdebatethis.com

Now Debate This - The Great Debate
Now Debate This - The Great Debate

All sixteen finalists will receive $3,500, a new laptop and new video camera.

The Top Two will debate live--online and maybe on television--for a $150,000 scholarship. The losing finalist will walk away with a $50,000 scholarship.

Become a contestant, and your life could be changed forever. Find out how to enter at http://nowdebatethis.com

WHAT IS IT
George Washington and Abraham Lincoln 2008: The Great Debate is a chance of a lifetime! It's a scholarship competition...a community outreach project...a road trip...a journey through time. It's the best summer job out there. Finalists will get paid to learn about our country and travel across it. They'll also have a chance to win a $150,000 scholarship. All you have to do is win this debate: Who was the better President? George Washington or Abraham Lincoln?

The 16 finalists will win $3,500 dollars and spend their summer with George and Abe plus get their own brand new laptop and video camera.

Here's what the finalists will explore:
- The principles of America's founders, tracing them from George's time in the 1700's through Abe's presidency in the 1800's, through the 20th Century, right through today, the 21st Century.
- The quest for freedom and how it challenged the Constitution both during the Civil War and today.
- The experiences of George and Abe as Commanders in Chief.
- How faith played a role in George and Abe's lives.
- Interview your family, your friends, strangers on the street, your pet python...check out what Washington and Lincoln still have to "say," after all these years. Job 1 is getting people all over the world to talk about our two greatest presidents.

HOW TO ENTER
To enter the contest applicants must be a junior in high school, and submit a 2-3 minute video application of themselves answering one the following questions;

* What is the most important duty of the President as commander in chief, and why
* What does 'patriotism' mean to you?
* What can the Declaration of Independence tell us about life in 2008?


Applicants will upload their video to YouTube and then fill out the application on the website: http://nowdebatethis.com

THE TIMELINE (all dates are 2008)
May 19th: Applications Due

June 3th - 16th: Contestants and 4 Alternates, and parents/guardians will be notified

June 18th: The first webisode airs, announcing the 16 finalists LIVE at National History Day finals in Washington DC! 8,000 people will be watching in person, with millions more at home

June 19th - July 25th: The final 16 will discover George and Abe in their own home communities, developing theories about the Presidents' and their lives, engaging people all over the world with their ideas. Viewers can keep track online, getting to know their favorite debater! Here's how Now Debate This will support each of the finalists:

a) Each student will receive scholarly support throughout the project, allowing students to explore on their own while accessing top-notch experts.

b) Each student will receive in-depth research materials about the Presidents that will help them with their summer jobs.

c) Now Debate This is a highly- interactive learning environment, all with adult supervision.

July 26th - August 9th: Don't leave your computer! Stay tuned as the finalists hit historical sites around the country including Washington DC, Springfield, IL, and Philadelphia! Follow their adventures, and catch their daily blogs and videos as they prepare for the biggest debate of their lives. August 9, contestants go head to head as judges and viewers narrow the field from 16 to two!

September 15th - 30th: The Final Debate. This will be a one night only-date, to be announced soon. The two remaining contestants debate LIVE online or possibly on TV! In this final round, the public will judge who walks away with four years of college--free.

WHY ARE WE DOING THIS?
George Washington and Abraham Lincoln are the two most visionary and accomplished leaders in United States history. Even after 200 years, they can "tell" us about what it means to stand for honor, face amazing odds, refuse to accept any substitution for victory, overcome betrayal and be a good citizen in the best country in the world.

Contestants will give Washington and Lincoln a voice in today's culture, talking about what they accomplished in their time and place, and how that can apply to life in 2008. Washington and Lincoln '08: The Great Debate intends to engage 16 high school students, and through their exploration, let these two Presidents speak to us today.

Contestants will develop your own leadership skills and inspire others around the world to join in as you explore the principles of America's founders, tracing them from George's time in the 1700's through Abe's presidency in the 1800's, through the 20th Century, right through today, the 21st Century. The quest for freedom and how it challenged the Constitution both during the Civil War and today. The experiences of George and Abe as Commanders in Chief. How faith played a role in George and Abe's lives.

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Win $5,000 Scholarship

Slauterbeck participates in college's Scholarship Competition Day

Jaimee Slauterbeck, a student at Oak Harbor High School, participated in The University of Findlay's Scholarship Competition Day, March 15.

Slauterbeck is the daughter of Rhonda and Rollan Slauterbeck, 992 N. Toussaint South, Oak Harbor. Her activities include softball, 4-H, foreign language club, Varsity club and National Honor Society.

Slauterbeck was one of 135 students from around the country invited to compete for merit scholarships worth up to $5,000. High-ability students were selected based on high school grade point average and ACT or SAT scores. The students were welcomed by Dr. DeBow Freed, president, who congratulated them on their academic achievement to date. Students then completed a written essay and were interviewed by University representatives. The event concluded with lunch and tours of campus.
Scholarship winners will be announced in the future.

Over $145,000.00 Scholarship

NABAS 2008 Scholarship Awards Dinner Approaching

DETROIT--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The National Association of Black Automotive Suppliers Scholarship Fund will be Recognizing Tomorrow’s Leaders on May 6, 2008 by awarding over $145,000.00 in Scholarship Awards to Detroit Metropolitan area African American High School Seniors.

Our Title Sponsor for our 20th Annual Scholarship Dinner is Chrysler LLC and our Keynote Speaker will be W. Frank Fountain, Senior Vice President, External Affairs and Public Policy, Chrysler LLC.

Other sponsors for this event: General Motors Corporation, Lear Corporation, Visteon Corporation, Delphi Corporation, Detroit Chassis, Ford Motor Company, Toyota, Comerica Bank, Dakota, DTE Energy and Lincoln.

This year’s proceeds will provide financial support for scholarships, internships and mentoring for the following outstanding Seniors who will pursue careers in the automotive industry: Makenzie Moss-Cass Technical High School, Kori Winters-Dakota High School, Renee Mims-Cody High School, Tarik Everett-Flint Central High School, Errin Williams-Annapolis High School, Breanna Luckett-John Glen High School, Alexis Jackson-Renaissance High School, Marlon Philips-Rochester Adams High School, Marlo Staples-Detroit Waldorf High School and Anton Darby-Andover High School.

Our theme for this year is “Recognizing Tomorrow’s Leaders Today”. The 20th Annual NABAS Scholarship Dinner will take place on Tuesday, May 6, 2008 at the Detroit Marriott Renaissance Center at 6:00PM.

The NABAS Scholarship Fund has awarded over $800,000 in Scholarships to more than 78 students since 2000. Last Year’s 19th Annual Scholarship Dinner awarded $147,500 through 4 full scholarships and 7 annual scholarships.

The NABAS trade association member companies have aggregate annual sales in excess of $3 billion, employ more than 25,000 people and have global operations. The association works to promote long-term, mutually beneficial relationships between black automotive suppliers and the automotive industry.

April 21, 2008 06:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time
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What Must to Know About Scholarship Scam

Beware of scholarship scam artists
Know the warning signs of phony financial aid organizations
Monday, April 21, 2008

Tuition and fees can add up to well over $30,000 at some universities. Many parents hope their children can secure a scholarship so that they can further their education without exhausting the family's savings.

With scholarship dollars often hard to come by, and parents anxious to get them, it's no surprise that "scholarship fraud" is on the rise. In fact, people taken in by scholarship scams lose a total of $100 million annually, according to the college planning site FinAid.org.

The good news, according to the Alabama Society of CPAs, is that there are steps you can take to avoid becoming a victim.

Question all fees

As a general rule, you should not have to pay an application fee to qualify for a college scholarship or an education loan. Sometimes parents are taken in by non-existent scholarships that require a fee to apply. Parents pay the fees, then later simply assume that their child did not qualify.

The Federal Trade Commission, which has studied scholarship scams, does advise that some legitimate companies may charge fees to search for scholarship information. If fees are required, find out in advance what they cover and when and if refunds are available. Get this information in writing before handing over any money, even a small amount.

Be wary of programs that request fees claiming to "handle all the paperwork for you." Legitimate scholarships generally require the student or parents to file the application, so this claim is a red flag that the offer could be a scam.

Ask for help

If you have doubts about any scholarship or funding program, consult your child's high school guidance counselor or another financial aid expert to get some feedback. In some cases, even a legitimate scholarship advisory group may offer to sell parents information about funding opportunities, but experts in the field may be able to guide you to the same information for free.

Don't believe in 'guarantees'

Legitimate scholarship programs do not guarantee that anyone will qualify for any of their offerings. If a group does promise that you will receive funds, it's very likely that the organization is not trustworthy. Be wary, too, if there is a lot of hype surrounding the scholarship or if you are pressed to apply immediately in order to qualify.

Don't share personal information A legitimate scholarship program should not require you to share your credit card or bank account number or other financial information. Scam artists, on the other hand, may tell you they need your personal data to confirm that you're eligible. They can then use this information to help themselves to funds from your bank account, run up bills on your credit card or commit identity theft.

Consult the experts

Web sites such as www.FinAid.org and www.collegeparents.org offer information you can use to learn more about securing the education funds you need without falling victim to a scholarship scam. In addition, your local CPA can offer expert advice on the best ways to pay for those high college tuition payments.

Whether you have young children and want to begin planning early or you are looking for ways to cover a teenager's looming tuition costs, a CPA can help. Consult him or her with questions on any of your family's financial issues.

(The Alabama Society of Certified Public Accountants is the professional statewide organization for CPAs, with more than 6,050 members in public accounting, business and industry, government and education. The organization may be contacted at www.ascpa.org.)

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