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It’s Simple–Eat Burgers, Win Scholarships

Bumpers Drive-In Scholarship Contest Adds an “Early Bird” Award The Bumpers Drive-In Discover Mississippi Scholarship Contest is a staple for Mississippi college-bound students. The annual contest will run from January 18, 2008 to March 31, 2008. As usual, junior and senior high school students from around the state are welcome to compete for scholarships. This […]

Posted in Companies, High School, Regional 16 years, 9 months ago

AVerMedia Launches a New Scholarship for High School Seniors

Win $5,000 for College AVerMedia is a document imaging company with a social conscience. The company has just launched a brand new annual scholarship contest: the AVerMedia Technologies Scholarship Program. The first ever winner will be chosen in May 2008. Qualifications: You must currently be a high school senior and planning on graduating in 2008. […]

Posted in Community Service, Companies, High School 16 years, 10 months ago

Latina Magazine and Maybelline Will Give Away $50,000 in Scholarships

Opportunities Through Education Scholarships Latina magazine has recently teamed up with cosmetics giant, Maybelline, inspired to promote college education among Latina women. The Opportunities Through Education Scholarships competition is open to all juniors and seniors in high school regardless of ethnicity or gender. What’s at stake? Five-$10,000 scholarships. **How the Opportunities Through Education Scholarships program […]

Posted in Companies, Hispanic, Women 16 years, 10 months ago

Seniors Helping Seniors Scholarship Competition

Sponsored by PNY Technologies Wanted: technically savvy high school seniors that could design compelling and innovative educational programs that teach the elderly how to best harness the power of the internet. Sound easy? PNY Technologies is sponsoring the Seniors Helping Seniors Scholarship Competition. The primary goal: to inspire “intergenerational” communication and interaction. The secondary goal: […]

Posted in Companies, High School 16 years, 10 months ago

Budding Student Writers:

Next Great Crime Writer Wanted A “multi-media alliance” between Court TV, Borders Books, and Gather.com is the inspiration for a new contest aimed at ferreting out the Next Great Crime Writer. Students, if you’re passionate about this genre you stand to win a publishing contract, plus $5,000 in advance royalties when you submit chapters from […]

Posted in Arts, Companies 16 years, 11 months ago

Foresters Adds 30 New Student Scholarships

Funds Up to $2.8 Million for 2008 Foresters, a membership-driven financial management corporation, is prepared to award up to $2.8 million in scholarships for 2008. The Foresters Competitive Scholarship program is open to student members or dependents of members to assist with the rising costs of tuition. Foresters counts over 900,000 members between the United […]

Posted in Community Service, Companies 16 years, 11 months ago

Convert Your Environmental Passion Into $15,000 in Scholarship Cash

Blade Your Ride Scholarship Video Contest Students have passion, opinions and usually innovative solutions. If you think you have the inside track on motivating and inciting your friends and family to take environmental action, then soup up your video camera for the Blade Your Ride Scholarship Program. Well-informed and enthusiastic, environmentally savvy college students are […]

Posted in Companies 16 years, 11 months ago

Fine Woodworking and Furniture Students: Scholarship Funded by Powermatic

Win Money to Hone Your Craft Powermatic, a leading woodworking tool manufacturer, has donated funds to create the Powermatic Student Workshop Scholarships sponsored by The Furniture Society. Up for grabs is the cost of tuition at five of the most prestigious furniture workshops in the nation: North Bennett Street School, Penland School of Crafts, Anderson […]

Posted in Arts, Companies, Societies 16 years, 11 months ago

Win MTV’s Half-Million Dollar Young Creator’s Award

Pay for Your Dream School Do you have an idea that could change the way people share information? MTV and the Knight Foundation will award $500,000 in the Young Creators Award contest to the student(s) with the most innovative, creative, feasible new concepts for connected interaction. What’s more, the winners may also receive the necessary […]

Posted in Companies, Foundations, Journalism 16 years, 12 months ago

Yee-Haw! Texas Rodeo Show Increases Scholarship Donation for 2008

Up from $6.4 Million to $8 million for 2008 Texas students—535 of them—will be very happy when they are presented with the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo scholarships next March 2008. The popular program’s stable of scholarships received a significant cash increase following the landslide profits earned from the 2007 show. The show sponsors 8 […]

Posted in Companies, Regional 17 years ago