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CSAC Committee to Conduct Hearing on SB70 Regulations RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif., Aug. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A committee of the California Student Aid Commission will hold a public hearing Wednesday, August 22, to receive comments on proposed regulations to implement SB70. The law requires colleges participating in the Cal Grant program to report statistics to the Commission regarding enrollment, persistence, graduation, and post-graduation job placement and salary....
DAYTON, Ohio, Aug. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Reynolds and Reynolds Company today announced it is providing more than 50 merit scholarships to support young scholars attending colleges in the U.S. and Canada for the 2012-2013 academic year. The scholarships, with a combined value of nearly $130,000, are funded by the Reynolds and Reynolds Company Foundation, which has been providing support for higher education and merit scholarships for the past 25 years. "We take a great deal...
Rapid Recovery Solution, Inc., a New York collection agency, comments on the unveiling of a new online tool for student loan borrowers by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Bohemia, NY (PRWEB) July 27, 2012 On July 27, 2012, collection agency, Rapid Recovery Solution, Inc. comments on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) releasing a new Student Loan Collection Assistant to aid student loan borrowers or debtors at risk of or currently facing default student loans....
BALTIMORE, July 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Central Scholarship and MONEY® Magazine will award the final MONEY® Magazine scholarship at Central Scholarship's annual Student Awards Ceremony. Scholarship winners were selected from attendees at Central Scholarship's College Cash event in March. To be considered, students had to write an essay regarding what they learned about financial literacy as well as strategies for improving future financial literacy programs. Central...
ATLANTA, June 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Fifty incoming college freshmen who were stand-outs among their high school's recent graduating class are getting help with their educational expenses through the Georgia-Pacific Foundation Employees' Children Scholarship program. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20030425/PAPLOGO) Georgia-Pacific annually awards 50 four-year scholarships to qualifying children of its employees across the United States, so that approximately 200...
J.C. Penney, Sallie Mae and Schlumberger Bring Home Top Honors in 2012 Atlanta, Georgia (PRWEB) June 07, 2012 T.E.N., a technology and information security executive networking and relationship-marketing firm, announced finalists and winners last evening for the ISE® Central Awards 2012. Awards were presented at a dinner gala held at the Sheraton Dallas Hotel, Dallas. They recognize both Information Security Executives and Projects for outstanding achievements in risk management,...
LOS ANGELES, June 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Congratulations are in order for three California public high school seniors recently named as the winners of the second annual "Education for All" photography scholarship contest, a collaboration between the California Association of African-American Superintendents and Administrators (CAAASA) and Fagen Friedman & Fulfrost LLP (F3). Charles Polk and Lawrence Sims, both of the Antelope Valley Union High School District, and Sonia Vasquez...
LATROBE, Pa., June 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Kennametal Foundation today announced the winners of the 2012 Kennametal Foundation Scholarships. Each winner is provided a $2,000 award renewable for up to four years of college undergraduate study that can be used at any accredited U.S. college or university of the student's choice. "I congratulate the talented recipients and wish them continued success in their academic careers. I am pleased that Kennametal, through its...
SAN FRANCISCO, May 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) today announced that 10 students in its northern and central California service area have been awarded full-ride scholarships of up to $30,000 per year to complete their college degrees. The awards are part of PG&E's $1 million Bright Minds Scholarship Program, which helps cover higher education expenses for selected high school seniors, community college and "non-traditional" students. The...
NASA has selected 25 students to receive the agency's Aeronautics Scholarship for the 2012-2013 school year. This scholarship program, which is in its fifth year, is designed to aid undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in fields of study related to aeronautics and aviation. Recipients were selected from hundreds of applications to the program. "These scholars represent the future aeronautical innovators who will be key players in enabling the advances in air transportation that...
