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Bald Knob Middle School student Chord Cantrell moved one step closer to a $25,000 college scholarship after he won the school-level competition of the National Geographic Bee on Dec. 11.

The school-level Bee, at which students answered oral questions on geography, was the first round in the 19th annual National Geographic Bee. The school winners, including Cantrell, will now take a written test; up to 100 of the top scorers in each state will be eligible to compete in their state Bee March 30, 2007. » Read more after the jump →

A scholarship has been set up in the memory of a University of Vermont student who was abducted and murdered earlier this year, said the family of victim Michelle Gardner-Quinn.

The scholarship will benefit UVM seniors interested in environmental studies, the same field that Gardner-Quinn was studying when she died, said her parents John-Charles and Diane Quinn.

“We’re working with the Development Office with an eye toward making the fund a permanent endowment,” John-Charles Quinn wrote. » Read more after the jump →

A nonprofit organization that serves 21 communities — including Cheshire and several towns in the Naugatuck Valley — is beefing up its commitment to a college scholarship program it offers.

Connecticut Community Foundation is doubling the maximum amount of scholarships it awards to individual students, from $1,000 to $2,000 per year for two- and four-year institutions, and from $500 to $1,000 a year for community colleges, said Liz Acas, a spokeswoman for the organization, which also serves residents of Beacon Falls, Middlebury, Naugatuck and Oxford. » Read more after the jump →

Although she has scarcely entered her teens, young violinist Caroline Goulding is already a veteran soloist—appearing with such prestigious orchestras as The Detroit Symphony Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra, The Cleveland Women’s Orchestra, The Lakeside Festival Orchestra and The International Symphony Orchestra.

The 14-year-old prodigy, a student at Gilmour Academy, will soon be appearing with Cleveland POPS Orchestra as a result of winning the 8th Annual Jean L. Petitt Memorial Music Scholarship competition. » Read more after the jump →

Colorado Attorney General John Suthers said Thursday that Amendment 41 bars University of Colorado professors from accepting Nobel Prize money and public employees’ children from taking certain scholarships.

Suthers said he was forced to that conclusion by the plain language of the measure, calling the consequences of it “absurd.” » Read more after the jump →

Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College-Ashland has announced the fall scholarship winners.

“The scholarship committee had a difficult time awarding scholarships this semester — there were so many excellent candidates!” said College Advancement Associate Deb Ellefson. Eleven scholarships were awarded, and the scholarships will be applied to the students’ spring term, which begins January 18. » Read more after the jump →

SAMAJWADI PARTY (SP) leaders, officials of the District Administration and District Inspector of School (DIOS) are once again in the line of fire for anomalies in the distribution of Kanya Vidya Dhan.

Students have accused SP leaders, district administration and DIOS officials for flouting norms in the distribution of cheques. Students alleged that factors kept in mind for disbursement of scholarship amount were political clout, bribes, right connection in the DIOS office and backing of influential officials of the district administration. » Read more after the jump →