It seemed like an odd place to be marking a tragedy - a diner at breakfast time.
But those who came out to meet, greet and eat at the Markham Station Restaurant in Scarborough Friday didn’t come just for the food.
They were there to honour the memory of a brave 11-year-old’s sacrifice and to ensure his name isn’t forgotten. » Read more after the jump →
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - More funding for a state college scholarship program is needed because lottery revenues aren’t as high as expected, state higher education officials say.
Greg Sawyer, the state’s associate vice chancellor for budget and finance, said lottery funding for higher education likely will fall $15 million to $22 million short of projections for the current fiscal year, which ends June 30. » Read more after the jump →
IDX co-founder Robert Hoehl and his family have donated $1 million to establish a college scholarship fund to benefit dozens of children of Vermont veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. » Read more after the jump →
WHEN Robert Page left school at 14, Adolf Hitler was a fledging Chancellor of Germany, the Spanish Civil War had begun and Fred Perry had become the first British man to win Wimbledon in 25 years.
But 70 years after leaving Hendon Board School, the octogenarian dad-of-two now boasts a degree in fine art from Sunderland University. » Read more after the jump →
As the Campaign for A More Perfect Centre moves into its final 12 months, the James Graham Brown Foundation of Louisville has awarded the College a $1 million challenge grant for endowment growth. The terms of the grant require the College to first raise $3 million in new scholarship endowment monies between December 1, 2006, and December 31, 2007—the Campaign’s end date. The $3 million in new endowment monies may be added to any existing scholarship fund or used to establish new endowed scholarships. When the $3 million goal is reached, the Brown Foundation will present $1 million to the College for the endowment of the James Graham Brown Scholarship Fund. » Read more after the jump →
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Capella University (www.capella.edu), an accredited online university with more than 16,000 students, has released its latest podcast, which features an interview with PhD student Generosa Lopez-Molina, who is the recipient of the university’s fifth-annual League for Innovation doctoral scholarship worth $50,000. Part of the “Inside Online Education” podcast series, this installment highlights several of Lopez-Molina’s accomplishments. » Read more after the jump →
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Greencastle, Ind. - Marisa L. Mokodean, a junior Media Fellow at DePauw University, is among fifteen students from fourteen different campuses who have been awarded scholarships in the Broadcast Education Association’s 2007-08 competition. Mokodean — who is a communication major and serves as promotions director at student radio station WGRE — is the recipient of the Alexander Tanger Scholarship. » Read more after the jump →