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The St. Vincent Healthcare Foundation is offering scholarship opportunities geared toward medical/nursing school and advancement of students pursuing careers in healthcare. All applications are due to their respective locations on April 1. They include:

• Thomas R. Johnson, M.D., Medical Scholarship;

• Nelles Nurse Scholarship Program provides up to five semesters of financial support to student nurses.

• Theresa Burch Memorial Scholarship, given annually to practicing nurses interested in obtaining an advanced practice nursing degree.

• High School Seniors Scholarships are awarded annually to graduating senior students pursuing careers in any health care field. High school seniors from the following counties may be eligible » Read more after the jump →

The officials from the ESA Foundation have announced the establishment of a new scholarship program for future video game developers and designers. The program is aimed specifically at women and minority applicants, who have traditionally been underrepresented in the development industry.

A $45,000 fund has been established and full-time undergraduate students can now apply online for a $3,000 scholarship until May 15th, 2008. Fifteen new scholarships will be offered each year for full-time study at accredited four-year colleges and universities, for fields including graphic design, computer science, animation or programming, digital entertainment or software engineering.

The ESA estimates that more than 200 colleges, universities and technical schools in the U.S. offer programs and courses in video game design, with at least 400 other institutions worldwide.
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Written By: Dan Lips
Published In: School Reform News
Publication Date: April 1, 2008
Publisher: The Heartland Institute

Scholarship Opportunity - President George W. Bush’s 2009 budget request for the federal government, released in February, includes a proposal to boost federal funding for the Washington, DC school system by $32 million, including a $5 million hike for the DC Opportunity Scholarship program–the citywide voucher program for low-income students.

The proposed budget increase for schools in the nation’s capital signaled the Bush administration’s commitment to extending the DC School Choice Incentive Act program. Signed into law in 2003, the federal legislation authorized the creation of a new $13 million school voucher program for low-income students living in the District of Columbia.
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Opinion by Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell
Alaskajournal

Throughout history, Alaska has sparked dreams and possibilities. In sharp contrast, today’s opportunity is snuffed out when nearly 40 percent of Alaska’s youth do not complete high school in four years and where two-thirds of incoming students at the University of Alaska require remedial coursework.

For our students entering college, only 20 percent graduate within six years. These dead-end results for individuals become even more costly when one considers the cumulative impact on Alaska’s economy, especially where our aging workforce needs young people ready to work.

What innovative thinking will change the status quo? The answer lies, in part, in the ingenuity and creativity of our people. It begins with giving teenagers the opportunity to earn a real, meaningful shot at their dreams. » Read more after the jump →

High school students pursuing careers in the agriculture industry have the opportunity to earn one of 25 $1,000 scholarships thanks to a new program offered by the CHS Foundation.
The new CHS Foundation High School Scholarship Program will recognize the nation’s top youth in agriculture and foster the development of future leaders in rural America, agribusiness and production agriculture.

Scholarships will be awarded to graduating high school seniors who plan to study an agricultural-related major at a two- or four-year college.
Students must apply before May 1. An independent, external committee will select scholarship recipients based on essays focusing on leadership and global agriculture; transcripts; and reference letters. Students should visit www.chsfoundation.org for application forms and full details.
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Cali Jamal thought his future was over when he received his high school diploma at Toronto’s City Adult Learning Centre.

Despite an 85 per cent average, the former East African refugee was ready to give up his dream of a university education and continue his $7-an-hour job at a warehouse because asylum-seekers were not eligible for student loans.

Although the law eventually changed in 2004, Jamal was able to get a head start at the University of Toronto’s business school in 2003, thanks to the Maytree Foundation scholarship program, which helps financially stressed young refugees pursue post-secondary education.

“If you took Maytree out of my life, I would’ve still been moving boxes in the warehouse,” said Jamal, 28, who graduated last year and now works as a financial analyst. “Now, I can stand tall and walk on the street with my head up.”
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The marketing consultants hired to evaluate Longview from the eyes of a visitor needed a GPS to find downtown. They never did find the Cowlitz County Fairgrounds, the Chamber of Commerce or Lower Columbia College during their two-day visit earlier this month.

“This is the age of convenience, and if people cannot find what you have to offer … they say, ‘Next!’ and they’re gone,” Roger Brooks, CEO of Seattle-based marketing firm Destination Development, told local leaders and community members gathered Monday night at the Expo Center.

The cities of Longview and Kelso paid Destination Development $10,000 each to assess the cities with a critical, honest eye and suggest strategies for creating a distinctive, positive image. Brooks will present his findings about Kelso at a workshop in mid-April.

Improving the area’s way-finding signs should be local cities’ No. 1 priority, Brooks said. The second priority should be building a better Tourist and Volcano Information Center to replace the beat up, single-wide trailer along Interstate 5 at Exit 39, he said. » Read more after the jump →