The following notice is for my readers in Monroe County, Mich., and is on page 8B of  today’s edition of The Monroe Evening News.
Soroptimist International of Monroe County, Mich., invites local women to apply for monetary awards to help them in pursuing higher education.
The following awards are available:

The Violet Richardson Award honors a 14- to [...]

The Monroe Evening News has been sent this press release from the Nazareth Association:
Kalamazoo, MI – The Nazareth Association is offering two $1,000 scholarships to undergraduate students who will be a junior or senior attending a Catholic college or university during the 2010-2011 academic year.
Applicants must be full time students and maintain a minimum [...]

The 2010 Scholarships for Military Children application process has begun.
This is one of the few military scholarships that children of reserve and guard families qualify for. You don’t have to live on or near a military base, although the application process is handled through the commissaries such as the one at Selfridge Air National Guard [...]

This post is for my Michigan readers:
The Michigan State University Library hosts a very extensive list of scholarships aimed at high school seniors and undergraduate students who live in Michigan, or plan to attend a Michigan college. You don’t have to fill out a profile form or read a bunch of advertisements to use this [...]

Reader’s Digest.com has this post: 5 tips for getting a good deal on college tuition.
Tip #1: “Never pay for information that is available free. Ninety-five percent of money for college, including the vast majority of government aid, comes from the institution where the student attends.”
And if you want a free explanation on how college financial [...]

Do you want a reason to help your older Girl Scout stay motivated to continue in scouts and earn the Gold Award?
As part of the updated guidelines and procedures for the Girl Scout Gold / Silver / Bronze Awards, Girl Scouts has updated and reposted a scholarship opportunity list for girls who have earned the [...]

If you’re looking for college and scholarship money, the written essay is typically part of the application process.
Mark Montgomery, a college consultant, has this post: Five essential tips for a perfect college essay.
A snippet:
College applications are very superficial.  The blanks and the spaces in the application require you to fill in basic data about yourself:  [...]

One of my co-workers remarked the other day that a lot of the scholarship announcements that have been listed in recent editions of The Monroe Evening News were only in the $500 – $1,000 range.
She remembered my daughter was in college, so she asked me about that situation.
Yes, it’s true. Many of the scholarships that [...]

Today’s print and e-editions of The Monroe Evening News has a huge list of college scholarship announcements for the Monroe High School class of 2009.
While parents across the city are clipping out those articles for scrapbooks, I want those of you who are seeking out scholarship funds – no matter where you live – to [...]

This post is for my readers in Monroe County, Mich.:
The Michigan Education Association – Retired of Monroe County is offering a $1,000 scholarship to any Monroe County, Mich., resident who is pursuing a teaching certificate.
The student must have completed 30 semester hours or the equivalent from an accredited college or university, be accepted for admission [...]