Scholarship Opportunities
Various Organizations, Colleges, and No-Profit
Organizations
2010 Talbots Scholarship
Talbots Scholarship Foundation will award $180,000 in college scholarships for the 2010 academic year, including up to 10 $15,000 scholarships and one $30,000 scholarship to an extraordinary finalist demonstrating courage, conviction and an insatiable entrepreneurial spirit.
Foreclosure.com Scholarship Program
Foreclosure.com just launched an essay contest for college students and incoming freshmen. The topic for the contest is, “How to solve the foreclosure crisis?” First place will receive $5,000 and second through fifth place will each receive $1,000 in scholarship monies. The top five plans will even be sent to congress.
The Coronado Neighborhood Council Scholarship
The Coronado Neighborhood Council is offering a scholarship to residents of Richmond, CA, with preference given to students who live in the Coronado neighborhood in the South Richmond area. The Coronado Scholarship was established in 1975 to assist youth and adults in reaching their goals of receiving a college education.
Students who are awarded a scholarship will receive their award on October 23, 2009 during the Coronado Council’s Scholarship Awards Banquet at the Galileo Club in Richmond, CA. Please encourage your students, particularly those who live in Richmond and the Coronado area to apply. The applications are posted in the CCC Scholarship Office located in the Student Life Center. A big thanks to Contra Costa College President McKinley Williams for providing the information on this scholarship.
The 2010 Kennedy King Scholarship
The 2010 Kennedy King scholarship application and related documents are now available in the CCC Scholarship Office located in the SA Building, Office C. For complete details and information please come by the office. ÊThe Kennedy King Scholarship cover letter, application and related documents can also be obtained at www.kennedyking.org .
Please be mindful that theÊ deadline for the Kennedy King Scholarship application and Êdocuments is February 10, 1010.
The Kennedy-King Memorial Scholarship Fund annually awards two-year scholarships of $4,000 per year to members of minority groups that are underrepresented at four-year colleges and universities. These scholarships are awarded to students of proven financial need who are transferring from a Contra Costa community college to junior standing at four-year, accredited U.S. institutions in the fall, 2010 or spring, 2011. Scholarship funding will commence in the fall or spring after your acceptance
and enrollment in such institution. We are pleased that you wish to be considered for one of our scholarships.
DO YOU QUALIFY FOR A SCHOLARSHIP?
In order to do so, you must:
? be of African American, Latino, Native American (indicate tribe affiliation), or Pacific
Islander (native people of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, Tahiti, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, or
Fijian, Melanesian, Micronesian, or Polynesian) descent;
? be enrolled for the fall semester (or have completed your course work within the past year) at
Contra Costa, Diablo Valley or Los Medanos Colleges; and
? be eligible to transfer to a four-year institution with junior standing in the fall of 2010 or not
later than spring of 2011. If you do not transfer as a full time student (12 units) with
junior standing, your scholarship award may be forfeited.
The Selection Committee will select a number of finalists for interviews. If selected, you must attend
an interview held only on Saturday morning, March 27, 2010. You will be asked to bring copies of
various financial and other documents so that we may fairly evaluate your application. All information
given will be kept in strictest confidence.
The Kennedy King Scholarship cover letter, application and related documents can also be obtained at www.kennedyking.org <http://www.kennedyking.org>
Failure to fully complete and return the completed application and additional required materials by the February 10, 2010, deadline is cause for disqualification. Don’t delay. Begin your task now!
1) BELL LABS
FELLOWSHIPS FOR UNDER REPRESENTED MINORITIES http://www.bell-labs.com/fellowships/CRFP/info.html
2) Student Inventors Scholarships http://www.invent.org/collegiate/
3) Student Video Scholarships http://www.christophers.org
4) Coca-Cola Two Year College Scholarships https://www.coca-colascholars.org/cokeWeb/page.jsp?navigation=16
5) Holocaust Remembrance Scholarships http://holocaust.hklaw.com/
6) Ayn Rand Essay Scholarships http://www.aynrand.org/contests/
7) Brand Essay Competition http://www.instituteforbrandleadership.org/IBLEssayContest-2002Rules.htm
8) Gates Millennlum Scholarships (major) http://www.gmsp.org/
9) Xerox Scholarships for Students http://www2.xerox.com/go/xrx/about_xerox.jsp
10) Sports Scholarships and Internships http://www.ncaa.org/wps/ncaa?key=/ncaa/ncaa/academics+and+athletes/
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11) National Assoc. of Black Journalists Scholarships (NABJ) <
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12) Saul T. Wilson Scholarships (Veterinary) http://www.aphis.usda.gov/mb/mrphr/jobs/stw.html
13) Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund http://www.thurgoodmarshallfund.net/v1/
14) FinAid: The Smart Students Guide to
Financial Aid scholarships) http://www.finaid.org/
15) Presidential Freedom Scholarships http://www.learnandserve.gov/about/programs/pfs_about.asp
16) Microsoft Scholarship Program http://www.microsoft.com/college/scholarships/minority.asp
17) WiredScholar Free Search http://www.collegeanswer.com/paying/scholarship_search/pay_scholarship_search.jsp
18) Hope Scholarships &Lifetime Credits http://www.ed.gov/offices/OPE/PPI/HOPE/index.html
19) William Randolph Hearst Endowed Scholarship for Minority Students http://www.apsanet.org/PS/grants/aspen3.cfm
20) Multiple List of Minority Scholarships http://www.scribd.com/doc/18647323/Gehon-Ir-Miami-Edu-Financial-Assistance-Scholarship-Black-HTML
21) Guaranteed Scholarships http://www.guaranteed-scholarships.com/
22) BOEING scholarships (som e HBCU connects)http://www.boeing.com/companyoffices/educationrelations/scholarships
23) Easley National Scholarship Program http://www.naas.org/senior.htm
24) Maryland Artists Scholarships http://www.maef.org/
26) Jacki Tuckfield
Memorial Graduate Business Scholarship (for AA students in South Florida )http://www.jackituckfield.org/
27) Historically Black College & University Scholarships http://www.iesabroad.org/info/hbcu.htm
28) Actuarial Scholarships for Minority Students http://www.beanactuary.org/college/scholarships.cfm
29) International Students Scholarships &Aid Help http://www.iefa.org/
30) College Board Scholarship Search http://www.collegeboard.com/student/pay/index.html
31) Burger King Scholarship Program http://www.bkscholars.org/
32) Siemens Westinghouse Competition http://wecanchange.com/
33) GE and LuLac Scholarship Funds http://www.lulac.org/education.html
34) CollegeNet ' s Scholarship Database http://www.collegenet.com/mach25/app
35) Union Sponsored Scholarships and Aid http://blog.aflcio.org/tag/union-scholarships/
36) Federal Scholarships &Aid Gateways 25 Scholarship Gateways from
Black Excelhttp://www.blackexcel.org/25scholarships.htm
37) Scholarship &Financial Aid Help http://www.blackexcel.org/fin-sch.htm
38) Scholarship Links (Ed Finance Group) http://www.efg.net/link_scholarship.htm
39) FAFSA On The Web (Your Key Aid Form &Info) http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/
40) Aid &Resources For Re-Entry Students http://www.back2college.com/
41) Scholarships and Fellowships http://www.osc.cuny.edu/sep/links.h tml
42) Scholarships for Study in Paralegal Studies http://www.paralegals.org/Choice/2000west.htm
43) HBCU Packard Sit Abroad Scholarships (for study around the world)http://www.sit.edu/studyabroad/packard_nomination.html
44) Scholarship and Fellowship Opportunities http://ccmi.uchicago.edu/schl1.html
45) INROADS internships http://www.inroads.org/
46) ACT-SO bEURoeOlympics of the Mind 'A Scholarships'ttp://www.naacp.org/work/actso/act-so.shtml
47) Black Alliance for Educational Options Scholarships'ttp://www.baeo.org/options/privatelyfinanced.jsp
48) ScienceNet Scholarship Listing'ttp://www.sciencenet.emory.edu/undergrad/scholarships.html
49) Graduate Fellowships For Minorities Nationwide'ttp://cuinfo.cornell.edu/Student/GRFN/list.phtml?category=MINORITIES
50) RHODES SCHOLARSHIPS AT OXFORD 'ttp://http://www.rhodesscholar.org/ /info.html