The 2010-2011 UA recipients of The Coca-Cola First Generation Scholarship program gathered for a luncheon in their honor Tuesday in Smith Hall. The scholarship is reserved for those who are the first in their family to attend college, and this is the fifth year the University has hosted the nationwide program.

The scholarship amounts to $5,000 per year and is renewable for four years if a student maintains a 2.8 GPA throughout his or her freshman year and a 3.0 GPA in the years following, according to ua.edu.

Additionally, the website states, recipients are granted eligibility to participate in services provided by Student Support Services, which caters exclusively to first-generation college students. Recipients also gain a support system as they adjust to college life. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Buick Achievers Scholarship Program 2011
College Bound. Community Minded.

If those words describe you, we can help. The Buick Achievers scholarship program, funded by the GM Foundation, is designed to help students who are leaders in both the classroom and their communities, but who may not have the financial means to attend college. The scholarship program will award 100 scholarships for up to $25,000 per year and 1,000 scholarships for $2,000 per year, renewable for four years.

The Buick Achievers Scholarship program is open to first-time college freshman, who plan to major in one of the following: Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, Business Administration, Finance, Marketing or Design, and have an interest in a career in the automotive or related industries.

Scholarships will be awarded based on financial need, participation and leadership in community and school activities, work experience, educational and career goals, academic achievement, unusual circumstances and other criteria, such as, being a first-generation college student, female, minority, military veteran or a dependent of military personnel.

If you have the passion to succeed – especially in fields of study important to the automotive and related industries, the Buick Achievers Scholarship Program is looking for you.

Deadline: March 31, 2011
Application and Info: http://www.scholarshipsprogram.org

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The WHSH affairs has set the accepted for aerial academy student-athletes, and acquired amazing authority in its own appropriate as the affairs combines the best of aerial academy amateur and bookish awards. Each fall, the WHSH recognizes the nation’s best admired aerial academy chief men and women for arete in academics, athletics, and community/school leadership. Acceptance from beyond the country become in complex in the WHSH affairs because these celebrated apprentice acceptance awards highlight their accomplishments and the acceptable acceptance are showcased on a civic level.

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The Coca-Cola Foundation will award $5,000 scholarships, based on financial need to American Indian students who will be freshman in the fall term, and who are the first in their immediate family to pursue a higher education at a tribal college or university.

To be eligible for the Coca-Cola First Generation scholarship you must:

* Have at least a 3.0 grade point average;
* Be in your first or second semester of college
* Be the first in your immediate family to attend college
* Demonstrate leadership and commitment to the American Indian community;
* Be American Indian or Alaska Native with proof of enrollment or descendancy;
* Have demonstrated exceptional academic achievement and financial need.

For more information and to apply online, please visit:

http://www.collegefund.org/scholarships/main.html

Application Deadlines:    5/31/2011

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