...service. The award for first place is $10,000, second place is $5,000 and third place receives $3,000. Applicants must submit an entry form, complete a scoring sheet, and provide documents verifying facts related to the entry form. The deadline for this scholarship is December 31st of every year. The Armed Services YMCA Essay Contest is open to the children of members of the uniformed services (active-duty, Reserve, Guard and retired) and civilian (DOD and Coast Guard) families. Applicants must submit a 500-word essay on their favorite book, author, library, why they like to read, their favorite person to read with, etc. Students will be awarded $1,000 bonds for first place, and $200 bonds for second place. In addition, there are two $100 bonds for essays of honorable mention. The Educational Assistance Program of MOAA provides a variety of interest free loans, interest free grants and scholarships to children of the uniformed services. Applications are due in March. The AMVETS National Scholarship for Entering College Freshman is open to the children and grandchildren of AMVETS members. The scholarship requires applicants to write a 50 to 100-word essay on "What a Higher...
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...Introduction In May of 2002, Frank Wulfgar will be graduating from Western Carolina University with a Masters degree in English literature. He is interested in continuing his studies in graduate school, earning a Ph.D., and teaching at the college or university level. Given his current schedule—including teaching part time at both WCU and Southwestern Community College, taking two graduate level English Literature courses, preparing for his Masters Comprehensive Exams, and beginning work on his Masters Thesis—Mr. Wulfgar is unable to devote the time due such a weighty matter as career exploration and counseling. Therefore, he has hired Career Academic Consulting Associates (CACA) to undertake research into the best course of action to achieve his career goals. This report accomplishes the following: Establishes Mr. Wulfgar’s criteria and career goals Compiles data on the (including salary information, and benefits information, and job availability) Researches appropriate graduate schools Recommends a course of study and a set of graduate schools to which Mr. Wulfgar should apply in order to achieve his career goals. Career Goals and Career Criteria On November 15, 2001, CACA interviewed Mr. Wulfgar in order to determine his short and long term career goals. CACA felt the following information was particularly important: What field of literary studies does Mr. Wulfgar wish to pursue? In what geographic region (if any) does Mr. Wulfgar...
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...graduating debt free with a paper does not equate to a job post-graduation. Even scholarships can be revoked if a player is injured or decides to stop playing. Players can also get lifelong injuries that colleges may do nothing to compensate for.” This is a very bold statement and could easily be debated and rejected by readers based on differing opinions, but if Khan had included a counter argument those opinions could have been refuted also. An example of what Khan could have included is this statement from Dennis Johnson and John Acquaviva, “The fear of the NCAA, as it should be, is that the mere notion of paying college athletes undermines the university's primary purpose--education, something far more valuable than a modest annual stipend proposed by many.” If Khan included this, even if it does appear to derail his argument, in an effective rebuttal he would have countered it and in result disproving the opposition. Since Khan fails to include a...
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...Your boss is making 7 million dollars per year and driving a luxury car. You, on the other hand, are working hard every day for free and living in poverty. Sure, you have a free place to live with meals and education included, but you have no extra money for other necessities. You did not save enough money in high school and your family does not have money to give you. You are a college athlete. Athletic boosters tempt the athletes with illegal benefits because most do not have money for their own use. The NCAA makes millions of dollars off a college athlete’s performance. The NCAA is a not-for-profit agency that does not operate like one. If college athletes received a yearly stipend from the NCAA, then they might not be lured to take illegal benefits and would have spending money to enjoy the college life experience and pay for needed college items, such as a computer or supplies. For those reasons, college athletes should be paid by the NCAA for the services they provide to their schools. Critics against student athletes being paid believe in the benefits of the athletic scholarship. However, past athletes received improper benefits, financial and otherwise. Reggie Bush accepted improper benefits when he played football for University of Sothern California. According to the article, “Paying College Athletes,” “…current NFL star Reggie Bush-had violated its amateurism rules when his family moved into an expensive home owned by a local businessman...
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...this siteTop of Form 1 Bottom of Form 1 Linked From Here || The Web || Tuesday, April 13, 2010 Essay on Child Labor Essay on Child Labor Instead of aiming at abolishing child labor, should policy makers look for alternative approaches. Parents feel compelled to send their children to work as a means of survival. Although not immediately apparent, a simple ban on child labor does not prove effective in ridding of it. Therefore, integrative efforts should be made in conjunction with eliminating child labor. Instead of waiting for the natural economic growth to slowly remove child labor, the government and policy makers may intervene by offering incentives. Integrative policies include improved schooling, trade union involvement, school meals, and income subsidies. To find alternative means of addressing child labor where it prevails on a larger scale after establishing it as the perpetrator of such maladies as reduced adult wages, adult unemployment, and negative impact on human capital. Child Labor is a prevalent problem throughout the world especially in developing countries. Children work for a variety of reasons, the most important being poverty and the induced pressure upon them to escape from this plight. Though children are not well paid, they still serve as major contributors to family income in developing countries. Our Service Can Write a Custom Essay on Child Labor for You![->1] Schooling problems also contribute to child labor, whether it be the inaccessibility...
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...Did you know that if state colleges were free that it would raise taxes by 67%? While the thought of state colleges being free might sound like the world’s best idea, the reality of it might shock you. Free post-secondary education is a bad idea for a variety of reasons. First of all, it wouldn’t really be free. You would still have to pay for your materials and housing. But then where would the schools get the money to pay the teachers and bills? The government. FutureFemaleLeaders.com states that the government would be directly providing aid to universities, making tuition free. The government would also be able to exert more control over said universities. And where does the government get enough money to pay the teachers and bills? From...
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...You Can Get A Full-ride Scholarship, But You Have to Apply Are you, or do you know, a United States citizen who is currently attending high school, is in their senior year, has a GPA of at least 3.5/4 and achieved a math/verbal/essay SAT score of 2100 or an ACT score of 30? Do you, or that outstanding young person, plan to graduate in the spring of 2016 and have a desire to attend an Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in the fall of 2016? If so, how would you like to have that entire education paid for? The Tom Joyner Foundation has announced the renewal of its "Full Ride" scholarship program. Tom Joyner, the chairman of the Foundation that bears his name, and host of the top-ranked nationally syndicated Tom Joyner Morning show, said this of the opportunity, “The cost of a college education isn’t getting any...
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...Nick Coleman Professor Todd Aldridge ENGL 1110 29 November 2015 Revision: Essay 2 - Paying of College Athletes Several years ago, the National Collegiate Athletic Association, the NCAA, started out as a young business with a couple colleges under their helm, and today they have grown into an $11 billion industry tasked with the controversial decision of sharing their wealth with the college athletes that made them relevant. Should college athletes get paid is what it usually all boils down to. This burning question has been canvassed various times over the turn of the century with several underlying concerns for the athlete’s futures and also their safety. Opponents of paying college athletes contend that the scholarships said athletes received to their institutions of higher learning should be more than enough. Once a university extends a scholarship to an athlete, that athlete becomes property of that university. With that being said, once on campus, they become “student athletes,” a term coined by the NCAA to justify their exploitation of the athletes that made the infamous organization relevant, and also full time workers as they spend on average an excess of more than forty hours a week dedicated to their respective sports. In a survey conducted internally by the NCAA, it was discovered that athletes competing in more than a half a dozen sports indicated that they too, are putting in the equivalent of full time worksheets, but don’t receive the benefits that regular...
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...Personal Responsibility Essay Philip Stansberry GEN/200 - FOUNDATIONS FOR GENERAL EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL SUCCESS March 3, 2014 DALYNN CAMPBELL Abstract My Personal Responsibility Essay is a brief look into my background, major changes in the educational landscape, my reasons for attending college, my motivation, and the obstacles that would hinder me from completing my goal. . Table of Contents Table of Contents ....................…………...................................................................................... 2 Personal Responsibility Essay……...................……..…............................................................... 3 References….................................................................................................................................. 6 . Personal Responsibility Essay My arrival at the University of Phoenix came a few years after my retirement plans ran into a pothole. When I say pothole, I should really say canyon. Though, all things considered, my retirement goals were nothing to write home about. I was a migrant nuclear worker, which means I worked infrequently with no substantial retirement benefits. This 30 year continuum had me exhausting my savings during the dry times, thus my earnings never amounted to much towards retirement. I lived an unbalanced middle class existence. My plan for retirement was to simply survive until I was able to collect social security, sell my home, move...
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...1) Akademos / TextbookX.com 2007 Fall Scholarship |Provided by: |Akademos, Inc | |Deadline: |October 31, 2007 | |Type of Award: |Essay | |Awards Available: |3 | |Amount: |$250-$2000 | Website http://www.textbookx.com/scholarship/ Description The Akademos / TextbookX.com 2007 Spring Scholarship is available to undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in good standing at an accredited college or university in the U.S. You must be a legal resident of the U.S. or an international student with a valid visa to be eligible. To apply for this scholarship, you must write a 250- to 750-word essay on the following topic: What responsibility, if any, do countries have in preventing environmental damage? Additional Information You must submit an online application by October 31, 2007 at 11:59 pm EST. Please visit the sponsor's Web site to submit an online application and to locate additional information. Applicable Majors All Areas of Study 2) Alfa Fellowship |Provided by: |CDS International, Inc. ...
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...2012 Scholarships for International Students to Study in USA and Abroad The Scholarship-Positions.com is the premier financial aid, college scholarship and international scholarship resource for students wishing to study abroad. Here you will find the most comprehensive listing of grants, scholarships, loan programs, and other information to assist college and university students. There are billions of dollars available for scholarships around the world, but you can’t win them if you don’t apply. This scholarships catalog includes some of the most prestigious scholarships which can also be applied by Non-U.S. Citizens [International Students]. Fulbright Scholarships http://www.iie.org/ Educational exchanges that strengthen understanding and communication between the United States and over students from 140 countries. Students interested in applying for the Fulbright Student Program must apply through the Fulbright Program Office in their home country. Gates Cambridge Scholarships http://www.gatescambridge.org/apply/ One to three years of study in any discipline at Cambridge University. Candidates apply directly through Cambridge. Canon Collins Educational Trust http://www.canoncollins.org.uk/ Full scholarship for nationals from Southern African countries South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Swaziland, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Angola and Mozambique) who wish to pursue a postgraduate degree (normally a one year Master’s degree) in either the United Kingdom or southern Africa...
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...STEM Scholars Program Conditions – 2016-2017 STEM Scholars A program funded by the National Science Foundation that provides financial support (covering tuition, fees and cost of living) as well as academic support to selected students who meet the following requirements: 1. The student must be planning on transferring to a four-year school and majoring in STEM. STEM refers to, “science, technology, engineering, and mathematics that includes biological sciences (except medicine and other clinical fields); physical sciences (including physics, chemistry, astronomy, and materials science); mathematical sciences; computer and information sciences; geosciences; engineering; and technology areas associated with the preceding disciplines (for example, biotechnology, chemical technology, engineering technology, information technology, etc.),” according to NSF’s S-STEM solicitation. 2. The student must file a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) listing Southwestern Illinois College, (School code:001636) as a choice of school in the college release section. The student must be eligible for federal aid. 3. All recipients of this scholarship must be a resident of SWIC District 522 or East St. Louis at the time of application and during attendance at SWIC. 4. All recipients of this scholarship must be U. S. citizens, nationals (as defined in section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act), permanent resident aliens, or aliens admitted as refugees (as defined...
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...Vi’Dual Futch English 132- F1 Dr. Dabney Gray Wednesday, February 12, 2014 Living In 1994 Many births happened all around the world in the year of 1994. There was one in particular that happened in a small town in Georgia called Statesboro. The kid that was born name is Vi’Dual Futch. He was born July 1st, 1994 to be more exact. During this year many events happened across the globe that was important to many. In fact a couple of them are flood related mortality in Georgia, Zimbabwe taking a lead in promoting birth control, and 30 people drowned as Haitian police fire on refugees. These 3 events happened in the year of 1994 and had an impact all- over the world. One can research these events and find several articles pertaining to them. The world had a lot going during the 1994 period, which gave light to the world. July 3, 1994 something happened in Georgia that killed people, injured people, and destroyed much of South Georgia. In fact, Center Of Disease Control classified 30 deaths as flood related from July 4 thru July 14 as ME/Cs. (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, July 29, 1994: 526-530) The “GREAT FLOOD” of 1994 of Georgia; many refer to this tropical storm as. The storm originated off the coast of Africa on June 30. The storm named Alberto struck the Florida panhandle and it came with severe winds and rain. Winds were up to 60 miles per hour. The flood caused several roads in 30 counties to close. The storm also ruptured many dams included 100 recreational...
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...GET THAT MONEY HONEY! TOP 101 SCHOLARSHIPS AND INTERNSHIPS FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS AND OTHER MINORITY STUDENTS (More Than $50 Million Dollars in Financial Aid Available!) Published by Urban Ebooks/ Dante Lee Publishing www.urbanebooks.com This ebook is the personal copy of Corketa Martin (CorkeLou@aol.com) SCHOLARSHIPS WITH JANUARY DEADLINES #1 - Ron Brown Scholar Program for African Americans: The Ron Brown Scholar Program provides scholarship awards to African-American high school seniors who are excelling in their academics, exhibiting exceptional leadership potential, and actively serving in community service activities. For more details, visit www.ronbrown.org #2 - Gates Millennium Scholars Program For Minority Students: The Gates Millennium Scholars Program (also known as the Bill Gates Scholarship) awards scholarships each year to African American, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian Pacific Islander American or Hispanic American students who plan to enroll full-time in a two-year or four-year college or university program. For more details, visit www.gmsp.org Copyright © 2016 All Rights Reserved. This ebook is the personal copy of Corketa Martin (CorkeLou@aol.com) #3 - Tom Joyner Foundation "Full Ride" Scholarship: The Tom Joyner Foundation "Full Ride" Scholarship awards a full scholarship to one student to attend a Historically Black College and University (HBCU). The scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors with high academic records...
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...12 September 2013 The True Meaning of Food Stamps Food Stamps, by definition, is a “federal assistance program that provides low income individuals with a monthly stipend that can only be used to purchase food products, the funds are credited to a debit card at the beginning of each month and then that card can be used at stores that accept food stamps (buisnessdictionary.com).” A large number of Americans seem as if they are living the American dream. Having the family that loves them and the job that makes you happy or just gets you by from month to month, but after you enter into their lives you can experience a complete three hundred and sixty degree viewpoint on them as individuals. According to the article, “nearly forty nine million Americans were living in ‘food insecure’ households, meaning in the bureaucratic language of the agency, that some family members lacked ‘consistent access throughout the year to adequate food’ (Gay-Stolberg).” Even though some families are going through hard economic times, it is hard to say that Congress is willing to decrease the amount of money that a family receives in food stamps per month. This essay gives you just a glimpse into the lives of two individuals that are using food stamps to keep their families afloat and also some of the illogical reasoning behind their push to cut the cost on this important program. Some say that food stamps are terrible because most people just use them so they can sell or profit off of them, but others...
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