Monday, January 30, 2012

Have you started your scholarship search? Here is some advice.

A friend of mine recently decided to go back to school.

I suggested that he try to use the time between now and then to search for scholarships - FREE money for school that he did not have to pay back.

I gave him my Nontrads Scholarship page link here: Scholarships Links and Tips Page One.

It is a good starting point if you are just beginning to start your search for good scholarships. These sites listed are totally free. You can register at many of them and give your personal search terms.

That way the sites will send you only links and scholarship pages that YOU WANT to pursue. You don't have to go through scholarship links one by one and pick them out yourself any more.

Of course, there are some sites that still are like this (like this one!) but the better sites are so automated now it saves you a LOT of time.

I also said to keep all his work organized and in a file cabinet or box. That way, you don't apply twice to the same school, or register at a site twice. PLUS, you can check back after due dates and see if you need to redo anything.

The very best of luck to everyone who is searching for a scholarship. After all, wouldn't it be better if you could get scholarships or grants to PAY for your schooling? You bet!

Do you have a tip? OR just want to say hi?

Leave a comment below. Thanks!

Betsyanne

And here are some more:
Scholarships Links and Tips Page Two
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012

GIA offers gemology scholarships all over the world and in the U.S.

GIA offers scholarships in and out of the United States

Are you interested in a career in gems or Jewelry?

GIA, the Gemological Institute of America, offers scholarships in many locations, such as CArlsbad and New York (US), London, Hong Kong, Moscow, Toyko, and more countries. Here is a map to see them all.

This sounds like a fascinating area of study. The Graduate Gemologist is the highest professional credential and helps people grade jewels and protect the consumer.

Find out more about scholarships and about gemology at their website here:
The GIA site.

Good luck!

Betsyanne

Check my Nontrads Scholarship pages:
Scholarships Links and Tips Page One
Scholarships Links and Tips Page Two
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Sunday, January 15, 2012

Look up scholarships by state at the Nontrad State and Country Pages

View U.S. Scholarships by page
This original (uncropped) photo is by NazarethCollege on Flickr.










On my Nontraditional Student website, you can search scholarships by state and (eventually!) by country too.

Here is the Map Page. You can select your state and see what scholarships are listed there so far. You can also add your scholarships to each page OR your nontraditional student group too.

If you do not see a scholarship listed yet for your state, check these sites out:

Scholarships Links and Tips Page One
Scholarships Links and Tips Page Two

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Do you have favorite scholarship sites for the U.S. or other countries? List them below as a comment.

I will send people over to the Map Page later on from this blog so I can continue adding more scholarships to this website.

Go to the Nontraditional Student website to see more scholarships from all over. Search the blog to find a lot of different postings too. I will be migrating this site over to the Scholarship Pages (above) soon. 

Thank you for visiting my blog today!

Betsyanne 
Former Nontraditional Student
WKU

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Nursing Students - will you help combat nursing home abuse in the future?

Nursing students - are you in school and going back next year?

NASNHA, the National Association to Stop Nursing Home Abuse, has a new $5,000 scholarship just for nurse students who are already in nursing school. It is called the Awareness and Prevention Scholarship.

The scholarship helps nursing students "pursuing a degree that will help combat nursing home abuse" (from their website).
This photo of a happy nursing home resident is by robinsan on Flickr.











 The application and more about this scholarship is on their website here: http://www.nursinghomeabuse.net/.

Good luck, and I hope one of my readers wins!

-Betsyanne

PS I may move this Scholarships and Grants Blog over to my Nontraditional Student blog or website sometime soon.

I will let my readers know about it when it happens, and will have a link there too.

Check my Nontrads Scholarship pages:
Scholarships Links and Tips Page One
Scholarships Links and Tips Page Two
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Sunday, January 8, 2012

Utah Scholarship links I found and posted today.

Scholarship News - I found many links from Utah today.

This gorgeous photo is by Jake G on Flickr. 















I updated the Utah Nontraditional Student page today. I have added some scholarships to the page. And I loved this photo I found today also.

While looking up Nontraditional student links, I lucked out on a nontraditional student group on Meetup. They let me join in order to check out the site and see when events will be coming up.

Of course, I had to add them to the Utah page at the Nontrad site after that. Then I added scholarships and articles as well, to round out the page and make it match the other state and country pages that have been updated so far.

So you will find many links there to look into if you live in Utah or plan to go to school there.

I found this photo (above) of King's Peak when I was looking for header pictures for the Utah page. There are some very lovely sites in Utah, that's for sure. I added a smaller version of this picture to the new page.

Later!

Betsyanne

Check my Nontrads Scholarship pages:
Scholarships Links and Tips Page One
Scholarships Links and Tips Page Two
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Friday, January 6, 2012

Get a Digital and New Media Scholarship - New!

New Digital and New Media Scholarship from AP and Google!
Original photo by Fora do Eixo on Flickr.











This $20,000 scholarship is new and will be administered by the Online News Association.

The deadline is January 27th. Here is a little about this new scholarship from the website:

"The AP-Google Journalism and Technology Scholarship program will provide $20,000 scholarships for the 2012-13 academic year to six promising undergraduate or graduate students pursuing or planning to pursue degrees at the intersection of journalism, computer science and new media."

Winners of this scholarship will also get a membership to the Online News Association for one year and can attend the 2012 Conference in San Francisco.
You can find out more at the Scholarship page here:

The AP-Google Journalism and Technology Scholarship.

Good luck!

Betsyanne

Check my Nontrads Scholarship pages:
Scholarships Links and Tips Page One
Scholarships Links and Tips Page Two
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Sunday, January 1, 2012

Tips on Finding and Securing Scholarships

Happy New Year! 

Photo by MikeBaird on Flicker.











Here is a neat article I ran across today. It is by Rebecca Ruiz at the New York Times Education blogs section online.

Ms. Ruiz gives some great tips here from Mark Kantrowitz, who publishes the Finaid.org and Fastweb sites I have written about here before. These are quality sites that help you find scholarships that pertain to each scholarship searcher.

Here are some tips that I liked:

#1. Apply for LOTS of scholarships - not just a few.

#2. Don't worry about rejections. Keep applying.

#3. Use online databases to find scholarships.

A current college student had some tips too. One was to ask family and friends whether they knew of scholarship opportunities. (He found one this way).

He also said to send thank-you notes after interviews.

There's more! Read all the tips here at the article.

All for now,
Betsyanne

Check my Nontrads Scholarship pages:
Scholarships Links and Tips Page One
Scholarships Links and Tips Page Two
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