College Scholarships and Grants for Kentucky students 2013

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Kentucky is where my second college is located, WKU in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Music at the Guthrie Tower, WKU. By grenade on Flickr.

Kentucky used to have a work-study grant available for people who had been laid off and needed further training for another job or different kind of job.

Your local Unemployment Office (Career Center) has information about programs like this.

Here is an online source for education benefits, Career Centers, and more in Kentucky.
http://www.job.state.ky.us/

Of course, if you want to go back to school, your first stop can be the official FAFSA Site online.

Here are more helpful sites:

Kentucky Scholarships at the Scholarships.com site

KEES Scholarships (for HS students)

My College Options Ky Scholarships list

Kentucky Scholarships - check here on the Nontrads Kentucky page. (Scroll down for the complete list).

Betsyanne

And here are my Nontrads Scholarship pages:

Scholarships Links and Tips Page One

Scholarships Links and Tips Page Two

Sign up for Twitter, find scholarship leads. Here are some examples

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Credit: Rosaura Ochoa on Flickr.

Spying out at Twitter, I found these US Scholarship links today.

 OFA ‏@OFA

"Michelle and I are only where we are today because scholarships and loans gave us a shot at a good education."—President Obama

US Youth Soccer ‏@USYouthSoccer

Apply now: Applications are now being accepted for the US Youth Soccer William J. “Billy” Goaziou Scholarship. http://bit.ly/ZxLpJX

James Bevan ‏@HCJamesBevan

Calling the best & brightest in the #arts and #culture! 2013/14 Clore Chevening Scholarships. Apply by 22 March. http://ht.ly/hhUC2

RA Pacific ‏@RAPacific

Fulbright scholarships for grad school in US looking for applicants from PNG, Solomon Islands & Vanuatu http://ow.ly/ipume

ProQuest ‏@ProQuest

One lucky LIS student is going to receive the $5,000 (USD) Roger K. Summit Scholarship. Apply now! http://prq.st/12tuEVo .

ArtGalleryofNSW ‏@ArtGalleryofNSW

Want to study in Paris? Applications now open for residencies in the AGNSW's studios at the Cité in Paris: http://bit.ly/VYiGz0

Look for more scholarships at the Twitter site by putting a search string in the search box, like "US Scholarships", "graduate school scholarships", "art scholarships", "Scholarship to England," etc. - what you yourself are interested in. Then follow up.

Don't have an account on Twitter? No problem. You can sign up there and save your favorite searches and more.

 
Good luck with your scholarship searches!

And thanks for stopping by today.

-Betsyanne

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

And some of my other sites and blogs are:
The Nontraditional Student site and blog
From the Garden Spot
The Moon and the Willow Tree
Squidoo Liz

Pagan Scholarships, and popular postings

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Hello Find Scholarships and Grants readers. I hope you are doing well.

Photo credit: Kam's World on Flickr.

I decided to list some Pagan scholarships today. I don't usually see these listed, so needed to look them up. Here are a few:

Scholarships for Pagan Students on the About.com page

The Pagan Scholarship Fund

The Carolina Spirit Quest Scholarship

And here are (as of March 2013) The Most Popular Postings here this week:

Veterinary School Scholarships
 
Unusual, odd, wacky, and unknown scholarships and sites to explore

New Scholarship sites, Canada, Easy Scholarships, more

Good luck this week with your scholarship search.

-Betsyanne

Check my Nontrads Scholarship pages:

Scholarships Links and Tips Page One

Scholarships Links and Tips Page Two

Thank you for visiting today!

The U.S. Sequester may pose financial aid hardships for college students this year and next

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Are you worried about financial aid since the Sequester? It seems you may have good reason.

Photo by Photoloni on Flickr.

I have read that work-study programs may be curtailed in the future. I hope not, because many students depend on these programs.

Today I found out that ALL student aid may be in jeopardy if things continue as they have been going.


On the good side, Western Washington University said on Feb. 26th that their school will "pull money out of its reserves" to assure that their students keep their financial aid this year and next year.

WWU vows to protect students from U.S. budget cuts

And Federal Pell grants seem to be"safe from sequestration", an article in the Marquette Tribune from Feb. 28th asserts.

Student Financial aid faces large cuts from sequestration.

They go on to explain that major cuts could be possible though, for grants and work-study programs, and interest rates for student borrowers could increase another 7.6 percent.

I would say it can't hurt to make sure that you have filled out your FAFSA form anyway, and watch the news carefully, as I will also be doing.

Wouldn't it be great if all schools could tap their reserves to cover what might be a shortfall? But that assumes that schools all have a reserve. And I'll bet some don't.

Better yet, it would be even better if Congress could work something out so that hard-working and deserving students didn't have to face hardships because our government refused to work together.

That is my two cents!

I will keep my fingers crossed. I agree with many people, it's time our government did its job. Period.

What are your thoughts about this?

Betsyanne

FYI: Here are other blog postings about the FAFSA too:

The Redesign of the FAFSA page

The FAFSA - when should you apply for next year?
(This posting has a link where you can check your state's deadlines)

And be sure to check my Nontrads Scholarship pages:

Scholarships Links and Tips Page One

Scholarships Links and Tips Page Two

Thank you for visiting my blog today!