A little about Internships. They are great experience, and can sometimes lead to a job.

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First off, Internships don't always lead to jobs.

But they do look great on a resume. And if they like you a lot, and have an opening, they can be a terrific way to get a job. Sometimes.

An internship can be a practice run on a job you think you might like. They are often unpaid, and offered for a limited time.

But you can do great work at one, and make a difference too.

Here are some great pages I found on finding an internship in a field you like or would like to learn more about.

The Fatomei/Dr. Torres List of Internships

Intern with Greenpeace

Finding Internships - at the About.com page

NYC Summer Internships 2013

The Fall 2013 White House Internship program

Smithsonian Internship Opportunities

Student Programs at the Department of State

The City of Seattle Internship Program

Internships Explained: from the Columbia University website

Internships at the UN

Reuters Journalism Internships

And if summer internships at a site are filled, jot these addresses down OR make your own list for next year. The sooner you apply for these, the better.

Betsyanne

And of course, check out my Nontrads Scholarship pages:

Scholarships Links and Tips Page One

Scholarships Links and Tips Page Two

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Knuckle down... and never give up on looking for that great scholarship or grant.

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A thought for today:

Don't give up just because there are many applicants for scholarships.

You may think that all scholarships are already taken, and that only the genius applicants will get the nod.

It is not true. 

Things like service, clubs, groups, specialized knowledge, entrepreneurship, background, residency, special skills, and many more things are taken into account when scholarships or grants are awarded.

You need to give a scholarship or grant search the seriousness and organization you give other important things, like looking for a job or doing research.

Just saying.

Here are some postings to help you in your scholarship search:

Finding Scholarships Only YOUR School Offers

Tips on Finding and Securing Scholarships

and

How to Organize your Scholarship Search.

Good luck on your search - - and I hope you find a GREAT scholarship or grant.

-Betsyanne

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

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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!

There is more to every Scholarship, internship, and grant search.

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More and more sites are now social. 

A social network - from Clker.com

There is the search first. You find some great sites. What do you do then?

After the crucial search step, you get the site, and maybe keep the link to come back later. That is important to do. You will be able to sign up for the site then, and check for news.

It's also vitally important to be socially connected to these sites to hear about new scholarships and more. If you are not yet connected (except for having their link), try to connect to a Facebook page or to a mailing list.

Also see if the sites have Twitter, LinkedIn, or direct email signups or Facebook pages.

Then check your email and social pages often.

You can get a solid filing system (on or off your computer) going AND a good system for checking your email and links too.

Decide how often you want to check. Make special automatic email folders, or copy information to files or folders on your desktop.

You can also print out hard copies and make a hard copy filing system. It's totally up to you.

Here are a few sites, postings, and ideas for doing just that.

#1. Get Organized - and keep track of your scholarship and grant applications

#2. Treat Looking for Scholarships like a Job

#3. Are you Signed up with Fastweb yet?

#4. Scholarship postings about scholarships and grants (you can run a search today too)

#5. FAFSA deadlines - do you know them?

Thanks for coming by to my blog today. And good luck on your scholarship search.

-Betsyanne

And here are my Nontrads Scholarship pages:

Scholarships Links and Tips Page One

Scholarships Links and Tips Page Two

The Google 2013 K-12 Doodle 4 Google Scholarship sounds very exciting.

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"What is your young artist's best day ever?"

The deadline for this interesting Google K-12 Doodling scholarship is in about a month. So get drawing, students!!

Here is the website: http://www.google.com/doodle4google.

and the theme is: My Best Day Ever.

Here is their ad from YouTube about it:



You go to the website to download the form and find out more.

Good luck!!

Betsyanne

And here are my Nontrads Scholarship pages:

Scholarships Links and Tips Page One

Scholarships Links and Tips Page Two

And thanks for visiting my blog today!

Welcome to this blog, Nontraditional Students!

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I wrote about this blog today on my Nontraditional Student blog. 

Students on computers. From garryknight on Flickr.

As you probably already know, a nontraditional student is a student who is going back to school after a break.

There are many opportunities today for nontrads to obtain scholarships. Often, "regular" scholarships and sites also have scholarships for nontraditional students available.

Just go to the Search area here and search for the kind of scholarship you want, to see other postings too. (the box is at the right side, near the top.)

And here are some postings to help nontraditional students and others get started on their scholarship search.

Fastweb: This free site is one of the BEST scholarship search sites on the internet.

The Fatomei Site also has some awesome links to free money. Of course, there are scholarships here, but there are also links to internship possibilities, graduate school money, fellowships, and lots more. Scroll down to see these.

And here are the five MOST POPULAR postings here on the site.

Veterinary School Scholarships

Unusual, odd, wacky, and unknown scholarships and sites to explore

35 Scholarships Anyone Can Get - from College Degree.com

Some Interior Design Scholarships (U.S.)

Scholarships, grants, and more links for Native Americans

Good luck on your scholarship search, nontrads and other scholarship seekers!

Betsyanne

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!