Scholarship Tigers–Students Helping Each Other Find Money for College

I wanted to let you know about the 2010 Arthur Ashe Essay and Art Contest. You could win a trip to New York City.

http://www.usta.com/USTA/Global/Get_Involved/NJTL/Information/Arthur_Ashe_Essay_and_Art_Contest.aspx

Contest ends at 5 pm Eastern Standard Time (4 pm Central Time) on June 25, 2010.

On June 17, 2010, I gave the Summer Success 2010 Scholarship Seminar.

Here is the handout for that seminar: Summer_Success_Scholarship_2010

I recently gave a presentation at Hadley Park Library entitled, “Make a Splash With Your Future.”  The presentation was given to help adult students indentify in-demand careers and learn how to get free money for school.

Here is the handout for the presentation with many active links for scholarships toward the end of the document: Hadley_Park_June2010

National Public Radio has internships.  Internships for Fall 2010 have a deadline of July 15, 2010.

To learn more about NPR internships: http://www.npr.org/about/jobs/intern/index.html

To learn about NPR: http://www.npr.org/

1.  ScholarshipExperts.com is once again offering several scholarships for 2010. 

http://www.scholarshipexperts.com/apply.htx

The first scholarship is $1000 and involves writing up to a 250 word response to the question, “If you could have one superpower, what would it be and how would you use it?”  Deadline is June 30, 2010.

The second scholarship is $1,000 “Do Over” Scholarship with a deadline of August 31, 2010.

There are 5 scholarships offered for 2010, including a $5,000 “Education Matters” scholarship with a deadline of October 31, 2010.

All require you create a profile at ScholarshipExperts.com, mentioned as one of the best scholarship search engines by Forbes.com.

http://www.scholarshipexperts.com/

2. 2010 Big Sun Scholarship, Deadline: June 24, 2010; Award:$500

http://www.uarts.edu/images/development/Big_Sun_Scholarship.pdf

Answer a short essay question, “How has your participation in sports affected  the person you are becoming?”

Open to student athletes, high school seniors or those attending a post secondary institute.

3. Scholarships Found on other Websites

http://www.uarts.edu/admission/scholarshipbb.html

An art college scholarship bulletin board with several interesting scholarships; I found the 2010 Big Sun Scholarship on this one.

http://www.eastchance.com/index.asp

I found several interesting scholarships on this website.

According to wsmv.com, about 26,000 vouchers will be given for free online Microsoft training and certification.

For more information, including the link to the program, Elevate America: http://www.wsmv.com/news/23295656/detail.html

Once you fill out a questionnaire to determine what computer skills you need, then Elevate America lets you know in about 2 business days whether you qualify or not.

Federal Student Aid on the Web Search

 https://studentaid2.ed.gov/getmoney/scholarship/v3browse.asp

Here, you just enter your major, and a list of scholarships you can apply for come up.

This scholarship web directory is run by the federal government.

 I found this website in a blog entry, “10 Sites to Search for College Scholarships,” on the Professor’s Blog:

 http://degreedirectory.org/articles/10_Sites_to_Search_for_College_Scholarships.html

Be aware that many websites and blogs create income by featuring ads along the side or in the midst of the article. There is nothing wrong with this, but just be aware that there are many ads on this website encouraging you to click on online degree programs. 

That being said, part of how this blog creates income for its owner is through online ads.

The information contained in the article is well thought out.

 $10,000 Scholarship Drawing

 This is StudentLoanNetwork.com’s drawing, which happens every month. There is a link from TSU’s scholarship page to this contest.

 http://www.scholarshippoints.com/win-free-scholarships/

I would advise creating a separate email account for scholarships to enter such competitions, because while this scholarship is legitimate, this company will want to send you information. 

For example, I would create a separate email account at http://www.gmail.com, http://www.hotmail.com,  or http://www.yahoo.com in order to fill out information at such websites as http://www.fastweb.com/,  http://www.scholarships.com/, and http://www.scholarshipexperts.com/ .

Scholarship Search at MyCollegeOptions.org

http://www.mycollegeoptions.org/scholarship-advanced-search.aspx

You can search from a list of over 60,000 scholarship matches by location, major, ethnicity, and religion.

For more advanced searches, you can register at the website.

Some scholarship searches by major and the state of TN:

Dental Health: http://www.mycollegeoptions.org/23/0/Dental-Health/search-results-scholarship-search-by-major.aspx

Nursing/Health Care Scholarships: http://www.mycollegeoptions.org/53/0/NursingHealth-Care/search-results-scholarship-search-by-major.aspx

Electrical Engineering Scholarships: http://www.mycollegeoptions.org/29/0/Engineering-(Electrical)/search-results-scholarship-search-by-major.aspx

Architecture Scholarships: http://www.mycollegeoptions.org/06/0/Architecture/search-results-scholarship-search-by-major.aspx

Accounting/Finance Scholarships: http://www.mycollegeoptions.org/01/0/AccountingFinance/search-results-scholarship-search-by-major.aspx

Tennessee Scholarships: http://www.mycollegeoptions.org/TN/0/Tennessee/search-results-scholarship-search-by-location.aspx

$25,000 Aflac 10 Second Challenge

http://www.aflac.com/10seconds/

Recently, you may have noticed a commercial on TV in which the Aflac insurance company challenges you to make a 10 second commercial explaining Aflac insurance.

Grand Prize: $25,000; three $1,000

Deadline: Ends on 4/18/10 at 11:59:59 P.M., ET

Information in quotation marks comes from the website:

1. “Make a video summarizing what Aflac does in 10 seconds or less, but keep the total video length under two minutes.”

2. Upload the video at the appropriate websites.

3. “Tell your friends, your neighbors, your mail carrier, everyone. The more votes you get, the closer you are to $25,000 and a custom You Don’t Know Quack showboard . . . Three runners up will receive $1,000.”

4. “Open only to eligible legal residents of the 50 United States and District of Columbia who are at least 18 years of age as of date of entry. Residents of Puerto Rico are not eligible to enter or win.”

Other Video Contests & Competitions

http://vidopp.com/

I discovered a blog that list other video contests and competitions.  You can use any money from these competitions to go toward paying for college debt-free.

I have uploaded the handout for Tiger Scholars Session #2.

Tiger Scholars Session II

Tiger Scholars is a group of TSU students dedicated to searching for scholarships, internships, and other opportunities to pay for college debt-free.

If you are a student at Tennessee State University, you can set up an appointment with Mr. Turner to discuss the process of financing your education debt-free by emailing him at mjturner@tnstate.edu.