GO! Volunteer Abroad Scholarship

Description:

GO! Overseas is proud to support international volunteers through our GO! Volunteer Abroad Scholarship program. Anyone participating in a volunteer program abroad is eligible to apply for the GO! Volunteer Abroad Scholarship. Scholarships are awarded each year. The scholarship is awarded based on the creativity and analytical thinking displayed through writing samples and/or video submissions.

How to Apply:
To Apply- http://www.fastweb.com/content/featured_scholarships

Deadline:
September 15, 2011

$1,000 Gen and Kelly Tanabe Scholarship

Description:
The Gen and Kelly Tanabe Scholarship is a merit-based program that helps students fulfill their dreams of a higher education. The scholarship is named for Gen and Kelly Tanabe, best-selling authors on education, whose generous donations fund this program.

How To Apply:
To Apply- http://www.gkscholarship.com/

Deadline:
December 31, 2011

Cappex “I Don’t Want To Pay For College” Scholarship

Description:
It brings you colleges. Cappex students are matched with interested colleges based on their needs and wants. Tell us your story and let the colleges apply to you.

How To Apply:
To Apply – http://www.cappex.com/scholarships/scholarshipDetails.jsp;jsessionid=29C92D71C4131DA3F8B4FF9E248E0EF2.server3?scholarshipCode=np

Deadline:
June 30, 2011

The 5th Annual Create-A-Greeting Card Contest

Description:
Submit Photo, art work or computer graphic for the front of a greeting card.

How To Apply:
To Apply – http://www.gallerycollection.com/greeting-cards-scholarship.htm

Deadline:
January 14, 2012

Going to FSU in the fall? BE A LEADER!

Service Leadership Seminar:
Service Leadership Seminar (SLS) is a four and a half day, free seminar that provides incoming freshmen with the opportunity to explore leadership and community engagement in their new collegiate atmosphere. The Social Change Model of Leadership is introduced and provides the foundation for the seminar and allows students to learn about leadership in the contexts of individuals, groups, and communities. Through participation in community service projects, workshops, speakers, a challenge course, as well as interaction with campus leaders, SLS participants begin discovering their own path for creating positive sustainable change while at Florida State and beyond.


When: August 22 - 26, 2011
Who: Incoming first-year FSU students


How can I spread the word?
More information can be found here: http://thecenter.fsu.edu/involved/programs/SLS.html
The applications can be found here: http://thecenter.fsu.edu/involved/programs/SLS%202011%20Participant%20Application.doc

Scholarship for Undergraduates - we'll miss you, C/O 2011!

Description:
Develop five (5) new name candidates for a new innovation in the automotive industry. Imagine a completely electric vehicle that you can drive continuously without having to plug in to recharge. The car recharges itself through wind energy generated by two small fans below the headlights that spin while the car is in motion. It is the ultimate renewable energy solution.

How To Apply:
To Apply – http://www.namedevelopment.com/scholarship/

Deadline:
August 15, 2011

GRIEF RELIEF: A Family Experience

When a loved one dies, all family members are affected. Each person grieves the loss in his or her own unique way with different intensities in his or her own time. Since everyone is affected, many families struggle to find the words to communicate openly with one another. To help families work together as they grieve the death of a loved one, Community Hospice of Northeast Florida presents a day-long, family workshop designed for children, teens, parents and grandparents to work together to:

• Define what the loss means to them
• Identify their feelings
• Develop healthy coping skills
• Learn how to provide emotional support within the family system

This workshop will include exercises and discussions designed to generate open family dialogue and promote healing.

Saturday, June 25, 2011

9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Charles M. Neviaser

Educational Institute

4266 Sunbeam Road

Jacksonville, FL 32257

Workshop eligibility:

• Participants must be six years of age and older
• If your loss was less than 30 days ago, this workshop is not recommended
• There is a refundable deposit of $35 per family
• Pre-registration is required

TO REGISTER: call Roxanne C. Miller, manager of bereavement and community grief at 904.407.6330
SPACE IS LIMITED

HAVE AN EXCELLENT SUMMER, ED WHITE!

***Parents & students: summer school paperwork will be coming home with the 4th quarter report card mail outs along with many other items. If you have not received your mail out by the 17th of June, it is possible you have not updated your address with us. Please come see us for the summer school papwork if you have not received it by June 17th, as summer school begins Monday, June 20th.***

Scholarship of the Day

Description:
The DAR Scholarship Committee awards scholarships to qualified applicants regardless of race, religion, sex or national origin. All multi-year scholarships, typically renewable up to four years, must be for consecutive years of attendance at an accredited college or university in the United States. The only exception is the American Indian Scholarship that is available for students pursuing vocational training.

How To Apply:
To Apply -http://www.dar.org/natsociety/edout_scholar.cfm 

Deadline:
Now Open

2011 MAN UP for HEALTH SUMMIT

The summit is a week long event sponsored by the Healthy Jacksonville Men’s Health Coalition.
The Summit features a Young Males Summit on June 17, 4-7:30pm at the FSCJ Downtown Campus’ Advanced Technology Center.

YOUNG MALES SUMMIT (ages 13-18)
Friday June 17, 4:00-7:30pm
• 4:00-5:00 p.m.: Welcome & presentation
• 5:00 – 6:00 Workshops

• Dating Violence
• Sexual health; HIV/AIDS & STDs
• The rules of the game
• Being your own boss
• Man Up!
• Drug prevention

• 6:00 – 7:30pm: Educational games, food & door prize drawings

ADULT MALES SUMMIT (ages 18 and older)
Saturday, June 18: 8:30am – 1:40pm
• 8:30-1:00 p.m. Exhibit hours (health screenings & information)
• 9:00a.m. – 10:00a.m.: Opening Plenary Session: Dr. Bill Releford
• 10:00-10:30a.m. Visit exhibit area (health screenings, etc)
• 10:30-11:30a.m. Workshops (select two, 20 minutes each session)

• Mentoring
• Diabetes Control & Management
• Erectile Dysfunction or sexual health
• Managing Hypertension
• Medication management or Ask the Pharmacists

• 11:30-Noon Celebrity speaker: HIV/AIDS & STDs
• Noon-12:30p.m. Visit exhibit area (health screenings, etc)
• 12:30-1:30p.m. Cooking demonstration: America’s Top Chef Contestant Kenneth Gilbert
• 1:30-1:40 Closing & door prizes

TO REGISTER, GO HERE: http://manup4health.eventbrite.com/ 

DCPS TECHNOLOGY DIVISION ANNOUNCEMENT!

Scheduled Shutdown Weekend:

Saturday June 4, 2011 from 7:30AM – 4:30PM 

Each month the district’s technology team must apply updates and critical patches to systems to make sure that they are not vulnerable to security threats that are identified by companies such as Microsoft on a regular basis (Once a month).

Scholarship of the Day

Description:

The Hispanic Scholarship Fund believes that the country prospers when all Americans have access to the opportunities a college education can afford.  As the nation’s leading Hispanic higher education fund, HSF works to address the barriers that keep many Latinos from earning a college degree.

How To Apply:

To Apply – http://www.hsf.net/

Deadline:

September 1, 2011