African American Scholarships

The Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship Program is the federally funded one and administrated by the state, based on merits scholarship program, which exists within the United Sates of America. It is aimed on presenting the opportunity to the students who show some extra-ordinary skills in the academics within the post-secondary education. The procedure is as follows: The United States Department of Education’s Office of Postsecondary Education provides the state education agencies with funds... Read Full Story

America's first black female combat pilot yesterday advised about 100 college and high-school students to have a clear "flight plan" for life. "Acknowledge the obstacles, don't give them power," Vernice Armour said, as she shared her life story with Comcast interns from around the country in remarks at the new Comcast Center building in Center City. Armour, 34, a former Marine and Iraq War veteran, encouraged the interns to intensely follow their dreams. On a video played before she ran into... Read Full Story

What do you think about March Madness? Exciting, isn’t it? Do you dream about playing college basketball? Can you imagine what it feel like to actually be a March Madness Player? Take a second, think about your team gathering around for the tournament bracket annoucements, wonder which region your team will be chosen to play in, what will that arena be like, will the rims be loose or tight, will you have your best game ever, will you be so nervous that the sweat from your fingers doesn’t... Read Full Story

We all want our children to go onto college and get a great education, but the ever daunting task, of how does one pay for this besides the use of college loans. One route are scholarships. Believe it or not there are a variety of scholarship programs that your child may qualify for, we list some of them here. Regardless of how you feel on the imigration subject, one thing is for sure Mexicans are now doing their part of helping fellow Mexicans back in their home country, to stay, there get a... Read Full Story

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