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(New scholarships posted everyday)

Students Seeking Education by Experiencing Academic America (S.E.A.)

an Houston, Texas based mentoring program for high school students, students at risk, and college bound students who want to attend an Historically Black College / University. (HBCU).

S.E.A will post a scholarship for minority students each day. If you are a high school senior, junior, or an transferring college student, these scholarships are for you. FREE MONEY! We all know through life there is nothing Free, you have to apply to receive this money. Your cost is time. The time it takes to fill out the scholarship application.. Look for the S.E.A. blog each day, highlighting a new scholarship listing 2010/2011

Twenty Questions to Ask Your School Counselor.

Your school counselor is one of your best resources as you plan for college. Your counselor has information about admissions tests, college preparation, and your education and career options. Here are some basic questions to help get your conversation started:

6.Is this school a testing center for the SAT^®, or will I

need to go somewhere nearby?

Reality Check

Your school counselor may be the most wonderful and accessible person on the planet, or may be juggling a thousand students and barely know your name. So remember that the person who has the biggest stake in your academics is you. It's up to you to stay on top of opportunities and deadlines, to take control of your future.

http://www.collegeboard.com/student/plan/starting-points/114.html

SCHOLARSHIP OF THE DAY

9-27-2010

UNITED METHODIST STUDENTS

Leonard M. Perryman Communications Scholarship

Overview

The Leonard M. Perryman Communications Scholarship for Racial Ethnic Minority Students awards a $2,500 scholarship for undergraduate study of religion journalism or mass communications. It recognizes of the work of Leonard M. Perryman, a journalist for The United Methodist Church for nearly 30 years.

The scholarship assists a United Methodist undergraduate who intends to pursue a career in religion journalism through study at an accredited U.S. college or university.

The Perryman Scholarship promotes excellence by helping students continue their studies in communication, including electronic and print journalism.

One scholarship will be awarded to the best overall candidate.

Criteria for Selection

Applicants must be a United Methodist ethnic minority student enrolled at the junior or senior level in the journalism or communications department of an accredited college or university in the United States.

Applicants are judged on five criteria:

Potential professional ability as a religion journalist

How to Apply

Send all materials to:

Leonard M. Perryman Scholarship or Leonard M. Perryman Scholarship Committee Committee

United Methodist Communications United Methodist Communications
Communications Ministry Team Communications Ministry Team
P.O. Box 320 810 12th Ave. South
Nashville, TN 37202-0320 Nashville, TN 37203-4744

Applications are due by March 15.

Download an application (PDF)

About Leonard M. Perryman

Leonard M. Perryman was a Methodist journalist for 30 years. He served as a writer and editor with the Methodist Board of Missions and held leadership positions in many church organizations and associations.

A graduate of Missouri Valley College, he studied at Columbia University and University of North Carolina. Mr. Perryman continually fostered, supported and encouraged the Missional Priority on Ethnic Minority Local Church and the empowerment of women in the church. He died in 1983.

p.s. If you need help in your scholarship search, please contact S.E.A. c/o

NORRIS COLEMAN @ mr.nncoleman@yahoo.com

*As part of S.E.A. Mentoring Program, we want to build our Mentees vocabulary. S.E.A. has chosen to italicize words and statements in blue for our Mentee to understand and use in their vocabulary

Black Enterprise Women's Conference: Hi LaShanda, When is the next conference or any women's conference and where will they be held? Are there any conferences coming up in the Dallas Texas area? Please let me know. I am really trying to network and get my books and my magazine out there. Any advice? I appreciate it very much. -SR

(New scholarships posted everyday)

Students Seeking Education by Experiencing Academic America (S.E.A.)

an Houston, Texas based mentoring program for high school students, students at risk, and college bound students who want to attend an Historically Black College / University. (HBCU).

S.E.A will post a scholarship for minority students each day. If you are a high school senior, junior, or an transferring college student, these scholarships are for you. FREE MONEY! We all know through life there is nothing Free, you have to apply to receive this money. Your cost is time. The time it takes to fill out the scholarship application.. Look for the S.E.A. blog each day, highlighting a new scholarship listing 2010/2011

SCHOLARSHIP OF THE DAY

9-26-2010

STOP Hunger Scholarships

Scholarship ID: 159362

Scholarship Description: The Sodexo Foundation seeks applicants for the STOP Hunger Scholarships to recognize students in the fight against hunger in America. More than 49 million Americans are at risk of hunger and Sodexo, Inc. is committed to working toward a hunger-free nation. The STOP Hunger Scholarships recognize and reward students who have made a significant impact in the fight against hunger and its root causes in the United States.

Each national STOP Hunger Scholarship recipient receives a $5,000 scholarship and a matching $5,000 donation to their affiliated hunger relief organization. Added consideration is given to those students working to combat childhood hunger.

Applications are available to students from kindergarten through graduate school.

For more information and to apply, visit http://www.SodexoFoundation.org

Application Deadline: February 26, 2011

Number Of Awards: See Description

Maximum Amount: $5,000

Website Address: http://www.SodexoFoundation.org

CONTACT:

Shondra Jenkins

Address: 9801 Washingtonian Boulevard
Gaithersburg, MD 20878
Phone: 301-987-4848

Fax: 301-987-4438

Email Address: STOPHunger@SodexoFoundation.org

p.s. If you need help in your scholarship search, please contact S.E.A. c/o

NORRIS COLEMAN @ mr.nncoleman@yahoo.com

*As part of S.E.A. Mentoring Program, we want to build our Mentees vocabulary. S.E.A. has chosen to italicize words and statements in blue for our Mentee to understand and use in their vocabulary

(New scholarships posted everyday)

Students Seeking Education by Experiencing Academic America (S.E.A.)

an Houston, Texas based mentoring program for high school students, students at risk, and college bound students who want to attend an Historically Black College / University. (HBCU).

S.E.A will post a scholarship for minority students each day. If you are a high school senior, junior, or an transferring college student, these scholarships are for you. FREE MONEY! We all know through life there is nothing Free, you have to apply to receive this money. Your cost is time. The time it takes to fill out the scholarship application.. Look for the S.E.A. blog each day, highlighting a new scholarship listing 2010/2011

TIPS FOR PICKING YOUR MAJOR

1. Obtain the list of what is offered at your school

2. List what interests you 2-5 options

3. Obtain the list of courses that are offered per major

4. Highlight the courses within each major that interest you *read the course descriptions* go through them one by one to see what sounds interesting & make notes

5. Contact and/or introduce yourself to 2 professors, career development staff, program adviser/guidance counselor & students within the major you are interested in. Ask them for a phone conference or face to face meeting. Ask them for feedback about their discipline. A. What they like about it? B.What they don’t? C.Why do they teach this discipline?/ Or why did you pick this major? D. Where have their students’ gone or professional fields they have chosen with this major? E. What are some of the challenges with this major?

6. Go to the library and/or research online career options for people majoring in what you have selected as your choices?

http://www.k-state.edu/acic/majorin/

http://careerservices.rutgers.edu/CareerHandouts.shtml

http://www.sru.edu/pages/534.asp http://www.rileyguide.com/careers.html

http://www.careervideos.com/

7. Take an assessment (Jung Typology) *think about the results & talk to someone you think may be able to share further insight like a career counselor, parent, teacher)

http://www.humanmetrics.com/

8. Once you’ve narrowed down your search based on these things, contact the Career Office or your Guide Counselor or Admissions Counselor for more information

9. Go back to Academic Services or Career Development to share your information and be determined to make a decision.

10. Finally, know that no-matter what you choose that if you choose another career path in the end that is okay. For example: my boss in Finance was an English Major, an Accountant I met started in Marketing. It’s not the end all be all – so just step out on faith, but absolutely include your research, interviewing, and gut and go for it!

G-O-A-L

G (Go for it!) like Nike - just do it!

SCHOLARSHIP OF THE DAY

9-25-2010

MICHIGAN STUDENTS

Warner Norcross and Judd LLP Scholarship for Minority Students

Financial assistance to students who are residents of Michigan, or attend a college/university/vocational school in Michigan, and are of racial and ethnic minority heritage pursuing a career in law, paralegal, or a legal secretarial program. Law school scholarship ($5000), paralegal scholarship ($2000), legal secretary scholarship ($1000).

Academic/Career Areas: Law/Legal Services.

Award: Scholarship for use in freshman, sophomore, junior, senior, or graduate years; not renewable

Number: up to 3.

Amount: $1000-$5000.

Eligibility Requirements: Applicant must be American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian/Pacific Islander, Black (non-Hispanic), or Hispanic and enrolled or expecting to enroll full-time at a two-year or four-year institution or university. Applicant must have 2.5 GPA or higher. Available to U.S. citizens.

Application Requirements” application, essay, financial need analysis, references, transcript.

Deadline: April 1.

CONTACT: See Web site.
Grand Rapids Community Foundation
Web: http://www.grfoundation.org

p.s. If you need help in your scholarship search, please contact S.E.A. c/o

NORRIS COLEMAN @ mr.nncoleman@yahoo.com

*As part of S.E.A. Mentoring Program, we want to build our Mentees vocabulary. S.E.A. has chosen to italicize words and statements in blue for our Mentee to understand and use in their vocabulary

(New scholarships posted everyday)

Students Seeking Education by Experiencing Academic America (S.E.A.)

an Houston, Texas based mentoring program for high school students, students at risk, and college bound students who want to attend an Historically Black College / University. (HBCU).

S.E.A will post a scholarship list for minority students each day. If you are a high school senior, junior, or an transferring college student, these scholarships are for you. FREE MONEY! We all know through life there is nothing Free, you have to apply to receive this money. Your cost is time. The time it takes to fill out the scholarship application.. Look for the S.E.A. blog each day, highlighting a new scholarship listing 2010 / 2011.

You may be eligible for a scholarship

A *scholarship is an amount of money or credit (ranging from a few hundred dollars to many thousands) awarded to a student to aid in the pursuit of studies. There are several types of scholarships, but primarily they are either:

Most schools of higher education, including online schools, offer scholarships of one or both types. In addition, there are hundreds of private scholarships available, but you have to seek them out. One excellent *reference available at many public libraries--is the annual “Scholarship Handbook“, published by the College Board (a not-for-profit association composed of over 5,000 schools of various types). Here are their categories of scholarships:

Study Abroad--for students (mostly graduate students) studying abroad.

TEXAS STUDENTS

SCHOLARSHIP OF THE DAY

9-24-2010

Jere W. Thompson, Jr., Scholarship Fund

Renewable scholarships awarded to full-time undergraduate juniors or seniors with disadvantaged backgrounds, who are pursuing a degree in civil engineering and closely related disciplines at Texas colleges and universities. Up to $2000 awarded each semester, beginning with junior year. Must maintain 2.5 GPA. Special consideration given to students from Collin, Dallas, Denton, and Tarrant Counties, Texas.

Deadline: April 1.

Academic/Career Areas: Engineering-Related Technologies.

Award: Scholarship for use in junior or senior years; renewable

Number: 1-2.

Amount: $2000-$4000.

Eligibility Requirements: Applicant must be enrolled or expecting to enroll full-time at a four-year institution or university and resident of Texas. Applicant must have 2.5 GPA or higher. Available to U.S. citizens.

Application Requirements: application, essay, financial need analysis, references, test scores, transcript.

Deadline: April 1.

CONTACT: Mrs. Cathy McNally, Program Manager
Dallas Architectural Foundation-HKS/John Humphries Minority Scholarship
900 Jackson Street, Suite 150
Dallas, TX 75202
Phone: 214-741-9898
Fax: 214-741-9848
E-mail: cmcnally@dallasfoundation.org
Web: http://www.dallasfoundation.org

p.s. If you need help in your scholarship search, please contact S.E.A. c/o

NORRIS COLEMAN @ mr.nncoleman@yahoo.com

*As part of S.E.A. Mentoring Program, we want to build our Mentees vocabulary. S.E.A. has chosen to italicize words and statements in blue for our Mentee to understand and use in their vocabulary

If you've ever wondered why you didn't get any coverage from your local media for an event or announcement, it may be because you didn't send your press release on the right day.

It's true--reporters are always looking for stories but some days are better than others when it comes to getting their attention.

Mondays: It's the beginning of the work week for most journalists. They tend to get swamped with releases and announcement that all seemed to have piled up from the weekend. Your announcement may seem like small potatoes in comparison to some others and go unnoticed.

Tuesdays: Good Day! Email boxes have been cleared out (for the most part) and now they can take a serious look at what is being received.

Wednesdays: Another Good Day! To me, it's better than Tuesday for some of the same reasons.

Thursdays: Another Good Day!

Fridays: Unless you are hosting an event that involves a well-known celebrity or your event is larger than life, Fridays aren't really good days because it's too close to the weekend and journalists are thinking more out their weekend and cutting out early.

Saturdays: Believe it or not, I think Saturday is a GOOD day---if you are having some kind of activity on that day. Weekend Assignment Editors struggle to generate news and if you are doing something noteworthy, they would be likely to cover it. It could be a great human interest story for them.

Sundays: It depends. It could be good if you are doing something on THAT day. Otherwise, if you are submitting a release for something going on the following week, it could get lost in the pile up.

Whenever you choose to submit your release, make sure you follow up with someone in the newsroom to make sure they received it.

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