Get $5,000 for your college education and $5,000 for the hunger related charity of your choice. This is definitely a win-win opportunity for you and your favorite charity. If you are active in your community, helping to promote awareness, and enabling others to be catalysts for innovative models and solutions to eliminate hunger in America, you should definitely apply for this scholarship provided by the Sodexho Foundation.

This scholarship program began back in 2007 and has provided thousands of dollars to students and their charities over the years. What is really amazing is that this scholarship is available for all students (kindergarten through graduate school). Students under the age of 18 will need to have a 529 college savings plan in place so that their funds can be properly deposited. Past winners can be seen here.

Here are the criteria and guidelines for the scholarship:

1. All applicants must be enrolled in an accredited educational institution (kindergarten through graduate school) in the United States.
2. All applicants must have demonstrated on-going commitment to their community by performing unpaid volunteer services impacting hunger in the United States within the last 12 months.
3. All applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States.
4. Volunteer services performed by applicant must help non-family members.
5. If applicant is selected as a potential national Stephen J. Brady STOP Hunger Scholarship recipient or regional Stephen J. Brady STOP Hunger Honoree, in order to be confirmed as a winner, the student’s parent or legal guardian must sign an Affidavit of Eligibility and Assignment of Rights.
6. Scholarship funds awarded to winners must be used for tuition and related fees, books, supplies, and equipment required for courses at an accredited post-secondary education institution.
7. Applications must be received before December 5th.

Some unique attributes for the scholarship program:

1. The foundation may select up to five national scholarship recipients (at the $5k level); however, they reserve the right to select fewer than five national winners.
2. The foundation may select up to 20 regional Stephen J. Brady STOP Hunger Honorees and each will receive $1k to be granted to their favorite hunger related charity.
3. Employees of the Sodexo Foundation and Sodexo, Inc. are not eligible
4. Applicants must obtain a Community Service Recommendation as part of the application process.
5. Scholarship recipients will be notified by March, and a list of all winners will be posted on www.sodexofoundation.org by June.

Click Here to apply for this scholarship and to access additional details. If you have questions, you can contact the scholarship administrator via email: info@applyists.com or by phone at: 615 320 3149

If you know of someone that may benefit from this scholarship opportunity, please be sure to utilize the “share tab” below to pass this information onto them.

Do you have an interest in journalism? Are you embracing technology, social media and the digital revolution to help get the word out? If your answer is yes to these questions and you could use $20,000 to help fund your undergraduate or graduate educational endeavors, this scholarship may be for you!

Google and the Associated Press will be giving out six $20,000 scholarships to students obtaining degrees in journalism, computer science and/or new media. Preference is given to students that can display attributes that would recognize them as innovators in the digital journalism world.

Here are the requirements for all applicants:

• Be a U.S. citizen
• Be a minimum of 18 years of age
• Be currently enrolled full time at an accredited U.S. post-secondary institution pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree. (College graduates returning to school are eligible to apply and must provide an acceptance letter from graduate institution.)
• Have at least one year of full-time undergraduate or graduate study remaining
• Have minimum grade point average of 3.0
• Be at least a college sophomore at time of application
• Submit your application by January 27th
• Be available for in-person or remote interviews with selection committee if selected as a finalist

Some of the scholarships awarded will be based upon a student’s unmet need (meaning how much you have to pay over and above your estimated family contribution (EFC) and after your financial aid is factored in). So, the lower your EFC, the better your chances for getting one of the scholarships earmarked for students with unmet need.

You can apply for the Google – Associated Press Scholarship here…

The application process has three parts to it. Make sure you read through all the details and required information before initiating the application process. Good luck!

The scholarship process is being administered by the Online News Association. Mr. Irving Washington is the contact person. If you have questions, please don’t hesitate to drop him a line via email: iwashington@journalists.org or phone: (317) 441-5051

If you know of anyone that may be interested in this scholarship, please be sure to use the “share tab” below to pass the information along.

Do you need help paying for college? Do you have a compelling story to share? Do you like Dr. Pepper? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you should definitely enter Dr. Pepper’s tuition giveaway contest. The winners have a chance of getting either a $100,000 or $2,500 award to put toward their tuition expenses. ***Important Feature*** The award is transferable and you can use the funds to pay off any student loans that you may have incurred.

In order to enter, all you have to do is submit a video sharing your reasons of why you would be an excellent recipient of  Dr. Pepper’s tuition prize.

Here are the requirements for your video:

All videos must be:
1.   in one of the following video types: .avi, .mov, .mpg, .mp4, mpeg or .wmv
2.   no more than one (1) minute in length and 50 megabytes in size
3.   your original creation
4.   suitable for publication
Videos will be judged on:
1.   appropriateness to theme of college football and tuition
2.   inclusion of Dr Pepper
3.   impact of tuition prize on your life
4.   overall presentation quality
Videos must not:
1.   have won previous awards
2.   have been previously published
3.   infringe on any third-party rights

Each tuition prize amount is payable as follows (official legal language):
(a) as tuition to cover up to four (4) consecutive years of college or postsecondary vocational institution tuition, fees, books, supplies, equipment, related educational expenses and room and board to be awarded in the form of a check distributed to the school (eligible under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 as amended) and located in the United States on behalf of the Winner or Winner’s designee, who must be at least 16 years of age (“Designee”); or
(b)  to pay off student loans incurred by the runner up for eligible costs in (a) above in the form of a check distributed to the lending institution on behalf of the Winner or Winner’s Designee; or
(c)  a combination of (a) and (b) above in an amount not to exceed the prize amount.

So, do you think you have what it takes for a chance to win $2,500 to $100,000 toward your education expenses? If so, put your media skills to test and upload your video today!

Contest Details Can Be Found Here!

Here is sample of a video submitted by a recent winner:

Are you the next Bob Villa? Do you want to be Holmes on Homes? Is DIY your middle name? If you answered yes to any of these questions then the Lowe’s Scholarship Program may be just for you! The nice thing about this scholarship program is that you don’t have to be a jack-of-all trades (handyman) to apply.

Lowes offers a couple of scholarship opportunities. They have a Lowe’s scholarship (which is easy to qualify for and probably what most people go after) and they also have a Carl Buchan scholarship (which is only for Lowes employees and their qualified relatives).

Here is the information for each of these programs:

Lowes Scholarship

• 240 students will be getting $2500 (total of $600,000 up for grabs)
• Student must be current high school senior,
• Maintain a minimum 3.25 Grade Point Average (on a 4.0 scale),
• and demonstrate a history of commitment to their community through leadership activities, community service and/or work experience
• Application deadline is February 28th
• You can apply here. You will need to set up an account to track your scholarship and you can use LOWES for the access key if you are prompted.

Carl Buchan Scholarship

• 50 students will each receive $5,000 ($250,000 in total awards)
• Student must be a full or part-time Lowes employee with at least 90 days of service
• Dependents and Spouses of Lowes employees are eligible as well
• Student must be a high school senior or current college undergraduate who has completed at least one full semester at an accredited two- or four-year college, university or technical school in the United States,
• Maintain a minimum 3.25 Grade Point Average (on a 4.0 scale),
• and demonstrate a history of commitment to their community through leadership activities, community service and/or work experience
• Application deadline is February 28th
• You can apply here. You will need to set up an account to track your scholarship and you can use LCBS for the access key if you are prompted.

Semi-finalist for both of these scholarship programs will be notified in March and the final winners will be contacted in May. Scholarship checks will be sent to the student’s home (made payable to the school of their choice) in August.

If you think this might be a good scholarship opportunity for someone you know, please be sure to use the “Share Tab” below to pass this information along.

In an effort to help make college more affordable, CheapScholar.org will be giving away $500 this year to one deserving student. Entering the scholarship giveaway is easy and winning is even easier. All you have to do is answer one question: HOW DO YOU MAKE COLLEGE CHEAPER?

The following are the various ways in which you can enter our scholarship contest:

1. Post your answer on CheapScholar’s Facebook Page
2. Tweet your answer to @CheapScholar on Twitter
3. Submit your answer via our contact page

Each of the methods above will give you an entry into the scholarship contest. In addition, you can enter more than once if you have multiple ideas/answers to the question. Since the scholarship is transferable, friends and family members can enter the contest as well.

Originality and creativity are encouraged with your answers. Here are a few examples to get you thinking:

• Lots and lots of Ramen Noodles
• Submit the FAFSA each and every year
• Applying for outside scholarships
• Doing laundry at mom and dad’s

Here is the Small Print on the $500 Scholarship Giveaway:

• Winner will be randomly selected on May 1st 2013 (National Enrollment Deposit Day!)
• Winner will be contacted via the same method in which their entry was received (Twitter, Facebook, and/or email) Winner’s name will also be posted on this page (so you may want to bookmark this article)
• If I don’t receive a confirmation from the winner within a week’s time, I will randomly select an alternate.
• The scholarship is transferable. However, the final recipient must be currently attending (or planning to attend) a U.S. based College or University.

I wish you luck on winning this great scholarship opportunity. In the meantime, if you need additional tips and information on finding scholarships, please be sure to check out CheapScholar’s Scholarship Resource Center.

Remember… all you have to do is answer the following question via one or all three of the methods provided (Facebook, Twitter, Email).  Each response counts as an entry.  It really is that easy…

HOW DO YOU MAKE COLLEGE CHEAPER?

Congratulations to our 2012 Scholarship Winner! – Lauren Downs, Ohio University

Now accepting entries for 2013! – See Details Above!

Social media has been growing by leaps and bounds the past few years. I remember at one time thinking that Twitter was certainly going to be a fad and quickly disappear from the radar of college students nationwide as something “better” came along (Google+ maybe?). Fortunately for my online world, Twitter is alive and well in the social media-sphere.

Twitter is indeed thriving but did you ever imagine that your tweeting could land you a full tuition scholarship to a great college? I never did but apparently the University of Iowa’s MBA program is providing the opportunity for one lucky twitterer to get free tuition. All you have to do is submit your answer to “What makes you an exceptional Tippie Full-time MBA candidate and future MBA hire?” in proper tweet form (140 characters or less) to the University of Iowa’s MBA recruiting/admission office via email at tippiemba@uiowa.edu You also need to include a resume…

As always, there are some rules and details that apply:

• Submit application before July 28, 2011 to be considered.
• Applicants will not be admitted to the program based solely on their Application Tweet. Applicants need to meet typical admissions criteria.
• Because of time constraints involved with obtaining a student visa for the fall semester,this is open only to U.S. residents or U.S. permanent residents.
• All applicants who submit a response will have their application fee waived.
• The candidate with the most inventive and creative submission will be awarded a full-tuition award package for Fall 2011. Tippie’s full-tuition award packages are valued at $37,240.
• The winner will be announced on August 4, 2011 on Tippie’s Facebook and Twitter accounts. The chosen candidate will be notified by phone before the formal announcement is made.
• Also, in good twitter fashion, don’t forget that you can use URL shortening services (like tinyurl.com) to link to other social media outlets (YouTube/Blogs/Etc…) to help make your application standout.

So, if you have been thinking about getting your MBA and cost has been a limiting factor, you may want to put your tweeting skills to the test and give the University of Iowa’s scholarship contest a whirl.