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Technology Scholarships Available at UTSA

AT&T has scholarships available for technology majors at UTSA. The scholarships are worth up to $5000 a piece and may be used on tuition, books, and fees.

In order to qualify for these Technology Scholarships, applicants must be a students studying for a degree who are already enrolled or planning to enroll at UTSA as a full-time student, with a course study that will allow them to enter a job in technology after graduation This includes areas such as engineering, communication with a focus on electronic media, biology, chemistry, and business courses such as management science. See application for full list of approved subjects.

Scholarships applicants who are incoming freshman must have graduated in the top 25% of his/her high school class. And for those current UTSA undergraduates or graduate students, a new transfer undergraduate student, or a new graduate student, applicants must have at least a 3.0 GPA on previous college courses.

For more information on this AT&T scholarship for technology majors visit http://www.utsa.edu/ and search scholarships. Deadline to apply for scholarships is August 4, 2010.

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Nursing scholarships will be given to eight students who are enrolled in the University at Buffalo School of Nursing’s accelerated nursing program. This particular nursing program is open to students who already have obtained a Bachelors degree in another discipline and are able to get a nursing degree in 12 months of full-time study.

The program is designed to address America’s severe nurse shortage, which is expected to reach a quarter of a million by 2025. In the next 10 years, Western New York is slated to face RN shortfalls of 32 percent in Erie County. That shortage grows to as high as 66 percent in rural areas.

These nursing scholarships will be awarded in the amount of $10,000 thanks to money that UB was given, totalling $80,000 in scholarship money, by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. These scholarships are given out to help in increasing enrollment and enhance diversity including those students considered underrepresented in nursing by gender, race or financial status.

The lucky eight nursing students have yet to be selected to receive these nursing scholarships. And it is reported that early next year is when they will likely be selected. Winners of these scholarships for nurses in the accelerated program will likely be based on financial need and academic performance.

“Students returning for a second degree may have many more personal, family and financial challenges,” says Grinslade, “and they may be the primary wage earner in the family.”

“This scholarship can be used for tuition, household expenses or sustenance in general.”

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UTI Offers Vocational School Scholarships

The Universal Technical Institute offers Vocational School Scholarships to students attending UTI.

One such vocational school scholarship is the Bridgestone/Firestone Scholarship Program. This scholarship is open to students attending the Avondale, Sacramento, or Rancho Cucamonga campuses. Each campus will award one $2000 technical school scholarship per deadline.

In order to be eligible for this scholarship program, you must fill out the FAFSA, be enrolled in one of the above campuses, show a passion for an automotive education, and complete the application by the September 15th deadline.

But this is not the only scholarship at this technical school. Nissan also offers educational money to UTI students. To be eligible for this scholarship program, you must already be a current student in good standing at UTI in the automotive or diesel industrial program with a minimum 90% attendance rate and a minimum GPA of 3.0. You must also be able to participate in a two-week Nissan/Infiniti Dealer sponsored unpaid internship (check and see if you are eligible for this leave of absence). Qualifying students must also be amenable to working with a certain Nissan/Infiniti dealership after graduating.

Application for this vocational school scholarship must be completed and submitted no later than 10-weeks prior to the NATT start date.

Lastly, UTI also has the Knight Transportation Diesel Scholarship Program. To be eligible for this $2500 scholarship, you must have completed the FAFSA, be in good standing in the diesel industrial program at UTI’s Avondale, Glendale Heights, Houston, or
Sacramento campus and must have completed 25 weeks of your educational program with a minimum attendance record of 90% and GPA of at least 3.0. minimum GPA of 3.0.

To find out more about these vocational school scholarships visit http://www.utifoundation.net/ and check out the scholarships and grants section.