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Happy Thursday everyone! Hope you are all enjoying your winter break. Are you finding some time to work on scholarship applications? If you need a little extra motivation, here are a few awards we have to share with you this week:

180 Medical Scholarships

180 Medical is awarding a number of scholarships to students with spinal cord injuries, spina bifida and transverse myelitis. Three $1,000 scholarships will be given to high school seniors or and college students.  They will begin accepting applications on January 1, 2012 and the deadline to apply is June, 1 2012.

Product Lifecycle Management Scholarship Program

The Product Lifecycle Management Scholarship is an award provided by The National Science Foundation to students at Oakland University. The scholarship program will provide 32 financially challenged students with $4,800 towards their education per year. Applicants must be majoring in science, technology, engineering or math related fields.

American Society of Interior Designers Scholarships

The American Society of Interior Designers is providing a number of scholarship to interior design students and professionals. They will award six scholarships totaling $23,000 to both ASID members and non-members. The deadline to apply is March 12, 2012.

That is all we have for today! Don’t forget to check out all of the scholarships posted weekly on Student Scholarship Search. Hope everyone has a fun and safe New Year’s!

U.S. News Education recently released a list of the 10 schools with the least 2010 graduate debt. According to the article, among the 1,009 ranked colleges and universities that submitted undergraduate student debt data to U.S. News, the average amount of debt for a 2010 graduate who borrowed funds was $25,000. However, the average student debt at some schools is much lower than that.

The schools with the least student debt for 2010 were:

1. Alice Lloyd College (KY)
2. Princeton University (NJ)
3. Anna Maria College (MA)
4. College of the Ozarks (MO)
5. Berea College (KY)
6. Reinhardt University (GA)
7. Clearwater Christian College (FL)
8. California State University – Bakersfield
9. East-West University (IL)
10. Cameron University (OK)

Does this list of schools surprise you? Do you go to one of these school? Do you think your school should be on the list? Leave a comment to let us know what you think!

Read the entire article here.

Happy Thursday everyone! I hope you are all enjoying some much needed time. During this downtime you might want to consider spending a little bit more time on your scholarship search. Here are a few awards for you to take a look at:

The Anne Ford and Allegra Ford Scholarships

The Anne Ford and Allegra Ford Scholarship offer financial assistance to two graduating high school seniors with learning disabilities who are pursuing post-secondary education.

Licking County Foundation Scholarships

Licking County awards a number of scholarships to area high school students, college students and non-traditional students. Scholarship awards range from $500 to $7,000 and recognize each recipient’s achievements and commitment to higher education.

Point Foundation Scholarships

Point Foundation scholarships are awarded on a “last provider” basis and fulfill unmet need for Point Scholars. Students who receive these awards must  The average Point Scholarship award is $10,000. (These awards have nothing to do with ScholarshipPoints.)

That’s all we have for today! Don’t forget to check out all of the new scholarships posted on Student Scholarship Search every week! Have a great holiday everyone!

Last night during #ScholarshipChat we talked about Searching for Scholarships in 2012. Everyone shared what worked well in 2011, what they will do differently in 2012, and their scholarship goals. Here is what you missed:

We will be taking a short break from #ScholarshipChat for the holidays, but the next one will be on Monday, January 9, 2012 at 9:00pm ET! Stay during the first week in January to find out what the topic will be!

The next #ScholarshipChat is Monday night, December 19th at 9:00pm ET. As usual the chat will be moderated by @winscholarships. We will have some questions prepared to get the chat started, but we love when you all come with your own questions too!

Since this is the last #ScholarshipChat of 2011, the topic will be “Searching for Scholarships in 2012″. We want to know what you did this year that worked and what you want to do differently next year. What are your 2012 scholarship goals? How much money do you hope to receive? What is your game-plan?

Don’t forget you can follow along using TweetChat to make participating in the chat even easier. If you login to TweetChat with your Twitter account and follow the hashtag #ScholarshipChat you will be automatically see updates and be included in the chat every time you tweet.

Chat with you soon!

It’s that time of year again! The time when everyone starts to think about what their New Year’s Resolutions will be. People set resolutions to make big life changes and give themselves something to work towards. Many decide that they want to eat better, go to the gym more, spend less money and make more time for family and friends.

What are you resolving to do in 2012? Get better grades? Make a few less stops to the fast food drive through? Make more trips home to see your parents? Whatever your resolution, we want to hear about it!

Leave a comment on this post to let us know what your resolutions are!

Enter our New Years Resolution Facebook Contest for a chance to win a $500 scholarship!

To enter, post your New Year’s Resolution on our Facebook wall by Saturday, December 31st at 11:59pm Eastern Time. One member who posts an entry will be randomly selected to receive a $500 scholarship!

The winner will be announced on January 3rd!

A few weeks ago in this blog post, we asked you to submit your ideas for the 2012 ScholarshipPoints t-shirt slogan. It was a close race, but in the end there was a clear winner. The NEW ScholarshipPoints t-shirt slogan is….

This t-shirt came with a scholarship.

This slogan will be on the back of the 2012 ScholarshipPoints winner t-shirt. If you win a scholarship next year, one of these awesome t-shirts will be yours. What do you think about the winner? Leave a comment to let us know!

Click here to see the top eight slogans and the results.

Click here to see all of the slogan submissions.

A recent article in Education Week talks about the fact that more students with disabilities are going to college after high school. Up until recently, there hasn’t been a lot of postsecondary options for students with intellectual impairments. Now, many schools are opening their doors to this group of students with specialized programs.

These programs are sprouting up on campuses across the country. Over the last 10 years the number of schools with programs for students with disabilities has grown from about 15 in 2002 to almost 170 now.  Vanderbilt University and George Mason University are just two well-know schools that have put programs in place.

The article mentions that these programs are sometimes even more rigorous than a traditional college programs. In addition to carrying a heavy course-load, these students are responsible for exercising for a certain number of hours every week, keeping journals of their experiences, and taking turns shopping and cooking for their peers. This kind of program not only teaches academics, but also important life skills.

What do you think about programs like this? Do you or anyone you know have experience with this kind of program? Leave a comment to let us know what you think!

Read the entire article here.

Students from University of Massachusetts and University of Texas among recent ScholarshipPoints scholarship winners.

QUINCY, MA – ScholarshipPoints, an Edvisors online education company, awarded $8,500 on December 1st to students from University of Massachusetts, Harvey Mudd College, Johnson and Wales University, University of South Carolina, Portland Community College, Santa Ana College, Ocean County College, University of Texas and Florida International University.  Through their free scholarships program, ScholarshipPoints will help students of all ages achieve their dreams of a college education by giving away over $120,000 in 2011. To ensure funds are used for educational purposes, awards are sent directly to the student’s financial aid office.

Winner Jean Ricardo, a freshman at University of Massachusetts, is a Psychology major on a pre-med track. “Upon graduating college, I hope to get accepted into medical school and pursue a career as a neurologist,” said Jean. “I cannot express in words how thankful and appreciative I am for receiving this scholarship as it puts me a step closer to accomplishing my dreams.”

ScholarshipPoints is committed to helping students alleviate some of the financial burden associated with higher education. Students who join the program have the opportunity to complete activities in order to earn points. Each point equals one entry into a scholarship drawing. The more points a member enters into a drawing, the greater their chances are of winning. In addition to giving away scholarship money, ScholarshipPoints also educates students on a variety of higher education topics and connects them to third party scholarship offers and alternative financial aid options.

ScholarshipPoints awards multiple monthly scholarships worth up to $10,000. To learn more or to enter the next $10,000 scholarship drawing, visit www.ScholarshipPoints.com.

Hi there scholarship seekers! Hope you are all having a great week.  Before the weekend gets underway we have a few scholarship awards to tell you about. This is kind of a specific group, so read closely to see if you qualify.

Landscape Architecture Foundation Scholarships

The Landscape Architecture Foundation awards a number of scholarships every year. These scholarships foster leadership in landscape architecture and are awarded to students interested in pursuing a landscape career. If this is your field, find out more here.

New Century Scholarship

The New Century scholarship encourages students from the state of Utah to accelerate their higher education by earning an Associates degree while in high school. These scholarships can be used at any 4-year public college in the Utah System of Higher Education. It can also be used at Brigham Young University or Westminster College. If you are a high school student from Utah, definitely check it out!

Boston Oncology Nursing Society Scholarships

The Boston Oncology Nursing Society annually offers academic and professional development scholarships to nursing students. This is a great opportunity for Boston area nursing students who are interested in pursuing a career in oncology. If you fit this description, learn more about how you can qualify for an award.

That is all we have for today. If none of these awards are right for you, don’t forget to check out all of the new scholarships that we post weekly. Have a great weekend!