The Roxie Douglas Scholarship Foundation is gearing up for its 12th annual scholarship banquet.

The banquet will be on Aug. 16 at the Samuel Walker Houston Cultural Center in Huntsville and will honor scholarship recipients and local humanitarians.

This year’s scholarship recipients are Ressie Echols and C.J. Flowers, both former day care students of Roxie Douglas. Each will receive a scholarship in the amount of $1,000.

The guest speaker for this year’s banquet will be Air Force Col. Samuel Douglas, son of Roxie Douglas and a graduate of Huntsville High School and Grambling State University.
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Cimarron Public Schools seniors last school year received $239,521 in scholarships to continue their education.

Receiving offers were:

• Cortney Brakhage — Northwestern Oklahoma State University elementary/early childhood education, Oklahoma Academic Scholars, NWOSU Freshman Incentive, NWOSU Ranger Preview award, Oklahoma Regent Scholar Award, Oklahoma State University Academic Excellence Scho-larship; OSU President’s Leadership Council scholarship, Buddy Husted Memorial Scholarship, Keagan Booze/David Stapp Memorial Band Scholarship and awards for placing second in Enid Elks Lodge essay competition and Student of the Month scholarship from Lahoma Lions Club.

• Hollie Detrick — Oklahoma State University scholarship for ag economics/accounting, Oklahoma Youth Expo/Farm Credit Scholarship, OSU Academic Excellence Scholarship, Joseph Fleming Memorial Freshman Scholarship, OSU Cowboy Covenant Scholar-ship, Ames Masonic Lodge Scholarship, Cherokee Strip Chapter of OSU Alumni Association Scholarship, Major County Farmers Union Scholarship and Major County HCE Scholarship. Read more…

By the time Kevin White was a junior soccer player at Carrollton Creekview in 2003, his parents had already figured out the harsh reality of college athletic scholarships.

Very few high school graduates play college sports on scholarship – especially at the Division I level – and even fewer receive anything close to a full ride.

White ended up receiving a 25 percent athletic scholarship each of his four years at Tulsa despite being a standout high school and club soccer player.

“There was always a promise for more money that was never there,” said White, who now works for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority in Atlanta. Read more…

This fall, one thousand highly talented students of color will begin their college experience as Gates Millennium Scholars (GMS). The 2008 class of Gates Millennium Scholars graduated from more than 800 high schools, represents 47 states and American territories, and will attend 360 different institutions of higher learning. Through the life of the program, a total of 20,000 students will receive scholarships to pursue undergraduate and graduate studies.
Since the program’s inception in 2000, Gates Scholars have established a record of excellence–in school and in life. GMS recipients stay in school, they are engaged within their campus and home communities, and they complete their education. They also continue to give back after their academic careers are over. Read more…

Calling all South Shore golfers! The sixth annual Pamela Jean Kowalewski (PJK) Scholarship Golf Tournament is here! The tournament will take place on Monday, July 21 at the Harmon Golf Club in Rockland, MA. Proceeds from the tournament go to the PJK scholarship fund, benefiting college-bound students of Bridgewater-Raynham High School. The tournament will be followed by a banquet, raffle and presentation to tournament winners.

In 1993, Pam unexpectedly passed away from AL Amyloidosis. In 1994, Pam’s husband, Bob, and her friends founded the PJK Scholarship and held a charity ball to raise the initial funds for the scholarship. The family chose the Bridgewater-Raynham High School because in 1981, the family moved to Bridgewater and raised their family. The three Kowalewski children (Matt, Sarah, and Jill) attended the high school. Later, the focus of the fund raising efforts changed and the first ever PJK Scholarship Golf Tournament was held in 2003. Each year the scholarship grows a little more and the benefit to one B-R student increases. Ultimately, the scholarship serves two purposes; to help those close to Pam cope with the loss of someone so special and to give back to the community Pam loved so much. Read more…

The family of fallen teen racer Connor LaFrance is planning a memorial 5K Run/Walk to raise money for a scholarship fund in Connor’s memory.

The memorial walk is scheduled for Sept. 21, 2008, in Saratoga Springs, New York, according to Connor’s father David, a racer with the Loudon Road Race Series. The family is looking for sponsors for the run/walk to help raise money for the Connor LaFrance Scholarship Fund, which will help young athletes involved in all sports. Read more…

The Glasgow Centre for International Development (GCID) has launched its scholarships for high-achieving candidates from different countries in Africa and Asia, including Pakistan, says a press release.

The scholarship is for students who wish to pursue PhD studies at the University of Glasgow starting in October 2008.

The PhD proposal must be in one of GCID’s four priority research areas — Health (Human and Animal); Environmental Management; Education, Lifelong Learning and Global Citizenship and Economic Development. Read more…

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants received more than 360 minority accounting scholarship applications following a successful workshop entitled “Lead the Way, Make a Difference, Become a CPA” to promote diversity within the accounting profession held May 29-31 in Peachtree, GA.

The workshop emphasized the importance of obtaining the CPA credential and highlighted the flexibility and various career paths of the accounting profession. Session topics focused on the importance of networking and mentoring. Professionals with an array of expertise in public accounting, private industry, and academia took part in discussion forums and gave speeches focusing on the development of strong leadership skills.
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A year after her husband died, Joanne Williams is determined to continue his philosophy of emphasizing the importance of higher education.

John W. Williams Jr. was 71 when he passed away from complications after a triple bypass procedure May 14, 2007. He had been an electrician for the Old Bridge Board of Education for 27 years and, according to his widow, he had been an influential presence in the community.

“If you ever met John, you would never forget him,” Williams said of her late husband. “Everyone he met, he would ask them if they had gone on to higher education, and if they hadn’t finished, he would encourage them to. Read more…

A concert to benefit the Robert Wallace Hollingsworth Family Scholarship for Law Enforcement at Hinds Community College is set for next Saturday at Hinds’ Raymond campus.

“It is very important that law enforcement officers get a good education,” said Vicksburg resident Jack Hollingsworth, organizer of the concert. He will also sing at the event.
The benefit will feature Hinds County Sheriff Malcom McMillin as emcee and five Christian-based acts - Hollingsworth; Harmony and Grits, a bluegrass and Gospel band from Pearl; Heaven’s Journey, a group from First Baptist Church of Byram; the Born Again Quartet of Byram; and gospel singer Naomi Barnette of Raymond. Read more…