Word: scholarship
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Dingman spoke to remember Wilson, as well as to announce the creation of the Peter H. Wilson Memorial Scholarship Fund, which will be raised through contributions for three main purposes. A cash prize will be given each year to an undergraduate with a disability who exhibits Wilson's qualities of courage, brilliance, and kindness and has made a contribution to the life of the College. The recipient will then be granted a "wish list" of equipment he or she feels will aid disabled students here at Harvard...
...program called, "Commitment to Scholarship," Brandeis University Associate Professor of Sociology Janet Z. Giele '58 spoke to about 70 people at Agassiz House on the changing life patterns of educated women...
...Because federal funding is drying up, students have to look to the private sector for help," said Dan Cassidy, director of the National Scholarship Research Service, which published a list of the 10 most unusual scholarships...
...list includes a study grant for descendants of the signers of the Declaration of Independence and a scholarship for left-handed freshmen enrolled at Juniata College. According to the book, the donors were a left-handed couple who met in their first year on Juniata's tennis team...
Students can fill out a 40-question application and send it to the service, which matches up each applicant with suitable scholarships. Cassidy also recently published The Scholarship Book: The Complete Guide to Private-Sector Scholarships, Grants and Loans for Undergraduates...