Dec 5th, 2008 · A Mexican immigrant gardener in the Bay Area has just been awarded a $100,000 National Purpose Prize for his work raising hundreds of thousands of dollars to send Hispanic kids to college. Catalino Tapia saved all his money to send his son to college. When his son graduated, he got the idea to create Bay Area Gardeners Foundation to help other Hispanic youth get a college education.
Nov 24th, 2008 · Myron Rolle, the starting strong safety for the Florida State Seminoles, has been awarded the Rhodes scholarship to study at Oxford University. The pre-med student had to miss part of Saturday's game against Maryland because he was being interviewed for the scholarship.
Sep 10th, 2008 · A compendium of fun facts that reads like an epic prose poem, the 1944 Names on the Land has just been reissued. This absorbing work of scholarship earns its status as a classic.
Aug 29th, 2008 · The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools revoked accreditation for the Clayton County School District south of Atlanta. This is only the second time in 40 years that an entire district has lost accreditation. That means the district's 50,000 students might not be able to qualify for scholarships or attend the college they've chosen.
Jun 3rd, 2008 · Osama Dawoud, an engineering instructor at the Palestine University in Gaza City, was nominated for a Fulbright scholarship to study environmental and water engineering in the United States. He can't go to the United States until he goes to the American Embassy in Jerusalem to sign the appropriate papers. Dawoud talks with Melissa Block.
Jun 2nd, 2008 · Fulbright scholarships extended to seven Palestinian students were in limbo after Israel denied permission for the students to leave Gaza. One of the seven, engineer Osama Dawoud, speaks with Melissa Block about his dilemma.
May 5th, 2008 · The University of Kentucky has given Michael Avery, an Encino, Calif., eighth-grader, a scholarship to play basketball for the Wildcats in 2012. Brick Oettinger, a recruitment analyst for PrepStars.com, talks about the rarity of Avery's offer.
Apr 29th, 2008 · Romeo Miller is best known for being the rapper Lil' Romeo, the son of another well-known rapper, Master P. Now, he's being talked of as the mediocre basketball player who was just awarded a much sought-after basketball scholarship at the University of Southern California.