The Art Institutes is sponsoring the Passion for Fashion Competition.
The competition is open to high school students throughout the U.S., Canada (excluding Quebec) and Puerto Rico, with a passion for Fashion Design or Fashion Marketing & Merchandising and Retail Management.
There are two categories for the competition, Fashion Design and Fashion Marketing & Merchandising and Retail Management.
Entries must be postmarked by November 19, 2010.
Local competitions will take place at each participating Art Institutes school throughout U.S. and Canada. Each local winner will earn a $3,000 tuition scholarship to The Art Institutes school they represent in the competition. Local first place winners in each category will move on to the national competition.
The national grand prize winners in both categories will earn a full tuition scholarship to their respective Art Institutes school. In addition, the winners will receive a VIP trip to Fashion Week in New York City in February 2011, participate in a “meet and greet” at Seventeen Magazine’s New York City offices, and lunch with a Seventeen Magazine Style Pro.
Learn more about The Art Institutes Passion for Fashion Competition.
The James Alan Cox Foundation for Student Photographers supports student photographers in high school and college. The foundation’s mission is to expand educational and developmental opportunities for student photographers demonstrating interest, talent and financial need. Jim Cox, who was a television photojournalist in Phoenix, always “told a story” through his work, whether it was in video or still photography.
Type of Awards:
- Five (5) Digital Cameras will be awarded to five (5) high school students.
- Five (5) $2,000 scholarships will be awarded to five (5) college or technical school students. Four awards will be for video work while one will be for still photography.
Focus of work and entries: photojournalism. Scholarships will be awarded to those students whose work “tells a story”.
Scholarship deadline: October 15, 2010.
For more information on the scholarship requirements and rules, or to apply, visit the The James Alan Cox Foundation website.
Levi’s® Brand and JCPenney are partnering for the second consecutive year to offer two college scholarship packages of $50,000 each during the companies’ tuition sweepstakes. The scholarships are fully transferable enabling the winner to choose who receives the scholarship – themselves, their friends, their children, their grandchildren, etc.
The Levi’s® brand and JCPenney created this tuition campaign to specifically support access to higher education and to increase opportunities for lifetime success.
The tuition sweepstakes begins on July 21, 2010 and ends on September 6, 2010.
Anyone age 13 or older is encouraged to enter by:
- texting “TUITION” to 45481
- visiting www.LevisTuition.com
- going to the JCPenney Facebook page at www.facebook.com/JCPenney
Good luck!
StudentAdvisor.com – a resource for college students of all ages – is now on About.com!
In the article, “How Can StudentAdvisor.com Help You?”, resident career expert Laura LaPerriere shares some helpful information for students about internships and searching for jobs.
Ashworth College has expanded its partnership with Education for Advancement (EFA). As part of the relationship, Ashworth College will be funding more than 20 one-year online college degree scholarships for residents of 18 Caribbean countries that are currently serviced by EFA.
Ashworth and EFA have delivered career-relevant online degree programs to the Caribbean since 2007. The partnership provides students with an accredited, online learning model as well as a physical presence in key Caribbean markets. The latter affords students the added advantage of engaging in local inductions, study groups, workshops and faculty visits.
Gary Keisling, Ashworth College Chairman and CEO said, “With EFA, Ashworth has the opportunity to expand its Caribbean footprint by offering more residents an affordable, quality, online education. In addition to our Associate degree programs, we also offer a range of Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programs that are relevant to the major industries in this area, such as banking, finance, construction management and tourism.”
Caribbean residents have the opportunity to apply for one-year scholarships in one of Ashworth College’s Associate or Bachelor’s Degree programs during the 2010-2011 academic year. The scholarships have a combined value of $50,000. Scholarship recipients will have access to Ashworth College’s entire catalog of self-paced degree courses which include business, accounting, finance, early childhood education, construction management and criminal justice.
Read more about Ashworth College educating students in the Caribbean.
The newly redesigned site, GetTheJob.com is now live! Sign up for a free account and search jobs, get career advice, and connect with other professionals!
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Are you a parent? Do you have a teen who is going of to college this fall?
Check out StudentAdvisor’s Parent’s Survival Guide – it provides tips and information to help you deal with this exciting transition period in your child’s life! There is also tons of information available about financial aid and how to juggle college expenses.
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Clean Start (TM) by Dermalogica, a line young adult-friendly skin care essentials, is launching its new Smart Mouth Girls program.
They are looking for up to ten young women between the ages of 16-25 to be the brand’s ambassadors.
The contest, which requires posting a video on the brand’s website, is currently live and ends on August 31.
- Selected Smart Mouth Girls will receive a $500 Clean Start product Starter Pack, containing skin care supplies for the Smart Mouth Girl and a best friend.
- Each Smart Mouth Girl also receives a Flip-camera, to document testimonials and other content for their blogs.
- Smart Mouth Girls receive student pricing on product purchases, quarterly product packages, and have the opportunity to apply for a 6-week paid marketing scholarship or internship.
For more information regarding the Smart Mouth Girl program please visit http://cleanstart.dermalogica.com/smart_mouth_girl.html.
The AT&T Big Mobile on Campus Challenge is a national contest that invites college students to design the next generation of e-learning mobile applications that demonstrate usability, quality, innovation, utility, and marketability.
The 2010 contest started March 1. Deadline for all received applications is September 15, 2010.
- There will be five finalists, and then three overall winners.
- The top five finalists’ schools will receive complimentary memberships to AT&T’s Developer Program.
- The Grand Prize Winner(s) of the contest will be presented with a $10,000 scholarship either as an individual or team, receive a mobile device of choice per entrant and be invited to participate on the 2011 AT&T Big Mobile on Campus Challenge Judging Committee.
- Additionally, the two runners-up will receive a $5,000 scholarship, given to the individual or divided among the team members, as well as a mobile device of choice for each entrant.
For more information, official contest rules, and application forms for the AT&T Big Mobile on Campus Challenge, please visit: http://bigmobileoncampus.wireless.att.com/.
The Michele Marks-McCormick Memorial Scholarship honors pilot and flight instructor Michele Marks-McCormick.
Visit the Cape Cod Foundation for more information on this Aviation Scholarship.
Deadline is September 23, 2010
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