Financial Aid

The monthly mixers hosted by the Glendale Latino Assn. are not to be missed. Members and guests mixed it up at the Embassy Suites lobby on Wednesday (Dec. 28). This group knows how to have fun at the same time they raise scholarship dollars for Glendale...

Financial aid for college will be the topic of a free program at North Central Michigan College on Tuesday, Jan. 31. North Central’s financial aid office is hosting the program as a community service for parents and students attending, or planning...

New-student orientation Orientation for new Anne Arundel Community College students will be held in the Robert E. Kauffman Theater, Pascal Center for Performing Arts, 101 College Parkway the following dates and times. •Thursday, Jan. 12: 10 a.m.-1...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Democrats in the Michigan Senate said Wednesday they're developing a proposal that would allow Michigan high school graduates to get grants of up to roughly $9,500 a year for attending college by ending some business tax...

TV SPORTS Men's College Basketball-Northwestern at Michigan, 5:30 p.m. (Big 10 Network); Wake Forest at Maryland, 6 p.m. (FXSP); Syracuse at Villanova, 6 p.m. (ESPN2); St. John's at Marquette, 6 p.m. (ESPNU); Penn State at Nebraska, 7:30 p.m. (Big 10...

Well, here we are in 2012, and if we are honest, it will take us another month before we stop writing 2011. As I heard folks lamenting about 2011 and how many were glad to see it go, I was bemused. For some reason, when things get a little uncomfortable...

Gov. Bob McDonnell says he will push for the repeal of a state law that requires school divisions to open after Labor Day, saying the longstanding measure is outmoded at a time when schools should be maximizing instructional time to prepare students for...

TV SPORTS SUNDAY Soccer-Premier League, Manchester United at Arsenal, 9:30 a.m. (FOX) Men's College Basketball-Penn State at Indiana, 11 a.m. (Big 10 Network); Wisconsin at Illinois, 1 p.m. (Big 10 Network); Northwestern at Minnesota, 3 p.m. (Big 10...

On an annual basis we have a third-party research firm conduct customer satisfaction surveys. We recently received the results of the survey and they were not flattering.  We are owning up to our shortcomings and making changes in the way we do business....

Grant Manhart is what keeps bringing jazz trumpeter Derrick Gardner to Aberdeen. On Jan. 26, Gardner will pay his third visit to Northern State University, where Manhart is a longtime professor of high brass. Gardner will be a guest artist at the 42nd...

Webster Area High School is hosting a financial aid information night for seniors and their parents/guardians at 6:30 Jan. 23 and Feb. 6 in the high school computer lab. The presentation will include types of financial aid, how and when to apply for...

Last week, I started down the road talking about the Land Grant Act, which established colleges of agriculture and mechanics. As you might remember, the Land Grant Act gave 30,000 acres of public land to each state for each of its senators and...