Upcoming Scholarship Deadlines

The holidays have come and gone and it's time to start thinking about college again. First up is the FAFSA. As soon as you have all your financial documentation for last year, get started on the FAFSA...many schools have early deadlines and you don't want to miss out on any financial aid opportunities. For more information, visit the FAFSA page at College-Loans.us.

Next, there are several scholarships available that have submission dates in January and February. The Sam Walton Community Scholarship is coming up and has a January 31, 2011 application deadline.

The KFC Colonel's Scholars Program is offering scholarships of up to $5,000 per year. Applications must be in by February 9, 2011.

The Ben Carson Scholarships from the Carson Scholars Fund which presents $1,000 college scholarships to students in grades 4-11 has an application deadline of January 14, 2011.

The Bank of America Joe Martin Scholarship awards $1,000 to $5,000 scholarships to Dependents of Bank of America associates and the deadline is February 28, 2011.

New and updated pages at College-Loans.us include:

Missouri 529 Plan
Montana 529 Plan
529 Tax Deductions

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Wal-Mart Sam Walton Community Scholarships - 2009

It's time for the Wal-Mart Sam Walton Community Scholarships again. The Wal-Mart Foundation is funding more than 2,500 scholarships of $3,000 for the 2009-10 school year. All high school seniors (including home schooled) maintaining at least a 2.5 GPA who are permanent residents of the United States may be eligible for the Sam Walton Scholarship.

Applications are online. Filing deadline for applications is January 31, 2009.

Wal-Mart has several other scholarship programs for associates and their dependents, including the Wal-Mart ASSOCIATE Scholarship, the Wal-Mart Higher REACH Scholarship and the WALTON Family Foundation Scholarship.

For more information on requirements and applications, visit the Wal-Mart Scholarship webpage.



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WalMart College Success Awards Announced

In a July 14 press release, the Walmart Foundation and the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) announced the winners of the WalMart College Success Awards. These included 20 colleges who are members of the CIC and have shown success in the past helping first-generation college students make it through their college years and graduate with a degree.

The winning colleges will receive a $100,000 grant to help build their program. Those winning colleges are Adrian College (Adrian, MI), Bay Path College (Longmeadow, MA), Bellarmine University (Louisville, KY),California Lutheran University (Thousand Oak, CA), Carroll University (Waukesha, WI), College of Idaho (Caldwell, ID), College of Mount Saint Vincent (Bronx, NY), College of Saint Benedict (St. Joseph, MN), College of St. Scholastica (Duluth, MN), Florida Memorial University Miami Gardens, FL), Illinois College (Jacksonville, IL), Juniata College (Huntingdon, PA), Kalamazoo College (Kalamazoo, MI), Lesley University (Cambridge, MA), Manchester College (North Manchester, IN), North Central College (Napierville, IL), Ripon College (Ripon, WI), St. Edward’s University (Austin, TX), Wartburg College (Waverly, IA), and Wiley College (Marshall, TX).


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