Financial Aid

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...

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...

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...

Thanks to a unique idea and an elaborate business model, Leola freshman Denae Melland finished first at the fifth annual BIG Idea Competition. "Denae's Dog Walking" idea stood out over 169 other entries in this year's competition. Melland said she didn'...

TV SPORTS NBA Basketball-Chicago Bulls at Memphis Grizzlies, Noon (ESPN); Oklahoma City Thunder at Boston Celtics, 7 p.m. (TNT); Sacramento Kings at Minnesota Timberwolves, 7 p.m. (FXSP); Dallas Mavericks at Los Angeles Lakers, 9:30 p.m. (TNT) Men's...

Applications for AAUW scholarships are available at the guidance departments of Washington County public and private high schools, and Hagerstown Community College. The Hagerstown branch of the American Association of University Women, or AAUW, makes...

Social worker Chris Muldowney and film professor Christopher Llewellyn Reed have found a way to translate their love of movies into, among other things, groceries, fire insurance, hearing aids, a mattress, a new window, the vet bill for a beloved cat...

While many kids his age are trying to figure out which video game to put into the Xbox, Matthew Hutnyan is thinking on a much bigger scale. Hutnyan lives in Irvine and is a 12-year-old seventh grader at Red Hill Lutheran in Tustin. But he is anything but...

The Chesapeake Bayhawks added nine rookies in the Major League Lacrosse college draft Friday night in Philadelphia, including long-stick midfielder CJ Costabile with the fifth selection overall and former McDonogh goalie Tyler Fiorito five picks later....