Financial Aid

Dr. John Daryl Kingsnorth, 59, of Fremont, joined his Lord and Savior on Feb. 2, 2012, following a long and courageous battle with cancer. John was born on Sept. 24, 1952, in Albion, Mich., the only son of Daryl and Gladys (Jones) Kingsnorth. He attended...

Governor Tom Corbett today presented his 2012-13 budget to the General Assembly, asking legislators to continue the path of fiscal restraint and to encourage free enterprise for a more prosperous Pennsylvania. "Last year, we accomplished much of real...

Presentation College is slated to host its annual Black and White Ball on Saturday at the Ramkota Convention Center, 1400 Eighth Ave. N.W. The event is intended as a scholarship fundraiser for the college. It will include presentations by student...

St. Philip's Episcopal Church in Laurel is accepting applications for two scholarships honoring Absalom Jones, the first African American priest in the Episcopal Church. The scholarships will be awarded in June to individuals who have demonstrated...

Oscar Thomas Jobe Jr., a city public school educator who rose from being a classroom teacher to chief of staff to two Baltimore school chiefs, died Sunday of complications from Parkinson's disease at Doctors Community Hospital in Lanham. The...

Chris Asbery, 27, says when he was in high school, he didn’t know what his mother meant when she said she’d love to see him bring the same dedication to academics as he did to sports. He certainly knows now. “In high school, I was...

President Barack Obama's new college affordability initiative won't do much to alleviate students' debt. The president wants to boost the Perkins federal loan program from $1 billion to $8 billion. Colleges that fail to reduce costs will lose federal...

The University of Maryland School of Medicine will use a five-year $877,000 grant  on a program to increase the number of students who enter primary care fields. The school said Monday it will create a primary care track that will allow students to...

LEXINGTON — Bluegrass Community and Technical College students who receive financial aid have new guidelines to meet due to recent changes to the Federal Satisfactory Academic Policy. While there have always been academic guidelines set in order for...

Eleven students receive scholarships totaling $3,373 for arts education. This semester, through Music at Penn Alps, the David Joseph Thompson II Memorial Scholarship, and Sandy Riffle, 11 students are taking private music lessons and after school art...

The Meyersdale Elks Lodge No. 1951 has awarded two scholarships of $250 each to Kelsey Brown and Josh Hornig.  To qualify for a scholarship the student must have a parent or grandparent who is an active member of Meyersdale's Lodge and who has...