(Like nearly every one of the dozen or so kids who went on to college from my class at P.V.H.S., I paid for it with the $10,000 Nevada Millennium Scholarship, financed by Nevada's share of the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement).
To help stem the talent flight, the Eastern Technology Council, a regional industry group, has supported a program of scholarships, financing assistance for start-ups and using mentoring efforts to keep students here after graduation.
But refusing to increase revenues, he asserted, would necessitate cuts in programs that award college scholarships, finance the National Weather Service and medical research, and improve food safety.
I attended Mr. Forstmann's funeral and was struck less by the Masters of the Universe in the pews than by the dozens of schoolchildren in attendance — most of them recipients of scholarships financed by Mr. Forstmann.
Today, however, through a vast array of obra social (public work) foundations, the savings banks support medical research and reforestation efforts, grant scholarships, finance historical preservation, sponsor art exhibitions or even establish their own cultural centers.
Backed by scholarships financed through expanded oil revenues, several young medical graduates went on to seek doctoral training in public health abroad.
The scholarship is financed by the Society of the Silurians, a group of New York news media veterans, and is awarded to a City University of New York student with a commitment to journalism.
Founder Jonathan Lau describes it as TripAdvisor for switching careers, offering reviews of bootcamps, access to scholarships and financing to attend them, and the chance to get in contact with employers who hire from these programs.
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The scholarships are financed by the New York Times Company Foundation, an endowment created primarily by the Starr Foundation and reader donations.
