09/13/2005
Scholarship Opportunities

Nelnet - National Scholarship Sweepstakes
Nelnet College Planning is awarding $31,000 in scholarships! High school seniors can register for a chance to win a $1,000 scholarship. One winner is chosen every week from September 2, 2005 through March 31, 2006.

To enter the sweepstakes, participants must be a high school senior, a registered member of Nelnet College Planning, and planning to enroll in college for the 2006-2007 school year. Entries will be accepted between September 2, 2005 and March 31, 2006. All winners will be notified by e-mail and U.S. mail. Scholarship checks will be made co-payable to the winner’s school and mailed to the school in August 2006.

Additional scholarship opportunities are available as well as a free scholarship search service. Information can be found at www.nelnet.net/collegeplanning.

Bank of Oklahoma Scholarship
Bank of Oklahoma annually awards ten $1,000 scholarships to Oklahoma high school seniors for use at Oklahoma colleges and universities. Deadline is March 30 each year.
Click here to view the scholarship application.

The Freedom Forum/NCAA Sports Journalism Scholarship Program
The Freedom Forum, through a grant to the NCAA, supports eight $3,000 scholarships to college juniors who have career goals in sports journalism and major in journalism or have experience in campus sports journalism.

The program assists deserving full-time students in their final year of study and is designed to foster freedoms of speech and press while promoting quality sports journalism education at the collegiate level.

Applications for these scholarships are available in late August from the institution's NCAA faculty athletics representative, journalism department or school newspaper office. Application deadline is December 9, 2005. More information including the application can be found at http://www.ncaa.org/leadership_advisory_board/programs.html.

Are you Aware of Scholarship Opportunities?
If you are aware of scholarship opportunities that should be promoted in the Oklahoma financial aid community, please contact Pam Hicks at phicks@ogslp.org or 405.234.4452.