Thursday, September 11, 2008

Scholarships Available

Cedar City Area Chamber of Commerce Women In Business invites women to apply for this year’s WIB scholarship Program to attend an accredited university or college in Iron County.

Eligible women may apply no later than December 1, 2008 by completing an application available at the Cedar City Area Chamber offices. Applicants must be women who plan to attend an Iron County university or college during the 2009-2010 school year.

In December two $500 scholarships will be awarded. One will be awarded to a female senior currently attending an Iron County high school, and the other will be awarded to a women entering or re-entering school after a five year or longer break in her education.

More scholarship information will be available at the next Women In Business meeting on Sept. 19 at 12 p.m., at The Garden House. The luncheon will feature Joni Anderson, Assistant Director of the Utah Small Business Development Center.

1 comments:

Michael said...

For those females looking for financial aid to help pay college tuition you should look at all options and apply to as much as you can especially grants. Scholarships are nice but government grants are easier to get then a scholarship. If you show a financial needs then you should get a grant. The toughest road is for women who have been raising children and decides to go back to college to improve their lot in life. There are numerous scholarships for mothers which are popping up but you must also apply to women scholarships too because there are many which show a bias towards women who have children.