The Universities WeblogFinding the best college for youHalf a Dozen Scholarship Search Engines- February 27, 2008 I&39;ve said it before: financial aid is a complicated thing. After you&39;ve gotten the money that is available from state & federal government sources, the trick to financial aid often becomes finding a foundation or scholarship that gives money to people like you - to the daughters of farmers in Wisconsin, or to the grand-daughters of women who worked in US factories during WWII, or to the students who can trace their ancestry an American Indian tribe. So the question is, how do you find.http://www.universities-weblog.com/50226711/half_a_dozen_scholarship_search_engines.php Ferrum College Under Lockdown- February 26, 2008 Ferrum College south of Roanoke, Va., is under lockdown this morning after school staff saw a man with a handgun in a residence hall on campus, according to news sources. The campus alarm system was sounded at about 8am. Lockdown procedures seem to have worked very well on the Ferrum campus. The Franklin County, Va., sheriff&39;s office and other agencies are on the scene and Ferrum College seems to have escaped harm for the moment. Agents from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and...http://www.universities-weblog.com/50226711/ferrum_college_under_lockdown.php Joining a Sorority- February 26, 2008 Sallie Schaaf Borrink over at Suite101 has a nice series of articles just published last week on joining a sorority. There&39;s a lot involved. And among the first issue for your to consider is the expense involved. You can be faced with a new member fee, and initiation fee, a badge or pin fee, local chapter dues, national dues, and (if you don&39;t actually live in the sorority house) something called a "parlor fee." It can be expensive. It can also be a great way to form a network of...http://www.universities-weblog.com/50226711/joining_a_sorority.php "Refeer" on Campus - According to the 2008 Princeton Review- February 26, 2008 Ever wonder where you&39;d be most likely to run into marijuana on campus at a college in North America Wonder no more, for the Princeton Review has that information. In their 2008 Best Colleges Ranking, the Princeton Review looks at "refeer madness" as part of it&39;s best party schools category. The number one refeer school Warren Wilson College a private college in Asheville, NC, with an enrollment of 838 students. Bard College in New York, the University of Vermont, the University of...http://www.universities-weblog.com/50226711/refeer_on_campus_according_to_the_2008_princet... |