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Scholarships for Students in Oregon

By Morgan StaubLast updated on December 22, 2022

When Meriwether Lewis and William Clark set out from St. Louis to explore the vast western portion of the Louisiana Purchase, neither of them knew exactly what they were getting into. Their objective was simply to map the territory and find a route leading to the Pacific Ocean, but their journey crossing to the West …

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A Guide to Scholarships for Transfer Students

By College Raptor StaffLast updated on March 6, 2025

While transferring schools is common, it can be challenging to navigate financial aid at your new college. Regardless of why you’re transferring, you are still eligible for financial aid, including scholarships, grants, work-study programs, and loans. Take advantage of applying to as many scholarships as you can, whether need-based, merit-based, career-specific, or luck-based, to make …

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5 Scholarships for Journalism Majors

By Allison WignallLast updated on December 22, 2022

We live in a media-driven world. With news instantly at our fingertips the moment something big happens, there has never been a higher demand for journalists. Whether it’s through TV, the radio, print, online blogs, or another medium, journalists deliver the information. Take a look below at some journalism scholarships dedicated to the education of …

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6 Scholarships for Students in Colorado

By Morgan StaubLast updated on December 22, 2022

In 1972, a musician born Henry John Deutschendorf released a popular song celebrating the sublime peaks of his favorite state. It took him nine months to write and honored the inspirational nature of the mountains that dotted his homeland. The narrator tells the story of a man moving to a midwestern state, scaling its mountains, …

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5 Scholarships for Students in Alaska

By Morgan StaubLast updated on December 22, 2022

William Shatner famously would begin every episode of the classic sci-fi series Star Trek with the same monologue, opening with, “Space. The final frontier…” Not so fast, Captain Kirk. Seventeen years before Shatner first donned his Starfleet-issue golden sweater, another land was already called the “Last Frontier:” The state of Alaska, admitted into the union …

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6 Scholarships for Students in California

By Morgan StaubLast updated on December 22, 2022

In 1849, James W. Marshall, a supervisor working on the construction of a sawmill outside of Sacramento, was examining his workers’ excavation of a riverbed the day before when he noticed them. Shiny shards of some glinting material, scattered along the river. Gold. In an instant, ankle-deep in the mud along the banks of a …

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6 Scholarships for Students in Vermont

By Allison WignallLast updated on December 22, 2022

Known as the Green Mountain State, Vermont is famous for beautiful landscapes. Vermont produces the most maple syrup in the US. The state is also ranked as the safest of all 50 United States. Additionally, Vermont is home to 23 colleges and universities. If you attend or plan to attend one of them, take a …

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7 Scholarships for Students in Illinois

By Allison WignallLast updated on December 22, 2022

Known as the “Land of Lincoln” as well as the “Prairie State”, Illinois is a state rich with American history. The state is home to 119 colleges and universities. If you are attending or plan to attend school in Illinois, then take a look at these scholarships: Back 2 School Illinois Scholarship Amount: $2,500 Deadline: …

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7 Scholarships for Legacy Students

By Kaeli Nieves-WhitmoreLast updated on December 22, 2022

In 1972, The Godfather was released to theaters to widespread acclaim. Among the numerous shoot-em-up scenes, intense and expressive acting, and quotable lines, audiences the world over appreciated the subtext of the film. In an opening scene, the leader of an Italian organized crime family, Don Vito Corleone questions his godson, asking him if he …

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6 Scholarships for Students in Utah

By Morgan StaubLast updated on December 22, 2022

The great state of Utah has a simple motto, abstaining from the flowery Latin language of states like Michigan (“Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam, circumspice,” that is, “if you seek a pleasant peninsula, look around you,”) and the ironclad absolutes of the New Hampshires of the world (“Live free or die.”). No, the motto of Utah …