The State Farm Scholar Athlete Program remains the largest statewide atheltic scholarship program in Texas an dplaces great emphasis on academic distinciton and personal leadership as well as athletic achievement. This year State Farm Scholar Athlete will again award 50 scholarships, worth $1,000 each. To learn more about this year's Program please log on to: www.texasscholarathlete.com

If you've made a difference by volunteering in your community over thepast year, you could win $1,000 and a fabulous trip to Washington, D.C. For more information and/or to apply, please visit: www.prudential.com/spirit or www.principals.org/prudential

Abilene Education Foundation website has many scholarship opportunities and some are available to Jim Ned students. Check out www.aaeef.org for more information and to apply for these scholarships.

This scholarship is only available to students who plan to attend UTI (Universal Technical Institute)in Houston. Please see Mrs. Cooley for more information or visit www.uticorp.com.

For information about the Oratorical Contest, please contact our local American Legion Post or visit www.legion.org

This scholarship is open to all graduating seniors who have demonstrated entrepreneurial spirit and initiative through examples such as: starting his/her own business, participating in organizations such as DECA, Junior Achievement, FBLA, FFA among others. For more information and/or to apply for this scholarship please visit:
www.nfib.com/yea

The Texas Society of Professional Engineers (TSPE) and the Texas Engineering Foundation (TEF) will award approximately $100,000 in scholarships to engineering students attending an ABET- accredited university. For more information, see Mrs. Cooley.

Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) knows that the serious illness of a child can have a significant impact on the entire family- not only is there the physical aspect of an illness, but there is also an emotional and financial impact that cannot be overlooked. For more information on this scholarship or to apply, please visit www.RMHCsouthwest.com/scholarship.aspx or see Mrs. Cooley.

The TCU Texas Youth Entrepreneur of the Year Awards is now accepting scholarship applications from students who have started their own businesses. These businesses can be anything from lawn care to jewelry, cattle raising to eBay auctioneers. These students do not have to be seniors to apply. For more information please visit www.tcuyeya.org

The Community Foundation of Abilene is pleased to advise you that scholarships are available for a Jim Ned High School graduating senior. Please visit www.cfabilene.org for more information or to apply for the following scholarships:
Sara Abel Memorial Scholarship
Texas A & M Club
Perry Bentley Memorial Scholarship
Hispanic Leadership Council (contact hlc_info2255@yahoo.com)
Margaret Wheeler Kennedy Scholarship
Sheriff Middleton Scholarship
Todd Moore Memorial Fund
Tillie Odam Memorial Fund
Catherine Aileen Smith-Jones Memorial Fund
Taylor Jones Haskell Callahan Medical Alliance Scholarship
Johnathan Tschaar Memorial Fund
West Texas Hereford- Curly Hayes Memorial Fund

KFC Colonel's Scholars is looking for high school seniors with financial need and an entrepreneurial spirit. For more information and/or to apply for this scholarship, please visit: www.kfcscholars.org The online application will be available from December 1, 2009 to February 10, 2009.

Burger King Scholars awards are $1,000 each and may be used for educational expenses, such as tuition and books. To qualify you must be a high school senior and a resident of the US, Canada or Puerto Rico and meet other guidelines as listed on their website at www.haveityourwayfoundation.org Applications are available online at the above website. The deadline for this scholarship is February 1, 2010.

The Goss-Michael Foundation Texas Art Scholarship is merit-based in the amount of $5,000. To be eligible, students must pursue a degree in visual arts upon graduation. Please see Mrs. Cooley for more information and to apply for this scholarship. The deadline to apply for this scholarship is March 31, 2010.

The Helene Jones Foundation has provided an endowment to the College of Mass Communications at Texas Tech University to fund fifteen $3,000 undergraduate scholarships to graduates of high schools located in West Texas. Recipients of these scholarships must major in some area of mass communications.
Please see Mrs. Cooley for more information.

The Dr. Robert & Jean Ann LeGrand Scholarship was established at Angelo State University to assist graduating seniors from are high schools who are interested in pursuing their educational goals at Angelo State University. Please visit: www.angelo.edu/services/financial_aid/documents/Institutional_Scholarship_App_Form.pdf