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Full Scholarship – STEM and Business – Texas A&M The application deadline for the Brockman Scholarship has been extended to the end of October. Awarded by the Brockman Foundation, the merit-based full scholarship covers five years of study on the College Station campus of Texas A&M University. The application portal is open now at www.brockmanfoundation.org. to receive applications for studies beginning in the 2019-20 academic year. The application deadline is now 5pm U.S. Central Time on October 28, 2018. The scholarship supports four years of undergraduate studies in an approved program of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) as well as the one-year MS Business graduate degree at Texas...

This week is Free College Application Week in North Carolina. During this week, a number of our public and private 2 and 4 year institutions in the state will waive their application fees! For help filling out applications, please schedule an appointment with Mrs. Brown before Friday! For more information visit  http://nccountdowntocollege.org/

Many prominent black Americans attended Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). You may already know that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., attended Morehouse College, and Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall attended Lincoln University and Howard University.  But did you also know that the following also attended an HBCU:   Spike Lee: Film director, actor; Morehouse Julius Chambers: Lawyer, civil rights leader; NC Central Toni Morrison: Writer, Pulitzer Prize and Nobel Prize winner; Howard Samuel Jackson: Actor, producer; Morehouse Rev. Jesse Jackson: Politician, civil rights leader; NC A&T State Marian Wright Edelman: Founder/president of the Children’s Defense Fund; Spelman Langston Hughes: Writer; Lincoln Those wanting to learn more the history and experience of attending an HBCU can join us for Transfer Connections on Tuesday, Nov. 13, in the Wynn Center, Building 10, Multipurpose Room. Please feel free to attend all or some of the following: ...

Along with food, games, and music, Fall Fest will feature four-year university admissions counselors ready to answer your transfer questions. Representatives will be from: Campbell University UNC Wilmington North Carolina State Meredith College UNC Charlotte North Carolina Central Fayetteville State Elon Fall Fest will be  Wed., Oct. 24, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. , on the Main Campus Plaza. If you can’t attend or have more questions, the Transfer College Fair will be  Wed., Oct. 31, from noon to 1:45 p.m.  in the Collins Building (Building 2) foyer. There will be a total of 30 colleges represented, including the ones from Fall Fest,  UNC Chapel Hill and UNC’s School of Nursing, UNC Asheville, UNC Greensboro, NC A&T, Appalachian State, ECU, and Western Carolina .

A representative from the Office of Undergraduate Admissions at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro will be on campus to meet with students on Tuesday, October 16, 2018 at 9:30am. Interested students should come to room 9-104. Please keep in mind that I can excuse you from your high school classes, but I cannot excuse you from college classes. Please have permission from your high school teacher before attending. All interested students are encouraged to attend!

The deadline to apply to East Carolina University (including test scores and high school transcript) in order to receive an invitation to apply to the Honors College is now Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018 . The new deadline to apply to the Honors College, once invited, is Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018 .

Greenhouse Scholars provides a four-year renewable, need-based college scholarship of up to $5,000 per year. Qualified applicants must have an unweighted GPA of 3.5 or higher, demonstrate financial need, be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident as well as a high school senior in Colorado, Georgia, Illinois or North Carolina planning to attend a four-year accredited institution. For more information and to apply, please visit  https://greenhousescholars.org/our-scholars/become-a-scholar/