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National Association of Hispanic Nurses (NAHN) offers the following awards for to honor Hispanic nurses for their work: Ildaura Murillo-Rohde Award for Education Excellence, the Henrietta Villaescusa Community Service Award, the Janie Menchaca Wilson Leadership Award, and the Sarah Gomez Erlach Humanitarian Award. Deadline: Early April.

For students who are sons or daughters of Indiana University Alumni Association members and full-time undergraduates at IU, the Alumni Association offers 33 $1000 scholarships.

Two scholarships are set aside for students at each of the IU’s campuses and the remaining 17 scholarships will be awarded to the students from the general population from all campuses based on financial need and academic achievement.

The deadline for application is March 29, 2013.

They also offer:

Below you will find scholarships for children of police and firefighters, but there other scholarships too, read the scholarships for your location carefully.

National Scholarships

Credit Unions all over the country are offering high school students scholarships.  Because there are hundreds of credit unions and because their guidelines vary from one to the next here are some of the basics.  Most Credit Union Scholarships are for high school seniors with application deadlines in March.  The number and amount of scholarships vary.  In addition, there are other requirements like membership (it's not hard to do, just open an account), most require it, but not all.  Below is a listing of just of few of the credit unions that offer scholarships.

The GEAR UP program provides grants to local governments, some of the funds are also used to provide college scholarships to low-income students.  The program is a Federal discretionary grant program whose purpose is to increase the number of low-income students who are prepared to enter and succeed in postsecondary education.  GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs) serves students beginning no later than the seventh grade and follows them through high school.