CHICAGO, March 12, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- March is
Women's History Month, a celebration of women's contributions to
history, culture, and society. To recognize and encourage these
accomplishments, Fastweb (www.fastweb.com), the leading website for
scholarship and financial aid information and a member of the
Monster network, has gathered an impressive list of scholarship
opportunities for women.
Today, there are valuable scholarship opportunities for women
majoring in academic areas such as finance, public policy,
communications and STEM majors. Several programs are currently
accepting student's applications and Fastweb has accumulated many
of these opportunities in their 2015 Scholarships for Women
article. Below are notable programs that deserve recognition:
Financial Women's Association of San Francisco Scholarship –
Award $10,000
Women's Self Worth Foundation Scholarship – Award $6,000
OutputLinks Woman of Distinction Scholarship – Award $5,000
Laurels Fund Scholarship – Award $5,000
Illinois CPA Society Advancing Women in Accounting Scholarship –
Award $4,000
Madeline P. Peterson Scholarship for American Indian Women – Award
$4,000
Association for Women in Architecture Foundation Scholarship –
Award $2,500
STEM Scholarship for Women – Award $2,000
More scholarship programs can be found on Fastweb.com for all
students. Fastweb provides helpful and insightful online resources
to help students find ways to fund their education. Resources are
available online and always at no charge.
About Fastweb:
Fastweb, a top site in the Monster
Worldwide (NYSE:MWW) network, is the nation's recognized leader in
helping students pay for school, by providing scholarship and
financial aid information, as well as information on jobs and
internships. One out of three college-bound seniors use the site,
and more than 50 million users have benefitted from Fastweb's
information and services. Fastweb lets students create personalized
profiles that can be matched against its expansive databases of
colleges and scholarships. As the oldest and most popular free
online scholarship matching service, the database has more than 1.5
million scholarships totaling over $3.4
billion. To learn more about Fastweb, visit www.fastweb.com
and follow Fastweb on social media for the latest on paying for
school all year long: Twitter (at @PayingForSchool); Facebook;
Pinterest; Google+.
About Monster Worldwide
Monster Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:
MWW) is a global leader in connecting people to jobs, wherever they
are. For more than 20 years, Monster has helped people improve
their lives with better jobs, and employers find the best talent.
Today, the company offers services in more than 40
countries, providing some of the broadest, most sophisticated
job seeking, career management, recruitment and talent management
capabilities. Monster continues its pioneering work of transforming
the recruiting industry with advanced technology using intelligent
digital, social and mobile solutions, including our flagship
website monster.com® and a vast array of products and
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