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$10,000
The Scholarships360 $10,000 “No Essay” Scholarship is open to all students who want some extra help paying for their education. Whether you are a high school student who hopes to go to college, a graduate student who’s in a master’s program, or an adult learner who wants to return to school, you are eligible for our no essay scholarship.This scholarship...

Common App Scholarship

Deadline: Nov 30, 2024
$2,000
To encourage students to spend more time preparing for the Common App, Scholarship Guidance has created an annual scholarship to reward students.To be eligible for the Scholarship Guidance "Common App Scholarship" a student must:A) Be in Grade 11 or Grade 12B) Be attending college or university no later than October 1, 2026.C) Have achieved a GPA of 2.5 or greater...

Thiel Fellowship

Deadline: Dec 31, 2024
$100,000
Founded by technology entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel in 2011, the Thiel Fellowship is a two-year program for young people who want to build new things. Thiel Fellows skip or stop out of college to receive a $100,000 grant and support from the Thiel Foundation's network of founders, investors, and scientists.What is the Fellowship?The Thiel Fellowship is a two-year, $100,000...

Path to Pro Scholarship Program

Deadline: Dec 31, 2024
$2,000
The Home Depot Foundation works to improve the homes and lives of U.S. veterans, train skilled tradespeople to fill the labor gap and support communities impacted by natural disasters. The Foundation has pledged to invest $50 million in training the next generation of skilled tradespeople and bridging the opportunity gap through its Path to Pro program.We want to help create...

Roger W. Kahn Scholarship

Deadline: Dec 31, 2024
$10,000
The Roger W. Kahn Scholarship was created to honor the memory of Roger Kahn (1907–1962) and his passion for aviation and entertainment. Kahn spent the latter part of his career at Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation as a test pilot and then managed the technical service and sales division. In the 1940s, Kahn was actively involved with the Institute of the...

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Rocky Mount is a city situated within the coastal plains of North Carolina State. Rocky Mount is around 45 minutes from the state capital, Raleigh. The city of Rocky Mount was given an All-America City Award by the National Civic League. The city's population is approximately 57,010. It is situated within Edgecombe and Nash counties.

The city of Rocky Mount is the largest city and principle city in the Rocky Mount Metropolitan Statistical Area. Rocky Mount also belongs to the Combined Statistical Area that consists of both Wilson and Rocky Mount Metropolitan Areas. The entire CSA has a population of more than 200,000 residents.

The region was initially settled in the early 19th century, but it wasn't until 1867, when the town was incorporated. During 1907, Rocky Mount officially became a city and Rocky Mount's very first post office was established in 1816 at the Tar River Falls. The town gets its name from the ledges along the Tar River. During the year 1818 one of North Carolina's very first cotton mills, Rocky Mount Mills, was established there. The town of Battleboro merged with Rocky Mount in the year 1996.

The city of Rocky Mount has a rapidly growing arts scene which consists of an Arts Center and the Imperial Centre for Arts & Sciences. This facility houses a Community Theater and Children's Museum & Science Center. Rocky Mount boasts many parks, like Meadowbrook Park, Sunset Park and Buck Leonard Park. The city of Rocky Mount provides a range of shopping centers including Raleigh Road Shopping Center, Tarrytown Mall, Edgecombe Park Shopping Center, Englewood Square Shopping Center, Golden East Crossing Shopping Center and Oakwood Shopping Center. Each and every year, the DownEast Festival and Rocky Mount Agricultural fair draw residents and visitors alike.

The city of Rocky Mount has a diverse industrial sector, which consists of manufacturers of pharmaceuticals, furniture, textiles, fabricated metals and chemicals. The finance sector is also quite strong in Rocky Mount. The leading areas of employment in the city are healthcare, educational services, construction, manufacturing, and accommodation, food services, social assistance and finance and insurance. The head office of Barcalounger, a prominent furniture manufacturer, is situated within Rocky Mount. Rocky Mount once had the largest bright-leaf tobacco market within the world.

The estimated median household income within the city of Rocky Mount was $40,000 during the year 2007. Professional and management occupations make up about 27% of job positions. Approximately 23 percent of the city population is employed in sales and office occupations. Roughly 19 percent of the workforce is involved in material moving, production and transportation jobs.