In this issue:
- Introduction
- Featured Sponsor: 30 Minutes of Utterly Free Long Distance!
- Feature Article: Free Stuff
- Scholarship notes
- Scholarship: $2,500 McAfee scholarships
- Scholarship: Anne Maureen Whitney Barrow Memorial Scholarship
- Scholarship: $22,500 - The Gillian Award
- A Word from our Sponsors
- Privacy and Subscription Information
- Back Issues
- Sponsor this newsletter!
Welcome to the March 2004 issue of Financial Aid News. This month, we continue our look at ways of saving you money with the Free Stuff issue. You'll find all kinds of free resources that can help you get more done and save you money, from software to long distance. Plus, the usual assortment of scholarships and financial aid, and a word from our sponsors.
Enjoy this month's newsletter!
The Student Loan Network Team
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We know college can be financially taxing, regardless of where you study. This month, we present a look at some great free resources and software on the Web that will save you money. All of the software and services we list here are completely free - they require no commitment on your part. They're not "time bombs" designed to sucker you into buying - they're legitimately free, which means you can try them, and if you don't like them, simply delete them when you're done.
First, antivirus software. 2003 was called the year of the worm, in dubious honor of the fact that more email viruses and worms were sent than ever before. Pricey antivirus software and subscriptions don't help the problem; college students have better things to spend their money on. Our free stuff nod goes to AVG Grisoft for its AVG Antivirus for Home. They give it away, and keep the definitions for it as up to date as any of the "brand names". The software and the updates are free.
Visit: http://www.studentplatinum.com/education/antivirus.php
In keeping with the security theme, check out Zone Labs' ZoneAlarm Personal Firewall. It screens out hostile attacks and hackers, keeping your computer safe. Absolutely essential if you have high speed Internet access or are on a campus network! The basic edition, which meets the needs of 99% of surfers, is free.
Visit: http://www.zonelabs.com
Is someone spying on you? Recording what you do on the Internet? Go ahead and check for malicious software using Lavasoft's Ad-Aware 6 spyware detector. The software and updates are free.
Visit: http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
Surfing the Web has become a laborious effort thanks to pop-ups, pop-unders, and other forms of advertising that seem to be designed to annoy as much as inform. We're not sure when advertising crossed the line into a form of visual assault, but it sure feels that way all over the Web. Take back your Web browsing experience with the incredibly fast, easy to use Mozilla Firefox Web browser. Built-in pop-up blocking, hostile ad blocking, and plugins to make browsing truly enjoyable again.
Visit: http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox
Get the best email software available, with built in spam filtering, easy filters, and the ability to manage all your mailboxes with Mozilla Thunderbird. Stop junk mail in its tracks, and disarm viruses long before they can do harm to your computer.
Visit: http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird
What does office suite software cost these days? Last we checked, it was in the hundreds of dollars for basic word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations. Most people, given the choice between two comparable products, would probably opt to save a few hundred dollars if they could have the same functionality, wouldn't they? Well, now you can get great free office software from the OpenOffice foundation. Word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, and more, in one convenient package, and completely free.
Visit: http://www.openoffice.org
Free photographs, music, and video don't have to be illegally gotten, not when there are scores of free libraries on the Web. Check out Project Gutenberg and the Creative Commons to find legal resources for the content you're looking for.
Visit: http://www.gutenberg.net for Project Gutenberg
Visit: http://www.creativecommons.org for the Creative Commons
It kind of goes without saying, but we'll say it anyway. All the software and services provided here are provided without any warranty or service. If you install them and they eat your computer alive, it's not our fault. Caveat user.
This month, we bring you a couple of technology scholarships, and an art scholarship for study abroad. As always, we remind you that this is a very, very, very small fraction of the scholarships available to students everywhere. We encourage you, if you want to get the maximum amount of free money for college, to enlist the services of our scholarship experts. We've sorted through over 2 million scholarships worth $14 billion.
Visit http://www.financialaidofficer.com/scholarship_search/
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Scholarship: $2,500 McAfee scholarships
Each year, the McAfee Scholars program will award 16 one-time college scholarships to high school seniors in the United States and Canada for undergraduate study. In order to ensure the development of the next generation of technology experts, the McAfee Scholars program emphasizes previous excellence and continued interest in math and science. McAfee Scholars is open to high school seniors or students in their final year of secondary school who plan to enroll in a full-time undergraduate course of study at an accredited two- or four-year college or university in the United States or Canada. Students should plan to pursue a course of study in math or science. Financial need will not be considered.
http://www.networkassociates.com/us/about/corporate/scholars.htm
Scholarship: Anne Maureen Whitney Barrow Memorial Scholarship
Awarded to women in engineering or engineering technology,the Anne Maureen Whitney Barrow Memorial Scholarship was established in 1992 by her husband, the late John Barrow, Jr., to honor her memory following her tragic death in a plane crash. Ms. Barrow, who held a B.S. degree in math and an M.S. degree in computer science from the University of Missouri, was widely recognized for having developed the software, which processes for the side-looking radar on the SR71 (Blackbird) spy plan. The scholarship is awarded to an entering freshman in engineering or engineering technology. It is renewable for three additional years and, consequently, is awarded only once every four years.
http://www.societyofwomenengineers.org/scholarships/Endowed.htm#Barrow
Scholarship: $22,500 - The Gillian Award
The Gillian Award is open to a female artist with demonstrated artistic achievement and a bachelor’s degree. This award offers the unique opportunity to an aspiring fine artist who already has a history of exhibiting in galleries and other venues to live and work in Florence, utilizing all the resources of SACI. The recipient would receive housing (double occupancy) and full tuition from September to April. The estimated value of the award is $22,500.
http://www.saci-florence.org/admissions/saciscolar.htm
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