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Be Bold Scholarship

Deadline: Dec 01, 2024
$25,000
The "Be Bold" Scholarship is a no-essay scholarship that will be awarded to the applicant with the boldest profile. It takes less than 2 minutes to apply.To us, boldest does not mean "best", or "most accomplished". Being bold means being:EarnestDeterminedMovingThe scholarship will be awarded to the student whose profile is most bold, according to these characteristics.Furthermore, the scholarship will be...

Niche $50,000 Scholarship

Deadline: Dec 31, 2024
$50,000
Covering the cost of college expenses for four years without writing a single essay? Sounds too good to be true.It isn't with Niche. We are giving one student $50,000 (our biggest scholarship yet) to help pay for tuition, living expenses, books, and other educational expenses.Who Can ApplyAll high school and college students, as well as anyone looking to attend college...

ScholarshipOwl No Essay Scholarship

Deadline: Nov 29, 2024
$1,000
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$3,500
The Christian Connector offers various scholarship drawings for Christian colleges. All of the information services provided by The Christian Connector are offered absolutely free!Eligibility:Students applying to the Christian Connector Scholarship must be current high school students (Class of 2025, 2026, or 2027) interested in attending a Christian university or college.About:The Christian Connector offers a "one-stop-shop" for receiving free information from...

Sallie Mae "No Essay" Scholarship

Deadline: Nov 30, 2024
$2,000
The $2,000 Sallie Mae Scholarship is only open to legal residents of the 50 United States, the District of Columbia and any US Territory age 17 or older at the time of entry, and who meet one (1) of the four (4) following eligibility requirements at the time of entry:A parent who currently has a child enrolled in an accredited...

Future Leaders Scholarship

Deadline: Nov 30, 2024
$1,500
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The city of Peoria, Illinois is located along the Illinois River and has an approximate population of about 115,007. The Peoria Metropolitan Statistical Area (population 372,487) is the third-most populated metro area within the state of Illinois outside of the Chicago Metropolitan Area.

"Peoria" was the name of a key tribe in the Illinois Indian confederacy, the Peoria people. The first village was known as Fort Clark, but was afterward renamed in 1825. It was more than a decade afterward that Peoria was incorporated as a township. A decade afterward, it became a city. The issue of slavery during the Civil War left its mark on Peoria's past. During 1854, Stephen A. Douglas and Abraham Lincoln both spoke about the issue to the people of the city on the courthouse steps. In the first part of the 20th century, the city of Peoria was popular for liquor production and Vaudeville entertainment.

The Peoria Riverfront Museum is located in the downtown of the city of Peoria. It features interactive displays, exhibits and a planetarium. The city is also home to the Lakeview Museum for the Arts and Sciences and Wheels o' Time Museum. The Peoria Civic Center is an expansive facility hosting conventions and entertainment activities. Bradley Park was built during the year 1910 and features gardens with a Japanese Bridge.

There is a strong manufacturing base within the city of Peoria, because over 200 companies that manufacture more than 1,000 different products. A lot of the focus for these businesses is in the production of machinery and internal combustion engines intended for the markets in North America. The city's biggest employer is the well-known Caterpillar Inc., a maker of heavy equipment and engines. Peoria even has many distilleries and breweries and a large livestock and grain exporting center. The city has burgeoning biotech and technology industries. The Peoria Next consists of some organizations within the fields of life sciences and technology, and material and engineering sciences.

Peoria is the home of various national consumer research businesses. The city of Peoria is seen as representing "mainstream America", especially Midwestern America, which makes it perfect for opinion testing and national product marketing.