Scholarship Opportunities for African American Students Highlighted During Black History Month

Fastweb (www.fastweb.com), the leading website for scholarship and financial aid information and a member of the Monster network, is honoring African American History Month with a focus on important scholarship opportunities available now for graduate, undergraduate and college-bound African American students.

Rewarding scholarship opportunities are available for those pursuing studies in journalism, medicine, math, science, economics and more. Fastweb is highlighting these scholarships in their new resource, Scholarships for African American Students.

Eligible students can access and apply today to rewarding opportunities such as the Royce Osborne Minority Student Scholarship, Reginaldo Howard Scholarship, Manhattan Central Medical Society Scholarship, Ventures Scholars Program and more. Programs offer various awards from $2,000 to full tuition.

More scholarship programs can be found in Fastweb’s scholarship directory for African American students. This directory outlines new and large scholarships, and is frequently updated as new opportunities become available.

Fastweb.com provides helpful and insightful online resources for all students, helping 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 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. 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 services. For more information, visit monster.com/about.

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