Our very own Raul Aguilera recently sat down with Radio Bronco’s Norma Mendoza to discuss the Scholarship Foundation, its application process, and college financial aid generally. This Spanish-language program aired February 16 on Radio Bronco and si…
Barbara Robertson, who has held a succession of finance, operations, and administrative positions with several area nonprofit organizations, has been named president and CEO of the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara. She began serving in her new role on February 11. “Speaking on behalf of the Board of Directors, I cannot imagine another individual being… Read more »
The Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara has a new chielf financial officer. James Hutchinson comes to us by way of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, where he had served as chief financial officer beginning since 2007. More informatin is available …
More than 150 people turned out for the Scholarship Foundation’s 41st annual Art Scholarship Exhibition and Reception at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art on January 23. The event recognized the 25 student artists selected as winners of the Foundation’…
Recent headlines regarding academic achievement among U.S. adolescents have been indisputably grim, but don’t let that color your impression of Santa Barbara County students. In fact, many local high school students are downright impressive, academically and otherwise. We see the evidence time and again at the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara. The Scholarship Foundation recently… Read more »
Oscar Velasco knows a little something about being an underdog. The son of agricultural workers from Mexico, he recently became the first in his family to earn a college degree…
Applying for college financial aid can be a maddening process, and nothing better illustrates the point than the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA.
For those unfamiliar with it, the FAFSA serves as a kind of documental master key …
The Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara has been the subject of considerable news coverage in recent weeks, including reports on area television stations KSBY, KEYT, KKFX, and KCOY, as well as in local newspapers. Click on the images below for a …
Tradition dictates that students begin college in the fall term following their graduation from high school. An increasing number are choosing another path, though, delaying the start of their postsecondary studies for up to a year. The so-called gap year has been popular in Europe for decades. More than 50 percent of students in Norway,… Read more »
In her new book, “Indebted: How Families Make College Work at Any Cost,” anthropologist Caitlin Zaloom documents how the rising cost of college is fundamentally transforming the character of middle-class family life. Based on interviews with more tha…
