Alcides Figueroa

N.G. Kaul was a highly respected engineer, an immigrant from India who fulfilled the American dream of opportunity realized. He had a distinguished career in public service, first with New York City and then with the New York State DEC, rising to the position of Director of the Division of Water in 1992. That service was capped off, upon his...

Every year, scholarship season is a busy one at HCF, with all the planning and preparation that goes into administering more than 300 scholarship funds. To help you understand the timing of our processes, here is a brief overview of what to expect for this upcoming scholarship season:December 12, 2024: The 2025-2026 HCF Common Scholarship Application opens.December 2024: Students should...

Duty-free lunch… It’s a part of nearly every collectively-bargained contract affecting DSEA members. However, what is now an important fabric of those contracts was once something elementary teachers were forced to do without. In 1969, though, a social studies teacher organized his colleagues to lobby for that contractual right, marking a pivotal moment in DSEA history: the organization’s first foray...

The 2025 David B. Durkee Memorial Scholarship Program will grant five $5,000 one-time scholarship awards. One of the five scholarships may be awarded to an active, dues-paying member of the BCTGM.The program is open to members of the BCTGM and the children of union members. All of whom must meet eligibility requirements established by the BCTGM International GEB, as well...

Nova Scotia Scholarships offers a variety of scholarships for students between the ages of 16 and 35. The scholarship website is dedicated only to students from the province of Nova Scotia.To be eligible you must be:A) Be 16 years of age or older and in good academic standing.B) Be enrolled in a public, private or parochial high school or home...

The William E. Barto Scholarship Fund supports high school seniors in Duluth and Superior who plan to major in the arts at either the University of Minnesota Duluth or the University of Wisconsin-Superior.William E. Barto was born in 1911 in Pennsylvania. Following service in the U.S. Navy, he worked for Fruehauf Co. In retirement, he enjoyed painting, a skill he...