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Applications are due by May 1, 2008

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The Foundation for Amateur Radio has begun accepting applications for scholarships for the 2008-2009 academic year. Of the Radio Club of America’s 12 scholarship money grants for the year, FAR administers and selects the recipients for three of them. The FAR-administered scholarships are the only RCA grants available to students regardless of location. The remainder of RCA’s scholarships are connected with specific colleges and universities where only students matriculated there are eligible.
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Letters of Compassion

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You might enjoy this story from the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. It has a connection with RCA that I’ll explain at the end.
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TV essayist gave keynote speech at RCA’s 2007 banquet

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By a vote of the board of directors on Nov. 16, 2007, Andy Rooney was named an honorary member of the Radio Club of America. That evening, Andy delivered the keynote speech at the Club’s annual banquet. Andy is best known for essays that he presents on the CBS News program “60 Minutes,” where he has worked for the past 30 years. RCA by-laws state that “an honorary member shall be a person of high professional standing who is interested in the activities of the Club.”
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