Fastweb Spotlights Scholarship Opportunities for Women

Fastweb has gathered an impressive list of scholarships that are specifically meant for women who are currently studying at college or are college bound. Fastweb (www.fastweb.com) is the leading website for scholarship and financial aid information and a member of the Monster.com network.

For this Women’s History Month, Fastweb is spotlighting opportunities for women in their featured article, Scholarships for Women. According to the National Women’s History Project, this year’s theme is Celebrating Women of Character, Courage, and Commitment. Women studying Engineering, Accounting, Finance, Education, Real Estate and other disciplines have an excellent group of opportunities available today, and these deserve recognition.

Financial Women’s Assoc. of San Francisco Scholarship – Award $10,000
Women's Self Worth Foundation Scholarship – Award $6,000
OutputLinks Woman of Distinction Scholarship – Award $5,000
Illinois CPA Society Advancing Women in Accounting Scholarship – $4,000
ESA Foundation Scholarship Program – Award $3,000
Asian Women in Business Scholarship – Award $2,500
Gertrude M. Cox Scholarship – Award $2,000
Admiral Grace Murray Hopper Memorial Scholarship – Award $1,500
Women’s Army Corps Veterans Assoc. Scholarship – Award $1,500
Exelon Corporation Scholarship – Award $1,000
AIET Minorities and Women Education Scholarship – Award $1,000
Women on Par Scholarship – Award $1,000

Learn more about these scholarships and many more at Fastweb, where the focus is helping all students find ways to pay for school.

About Fastweb:
Fastweb, a top site in the Monster Worldwide (NYSE:MWW) 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 on Twitter at @PayingForSchool.

About Monster Worldwide:
Monster Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:MWW), is the global leader in successfully connecting job opportunities and people. Monster uses the world's most advanced technology to help people Find Better, matching job seekers to opportunities via digital, social and mobile solutions including monster.com®, our flagship website, and employers to the best talent using a vast array of products and services. As an Internet pioneer, more than 200 million people have registered on the Monster Worldwide network. Today, with operations in more than 40 countries, Monster provides the broadest, most sophisticated job seeking, career management, recruitment and talent management capabilities globally. For more information visit about-monster.com.