Academic Scholarships for Women: Fastweb Highlights Valuable Opportunities in Honor of Women's History Month

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Mar 12, 2015, 08:30 ET

CHICAGO, March 12, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- March is Women's History Month, a celebration of women's contributions to history, culture, and society. To recognize and encourage these accomplishments, Fastweb (www.fastweb.com), the leading website for scholarship and financial aid information and a member of the Monster network, has gathered an impressive list of scholarship opportunities for women.

Today, there are valuable scholarship opportunities for women majoring in academic areas such as finance, public policy, communications and STEM majors. Several programs are currently accepting student's applications and Fastweb has accumulated many of these opportunities in their 2015 Scholarships for Women article. Below are notable programs that deserve recognition:

Financial Women's Association of San Francisco Scholarship – Award $10,000
Women's Self Worth Foundation Scholarship – Award $6,000
OutputLinks Woman of Distinction Scholarship – Award $5,000
Laurels Fund Scholarship – Award $5,000
Illinois CPA Society Advancing Women in Accounting Scholarship – Award $4,000
Madeline P. Peterson Scholarship for American Indian Women – Award $4,000
Association for Women in Architecture Foundation Scholarship – Award $2,500
STEM Scholarship for Women – Award $2,000

More scholarship programs can be found on Fastweb.com for all students. Fastweb provides helpful and insightful online resources to help students 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 (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 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. (NYSE: MWW) 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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