Scholarship Opportunities for African American Students Highlighted During Black History Month

CHICAGO, Feb. 1, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Fastweb recognizes and celebrates the achievements of African American's throughout history with focus on important scholarship opportunities available now for graduate, undergraduate and college bound African American students. Fastweb (www.fastweb.com), is the leading website for scholarship and financial aid information, and a member of the Monster network.

Rewarding scholarship opportunities are available for students pursuing careers in engineering, marketing, public relations, journalism, math, science, economics and more. Eligible students can access and apply today for many scholarships in their chosen field of study. 

Fastweb highlights these scholarships in their article, Scholarships for African American Students. Opportunities from the Ventures Scholars Program and the Lagrant Foundation offer between $5,000 and $10,000, as well as the Buick Achievers Scholarship, which offers scholarship amounts as high as $25,000. More scholarship programs can be found in Fastweb's scholarship directory for African American students. This directory outlines new and large scholarships, which is frequently updated as new opportunities become available.

Fastweb.com provides helpful and insightful online resources for all students, helping 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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