Area Students Awarded More than $64,000 in Scholarships
(July 17, 2007) The Community Foundation of Greater New Britain has awarded a total of $64,540 in scholarships to 29 students from Berlin, Farmington, New Britain, Plainville and Southington, helping to provide the means by which they may pursue higher education in a diverse variety of fields ranging from nursing to music education to criminal justice.
The students received scholarship awards from 25 of the Foundation’s 31 named scholarship funds and plan to attend colleges and universities both locally and nationally, including Central Connecticut State University (CCSU), the University of Connecticut (UConn), Boston University, Ithaca College and Baylor University, among others. A total of 33 scholarships were awarded, with four students receiving two scholarships.
Among the recipients are Maria Ferenc and Iwona Grochowski, who each received the Virginia and William Bray Scholarship for employees of the Jerome Home in New Britain pursuing higher education. Maria is studying nursing at Capital Community College, while Iwona is studying physical therapy at Naugatuck Valley Community College.
Scholarship recipients are listed in alphabetical order by town of residence. Listings include student name, scholarship awarded, college/university and chosen field of study. Unless otherwise noted, all students are recent graduates of either Berlin High School, Farmington High School, New Britain High School, Plainville High School or Southington High School.
Berlin
Elizabeth Bujda, Gloria Biscoglio Bosco Memorial Scholarship, CCSU, Education; Amanda Francini, Allen M. and Rosalind W. Humes Humanitarian Scholarship, Sacred Heart University, social w
ork; Vincent LaPlante, Vincent F. Biscoglio, Sr., Memorial Scholarship, Savannah College of Art & Design, visual effects and 3D animation; Jory Lund, Harold M. Sussman Memorial Scholarship, University of Hartford, communications; Nicholas Messina, James W. McDermott, Jr., Memorial Scholarship, University of Delaware, chemistry; Megan Miller, Gloria Biscoglio Bosco Memorial Scholarship, UConn, elementary education; Cody Paladino, Dick Burkharth/Shuttle Meadow Country Club Scholarship, Kingswood-Oxford School/ Baylor University, professional golf; Emily Thurston, Gloria Biscoglio Bosco Memorial Scholarship and Kimberly R. Miller Scholarship, Boston College, elementary education/mathematics; Stephanie Witz, Paul J. and Mary P. Karam Music Scholarship and Keith Benson Kramer Scholarship, University of Rhode Island, music education.
Farmington
Ryan Failla, Dick Burkharth/Shuttle Meadow Country Club Scholarship, Campbell University, golf course management/agronomy; Christopher Weigel, Macdonald/Hjerpe Scholarship, Ithaca College, music education.
New Britain
Kristin Arena, Linda Blogoslawski Mlynarczyk Memorial Scholarship, UConn, actuarial science; Isaiah Boddie, Harry L. Stromquist Memorial Scholarship, CCSU, criminal justice; Joseph Colella, Peter G. Perakos, Sr., Scholarship, Liberty University, edu
cation; Sarah Gostin, Harold M. Sussman Memorial Scholarship, University of New Haven, criminal justice; Wen Jie Li, Louis P. Gianoli Scholarship and William P. McCormack Scholarship, Boston College, business; Gabriela Maj, Helen T. Bianca Nursing Scholarship and Elizabeth I. and Louis J. Matt Scholarship, UConn, nursing; Michael Ostrowski, Harold C. Rahm Memorial Scholarship, Johnson & Wales University, accounting; Stephanie Pinard, New Britain General Hospital School of Nursing Alumni and Associates, Inc., Scholarship, Southern Connecticut State University, nursing; Jennifer Ramirez, Harold C. Rahm Memorial Scholarship, UConn, biology/pre-med; Jose Torres, Peter G. Perakos, Sr., Scholarship, Dean Junior College, business or criminal justice; Jennifer Yurewitch, Catherine C. Conway Memorial Scholarship, CCSU, education.
Plainville
Marc Boucher, William G. Bryant Memorial Scholarship, University of Vermont, civil engineering; Crissi Mann, William G. Bryant Memorial Scholarship, Bentley College, finance/management information systems.
Southington
Brendan Carey, Eleanor and Nathan Berry Scholarship, Boston University, biomedical engineering; Justin DelBuono, Michael J. Davey Memorial Scholarship, Southington Alternative Education Program (ALTA)/Tunxis Community College, English/education; Kaitlyn Reid, Dennis J. Stanek, Sr., Memorial Scholarship, UConn, nursing.
Established in 1941, the Community Foundation of Greater New Britain connects donors who care with causes that matter in Berlin, New Britain, Plainville and Southington. It does this by raising resources and developing partnerships that make a measurable improvement in the quality of life in each of these communities.
For more information on the Foundation, please call (860) 229-6018 or visit www.cfgnb.org.
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