HARTFORD, Conn., June 12, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Comcast
NBCUniversal today announced that it has awarded $50,000 in scholarships for the 2019-2020 school
year to 17 Connecticut students as part of its annual Leaders and
Achievers® Scholarship Program. Students are selected for
their outstanding community service, academic performance, and
leadership skills. The award, funded by the Comcast NBCUniversal
Foundation, is a one-time, $2,500
scholarship to be used toward undergraduate education-related
expenses. Since 2001, more than $33
million has been awarded to nearly 30,000 high school
seniors across the country as part of the Leaders and Achievers
program, including $750,000 to nearly
650 students in Connecticut.
"Our Leaders and Achievers scholarship winners are exceptional
students who are committed to academic excellence and community
service," said Michael Parker,
senior vice president of Comcast's Western New England Region,
which is headquartered in Connecticut. "We are honored to
recognize their achievements and excited to support them as they
continue their educational journeys."
Comcast, joined by Lieutenant Governor Susan Bysiewicz, State Senator Douglas McCrory, State Representative
Catherine Abercrombie and State
Representative Nicole
Klarides-Ditria, recognized the students at a special event
held at the Connecticut State Capitol today. One
student, Rameezah Ahmed, a resident of Danbury and
student at Danbury Hight School, was selected to receive an
additional $7,500 Comcast Founders
Scholarship - instituted in honor of Ralph
J. Roberts, Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Comcast
Corporation.
"I congratulate all of this year's scholarship recipients for
their academic achievements and thank them for their outstanding
acts of community service," Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz said. "For those who will be
going across the country to attend college in the fall, we will be
anxiously awaiting their return to Connecticut as leaders of the future. I can't
wait to see what innovative ideas this next generation of
idea-makers brings back to our state."
"I join Comcast in congratulating these exceptional students on
their commitment to their education and their community.
Support of our youth comes in many forms and the Comcast Leaders
and Achievers scholarships will make a difference for these kids as
they prepare for their future," added Senate Education Committee
Chairman, Doug McCrory
(D-Hartford).
The Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Program provides
scholarships to students who strive to achieve their full
potential, who are catalysts for positive change in their
communities, who are involved in their schools, and who serve as
models for their fellow students. The philosophy behind the program
is to give young people every opportunity to prepare for the future
and to engage them in their communities. The program also
demonstrates the importance and value of civic involvement,
especially by the business community.
Students receiving this year's Comcast Leaders and Achievers
Scholarship in Connecticut
are:
Student
Name
|
Student
Hometown
|
High
School
|
Rameezah
Ahmed
|
Danbury
|
Danbury High
School
|
Shawn
Brooks
|
New London
|
New London High
School
|
Kashmere
Cunningham
|
New
Britain
|
New Britain High
School
|
Nubia
Dickinson
|
Hartford
|
Sport and Medical
Sciences Academy
|
Saewon-Charles
Dionne-Jee
|
Old
Saybrook
|
Old Saybrook High
School
|
David Gao
|
Bristol
|
Bristol Central High
School
|
Sonya
Hadley
|
Middletown
|
Middletown High
School
|
Alexander
Halkias
|
Berlin
|
Berlin High
School
|
Tori
Higgins
|
Bloomfield
|
Bloomfield High
School
|
Chanel
Johnson
|
Hartford
|
University High
School of Science & Engineering
|
Morphy
Kuffour
|
Bolton
|
East Hartford High
School
|
Zarya Pena
|
West
Hartford
|
William H. Hall High
School
|
Thea
Ranelli
|
New Haven
|
Wilbur Cross
Comprehensive High School
|
Doishellys
Rodriguez
|
New Haven
|
High School in the
Community
|
Xiu Xiu
Sammis-Mccoy
|
Beacon
Falls
|
Woodland regional
high school
|
Allie
Stankewich
|
Guilford
|
Guilford High
School
|
Hannah
Yother
|
Wallingford
|
Mark T. Sheehan High
School
|
Visit here to learn more about the program.
About Comcast NBCUniversal
Foundation
The Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation
continues the work of the foundations founded by Comcast
Corporation and NBCUniversal to provide charitable support to
qualified non-profit organizations. The Foundation invests in
programs intended to have a positive, sustainable impact on the
communities we serve. Its mission is to empower communities to
thrive by helping to provide access to technology, relevant digital
skills and training, and inspiring volunteerism and service. The
Foundation invests in programs intended to have a positive,
sustainable impact on the communities we serve. More
information about how Comcast NBCUniversal supports the communities
it serves is available at comcast.com/community.
About Comcast Corporation:
Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA) is a global media and
technology company with three primary businesses:
Comcast Cable, NBCUniversal, and
Sky. Comcast Cable is one of the United States' largest video, high-speed
internet, and phone providers to residential customers under the
Xfinity brand, and also provides these services to
businesses. It also provides wireless and security and
automation services to residential customers under the Xfinity
brand. NBCUniversal is global and operates news,
entertainment and sports cable networks, the NBC and Telemundo
broadcast networks, television production operations, television
station groups, Universal Pictures, and Universal Parks and
Resorts. Sky is one of Europe's leading media and entertainment
companies, connecting customers to a broad range of video content
through its pay television services. It also
provides communications services, including residential
high-speed internet, phone, and wireless services. Sky
operates the Sky News broadcast network and sports and
entertainment networks, produces original content, and has
exclusive content rights.
Visit www.comcastcorporation.com for
more information.
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