Sallie Mae Bank Awards $119,000 in College Scholarships to Utah Students
June 21 2017 - 1:17PM
Business Wire
Annual Scholarship Program Aimed at Aspiring
Engineers, Nurses, Teachers, and Health Professionals
Sallie Mae Bank today announced it has awarded $119,000 in
college scholarships to 37 students who will attend Utah higher
education institutions full-time in academic year 2017-18.
Sallie Mae Bank’s annual scholarship program provides generous
financial assistance to qualifying Utah students whose courses of
study will lead them to careers in some of Utah’s most in-demand
professions, including engineering, nursing, teaching and
respiratory therapy. Since its inception in 2007, the program has
awarded nearly $931,000 to more than 230 Utah students.
“Our scholarship program not only creates opportunity for these
outstanding students, but also enriches our local community,” said
Paul Thome, president, Sallie Mae Bank. “We are pleased to be able
once again to help our next generation of teachers, nurses, and
engineers make college happen.”
The 2017 Sallie Mae Bank scholarship recipients pursuing a
degree in teaching are:
- Emmalee Buehler, Weber State
University
- Meghan Peacock, Western Governors
University
- Chance Turnbull, Weber State
University
The 2017 Sallie Mae Bank scholarship recipients studying nursing
and respiratory therapy are:
- McKenna Bailey, Utah State
University
- Rachel Blumel, Weber State
University
- Sarah Campbell, Weber State
University
- Jori Crystal, Brigham Young
University
- Kathryn Edwards, Utah Valley
University
- Jenna Gudmundsen, Brigham Young
University
- Brooke Hundley, Utah Valley
University
- Tish Issertell, Weber State
University
- Jonathan Jacobs, Brigham Young
University
- Hayden Kleinhenz, Brigham Young
University
- Katelyn Maeser, Utah Valley
University
- Alexis McHale, Utah Valley
University
- Chersten Ostler (Wallentine), Utah
Valley University
- Kylie Oyler, Brigham Young
University
- Madison Rouse, Utah Valley
University
- Michael Scott, Brigham Young
University
- Daniel Smith, Brigham Young
University
- Efrain Vargas, Brigham Young
University
- Katrina Westfall, Brigham Young
University
The 2017 Sallie Mae Bank scholarship recipients pursuing
engineering degrees are:
- Kyle Alger, Weber State University
- Russell Babb, Utah State
University
- Bryce Berrett, Brigham Young
University
- Alex Blackmer, University of Utah
- Andrew Carlson, Brigham Young
University
- Jonathan Duffin, University of
Utah
- Karina Hill, Brigham Young
University
- Luke Maeser, Utah Valley
University
- Brady Moon, Brigham Young
University
- Joshua Pratt, University of Utah
- Landon Schofield, Brigham Young
University
- Jeffery Smith, Brigham Young
University
- Serena Sorensen, University of
Utah
- Shalauna Thompson, University of
Utah
- Alex Whittier, Brigham Young
University
Headquartered in Salt Lake City, Sallie Mae Bank funds and
originates private student loans and offers FDIC-insured online
savings accounts and certificates of deposit. Sallie Mae Bank is
ranked among the “Best Banks of 2017” by GOBankingRates and was
named one of the “Best Banks of 2017 for Savings Accounts” and
“Best Banks of 2017 for CD Accounts.”
For more information, visit SallieMae.com.
Sallie Mae (Nasdaq: SLM) is the nation’s saving,
planning, and paying for college company. Whether college is a long
way off or just around the corner, Sallie Mae offers products that
promote responsible personal finance, including private education
loans, Upromise rewards, scholarship search, college financial
planning tools, and online retail banking. Learn more at
SallieMae.com. Commonly known as Sallie Mae, SLM Corporation and
its subsidiaries are not sponsored by or agencies of the United
States of America.
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