Comcast NBCUniversal Awards $110,000 In Scholarships To 101 Massachusetts High School Seniors
Annual Leaders and Achievers® Scholarship Program Recognizes Students' Leadership Skills, Academic Achievement and Commitment to Community Service
BOSTON, May 30, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The Comcast Foundation today announced the 2017 recipients of its annual Leaders and Achievers® Scholarship Program awards in Massachusetts. The program, funded by the Comcast Foundation, recognizes the best and brightest high school seniors for their community service, academic performance and leadership skills.
"Our administration is committed to helping students across the Commonwealth receive a quality, affordable education and we are pleased to have partners like Comcast assist in those efforts," said Lt. Governor Karyn Polito. "We are extremely proud of the young men and women receiving Leaders & Achievers Scholarships for all they have done to better themselves and their communities and look forward to their future growth and success."
Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito and Comcast recognized the students at a special event held at the State House today. 100 Leaders and Achievers recipients received $1,000 scholarships and one lucky student was awarded a $10,000 Comcast Founders Scholarship – instituted in honor of Ralph J. Roberts, Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Comcast Corporation.
"Comcast is honored to recognize our Leaders & Achievers Scholarship winners for going above and beyond – both in their own achievements and for the greater good of their communities," said Tracy Pitcher, Senior Vice President of Comcast's Greater Boston Region. "We wish each of them continued success and we congratulate their teachers and families for helping them excel."
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 of civic involvement, and the value placed on civic involvement by the business community.
Since 2003, Comcast has awarded $1,355,000 in Leaders & Achievers Scholarships to 1,247 students in Massachusetts. This year, the program will award more than $2 million in scholarships to more than 2,000 students across the country to help them pursue higher education. Visit here to learn more.
About Comcast Corporation
Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA) is a global media and technology company with two primary businesses, Comcast Cable and NBCUniversal. Comcast Cable is one of the nation's 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 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. Visit www.comcastcorporation.com for more information.
About the Comcast Foundation:
The Comcast Foundation was founded by Comcast Corporation in June 1999 to provide charitable support to qualified non-profit organizations. The Foundation primarily invests in programs intended to have a positive, sustainable impact on their communities. The Foundation has three community investment priorities—promoting service, expanding digital literacy, and building tomorrow's leaders. Since its inception, the Comcast Foundation has donated nearly $200 million to organizations in the communities nationwide that Comcast serves. More information about the Foundation and its programs is available at www.comcast.com/community.
| 2017 Massachusetts Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Recipients |
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| Name |
Hometown |
College/University |
|
| Kayia |
Alleyne |
Dorchester |
North Carolina Central University |
| Michael |
Almenas |
Leominster |
Northeastern University |
| Celine |
Aviles |
Boston |
University of Massachusetts Boston |
| Beckett |
Azevedo |
Westford |
Cornell University |
| Richard |
Barone |
Hull |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Alexa |
Becquart |
Brockton |
Massasoit Community College |
| Sydney |
Beless |
Yarmouthport |
Curry College |
| Kelvin |
Bencosme |
Beverly |
Salem State College |
| Zachary |
Bennett |
Tewksbury |
Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
| Alexandra |
Bettencourt |
Raynham |
University of Connecticut |
| Marguerite |
Blair |
Boston |
Pomona College |
| Christopher |
Blanc |
Brockton |
University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| Samantha |
Blanc |
Randolph |
University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| Emma |
Bowers |
Granby |
Holyoke Community College |
| Andrew |
Burns |
Winchendon |
Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
| Savian |
Cabrera |
Lawrence |
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth |
| Cecilia |
Campbell |
Natick |
University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| Lauren |
Carey |
East Bridgewater |
Amherst College |
| Michael |
Carvalho |
New Bedford |
University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| Grainne |
Casey |
Pepperell |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Jashan |
Chopra |
Mashpee |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Kristina |
Copelas |
North Reading |
Merrimack College |
| Karyann |
Cruz |
Holyoke |
American International College |
| Nola |
De la Cruz |
Boston |
Boston University |
| Daniel |
DeAngelis |
Watertown |
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
| Arlette |
Dervil |
Brockton |
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Science |
| Joie |
Dillon |
Peabody |
Providence College |
| Rachel |
Ellis |
Peabody |
University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| Joshua |
Elysee |
Medford |
Bentley University |
| Cameron |
Filipe |
Somerset |
University of New Haven |
| Michael |
Fingar |
Medway |
University of Massachusetts Lowell |
| Connor |
Flanagan |
Tyngsborough |
Merrimack College |
| Nell |
Franchek |
Newburyport |
University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| Christina |
Fuller |
Stow |
Andrews University |
| Kyle |
Gagnon |
Blackstone |
Framingham State College |
| Lisa |
Gagnon |
Danvers |
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Science |
| Anooshka |
Gupta |
Dublin |
University of Michigan Ann Arbor |
| Nicole |
Haas-Loomis |
Arlington |
Colorado College |
| Chaya |
Holch |
Brattleboro |
University of Vermont |
| Jonathan |
Huntley |
Westfield |
Siena College |
| Elizabeth |
Ingram |
Whitman |
University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| Charlene |
Jean-Lestin |
Quincy |
Wellesley College |
| Madelyn |
Johnson |
Montague |
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts |
| Chase |
Joyner |
Hyde Park |
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering |
| Nareg |
Kalaydjian |
Watertown |
Regis College |
| Mary |
Kamau |
Brockton |
Howard University |
| Nguyen |
Khuu |
Taunton |
University of Southern Maine |
| Jonathan |
Klinker |
Tiverton |
College of the Holy Cross |
| Jesse |
Kokosa |
Springfield |
American International College |
| Christina |
Kuss |
Monson |
University of Connecticut |
| Kennex |
Lam |
Quincy |
Emmanuel College |
| Lantharra |
Langlois |
Boston |
Boston University |
| Lindsey |
Lapaix |
Lawrence |
Stonehill College |
| Rachel |
LeBarron |
Huntington |
Dartmouth College |
| Emily |
Licciardi |
Haverhill |
Endicott College |
| Zixuan |
Liu |
Holyoke |
Georgetown University |
| Allison |
Manning |
Canton |
Marquette University |
| Kerry |
Manuel |
Andover |
Bates College |
| Manuel |
Martinez |
Boston |
Northeastern University |
| Yvan |
Martinez Jara |
East Boston |
Tufts University |
| Sabrina |
McKenzie |
Hyde Park |
Fitchburg State College |
| Kenny |
Mei |
Boston |
Regis College |
| Taylor |
Mickens |
Springfield |
Hofstra University |
| Anna |
Morais Bilha |
Newton |
Bentley University |
| Ronald |
Morris |
Revere |
University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| Ivory |
Moulton |
Baldwinville |
University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| Lakeyia |
Mumford |
Dorchester |
Spelman College |
| Elizabeth |
Murphy |
Springfield |
Emmanuel College |
| Samantha |
Newbury |
Georgetown |
University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| Emily |
Nguyen |
Melrose |
University of Pennsylvania |
| Emily |
O'Regan |
Somerville |
College of the Holy Cross |
| Javelin |
Parra |
Springfield |
Bay Path University |
| Karishma |
Patel |
Walpole |
Drew University |
| Favianet |
Paulino |
Lawrence |
Salve Regina University |
| Yaira |
Peaks |
Boston |
University of Central Florida |
| Joargy |
Perez |
Lawrence |
Babson College |
| Katherine |
Perez |
Lynn |
St. John's University New York |
| Nicholas |
Petkewich |
Saugus |
University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| Emily |
Procopio |
Framingham |
Massachusetts Bay Community College |
| Isabella |
Pucker |
Newton |
Middlebury College |
| Vyom |
Rathod |
Dartmouth |
University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| Taija |
Reverdes |
Roxbury |
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth |
| Devon |
Roberts |
Granville |
University of Saint Joseph |
| Meera |
Sabeh |
Fall River |
Emerson College |
| Ruth |
Scott |
Dorchester |
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Dubois |
| Taylor |
Seger |
Lynn |
University of Connecticut |
| Caitlin |
Sheehan |
Saugus |
University of Connecticut |
| Katlyn |
Smith |
Millis |
Regis College |
| Olivia |
Spar |
Hopkinton |
Boston College |
| Angela |
Szewczyk |
Ashfield |
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences |
| Lily |
Tang |
Braintree |
University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| Christopher |
Tocci |
Raynham |
Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
| Alissa |
Tofuri |
Hanover |
Providence College |
| Antonio |
Trabucco |
Needham |
Boston College |
| Haley |
Travers |
Marblehead |
Sacred Heart University |
| Gabriela |
Upson |
Fitchburg |
Babson College |
| Frenika |
Valcin |
Randolph |
University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| Rosbeliz |
Valentin |
Methuen |
University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| Madelin |
Vasquez |
Chelsea |
Bunker Hill Community College |
| Ida |
Weiss |
Westhampton |
Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
| Taylor |
White |
Millis |
North Carolina State University at Raleigh |
SOURCE Comcast Cable
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