MERIDEN \u2014 Highschool seniors got the chance to study scholarships final week throughout Platt and Maloney\u2019s Scholarship Honest.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The occasion\u00a0was organized by Platt and Maloney\u2019s highschool counseling departments.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Totally different organizations and golf equipment similar to Venture Excel, Upward Sure, Members First CT Federal Credit score Union, Conntact, Higher Enterprise Bureau, the Midstate Chamber of Commerce, and Amici Della Vigna have been on the occasion.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Nina Vazquez, Upward Sure coordinator, was giving college students info on the Upward Sure Program.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe mission of Upward Sure is to serve low-income, first technology highschool college students within the areas of Middletown and Meriden,\u201d Vazquez stated. \u201cThis program has been important for households for the reason that Nineteen Sixties. That is positively a generational factor and a variety of our children have mother and father who’ve been a part of Upward Sure.\u201d<\/p>\n
Vazquez moved from Puerto Rico to Meriden when she was\u00a012 years outdated, after which joined this system.<\/p>\n
\u201cOnce I moved I used to be routinely labeled as low earnings and navigating the U.S. college system was tough,\u201d she stated. \u201cThis program saved me and impacted my life.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Due to this system, Vazquez was capable of obtain her bachelor\u2019s diploma from the College of Hartford and grasp\u2019s diploma\u00a0from the College of Connecticut.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The deadline for making use of for the Upward Sure Program is that this Tuesday, Jan. 31. To use, go to https:\/\/www2.ed.gov\/applications\/trioupbound\/applicant.html<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Throughout the occasion, Venture Excel shared details about\u00a0two scholarships, the Thomas E. Bruenn and Nicole Savchik Scholarships.\u00a0<\/p>\n In keeping with Martha-Anne Noonan, Venture Excel president, the Thomas E. Bruenn scholarship supplies $1,500 for a graduating senior getting into a math-related area. The Nicole Savasik Scholarship is $1,000 and is for a graduating pupil getting into the sector of schooling.<\/p>\n