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Monday, May 21, 2007
Villa Park H.S. Student wins $60,000 Elks Scholarship
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Elks National Foundation Announces Top-Winners in Most Valuable Student Contest!
/PRNewswire-USNewswire/
The Elks National Foundation will award a total of $2.216 million to 500 national finalists through its Most Valuable Student scholarship program. The two first-place recipients each receive $60,000, the two second-place recipients each receive $40,000
and the two third-place winners each receive $20,000, over four years. The
494 fourth- place finishers receive $4,000 scholarships.
Over 15,000 students nationwide began the journey toward educational financial freedom last January. Five hundred applicants earned a spot in the national finals after advancing past other outstanding high school seniors at the local, district and state levels. When all the scores were tallied, Alice Chuang of Orange, CA, and Cortney VanOstran of Joplin, MO, earned first-place finishes. Applicants are judged on scholarship, leadership and financial need.
The 2007 top-six winners are:
Alice T. Chuang, Villa Park High School, Orange, CA $60,000
Cortney A. VanOstran, Joplin High School , Joplin, MO
$60,000
Lei'La R. Bryant, School of the Osage High School,
Lake Ozark, MO $40,000
Andrew T. Timberlake, Mountain Brook High School Birmingham, AL $40,000
Raagini Jawa, Presentation of Mary Academy Palistow, NH $20,000
Will R. Fletcher, Hellgate High School Missoula, MT $20,000
The Elks National Foundation is committed to providing America's students with the opportunity to attain an excellent education. That's why the Foundation annually awards $3.2 million in scholarships to tomorrow's leaders. It's also why our Most Valuable Student first- and second-place awards are the largest scholarships provided by any major fraternal or service organization. A complete list of the 2007 recipients is available online at ELKS ENF SCHOLARS
http://www.elks.org/enf/scholars/NewsStory.cfm?StoryID=35525&CFID=1782154&CFTOKEN=30962881
a news service of Orange Net News /O/N/N/
Elks National Foundation Announces Top-Winners in Most Valuable Student Contest!
/PRNewswire-USNewswire/
The Elks National Foundation will award a total of $2.216 million to 500 national finalists through its Most Valuable Student scholarship program. The two first-place recipients each receive $60,000, the two second-place recipients each receive $40,000
and the two third-place winners each receive $20,000, over four years. The
494 fourth- place finishers receive $4,000 scholarships.
Over 15,000 students nationwide began the journey toward educational financial freedom last January. Five hundred applicants earned a spot in the national finals after advancing past other outstanding high school seniors at the local, district and state levels. When all the scores were tallied, Alice Chuang of Orange, CA, and Cortney VanOstran of Joplin, MO, earned first-place finishes. Applicants are judged on scholarship, leadership and financial need.
The 2007 top-six winners are:
Alice T. Chuang, Villa Park High School, Orange, CA $60,000
Cortney A. VanOstran, Joplin High School , Joplin, MO
$60,000
Lei'La R. Bryant, School of the Osage High School,
Lake Ozark, MO $40,000
Andrew T. Timberlake, Mountain Brook High School Birmingham, AL $40,000
Raagini Jawa, Presentation of Mary Academy Palistow, NH $20,000
Will R. Fletcher, Hellgate High School Missoula, MT $20,000
The Elks National Foundation is committed to providing America's students with the opportunity to attain an excellent education. That's why the Foundation annually awards $3.2 million in scholarships to tomorrow's leaders. It's also why our Most Valuable Student first- and second-place awards are the largest scholarships provided by any major fraternal or service organization. A complete list of the 2007 recipients is available online at ELKS ENF SCHOLARS
http://www.elks.org/enf/scholars/NewsStory.cfm?StoryID=35525&CFID=1782154&CFTOKEN=30962881
