COMCAST CORPORATION HARTFORD, Conn., May 31, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Comcast NBCUniversal today announced that it has awarded $54,000 in scholarships for the 2016-17 school year to 45 Connecticut students as part of its annual Leaders and Achievers(®) Scholarship Program. The program, funded by the Comcast Foundation, is a one-time, $1,000 scholarship awarded to the best and brightest high school seniors for their community service, academic performance and leadership skills.
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"Our Leaders and Achievers Scholarship winners exemplify leadership and 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 several Connecticut elected officials including State Senator John Fonfara (D-Hartford), State Senator Tony Guglielmo (R-Stafford), State Representative Devin Carney (R-23), and Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin, recognized the students at a special event held at the Connecticut State Capitol today. The 45 recipients each received $1,000 scholarships. One student, Omaniel Ortiz, a resident of Hartford and student at A. I. Prince Technical High School, was selected to receive an additional $9,000 Comcast Founders Scholarship - instituted in honor of Ralph J. Roberts, Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Comcast Corporation. In total, Comcast awarded $54,000 worth of scholarships in Connecticut this year.
Since 2002, Comcast has awarded over $600,000 in Leaders & Achievers Scholarships to almost 550 students in Connecticut. To date, Comcast has awarded more than $25 million in scholarships to approximately 25,000 students nationwide.
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.
To learn more, please visit the Comcast Leaders and Achievers Facebook page.
The students who were awarded Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarships in Connecticut are:
Name Hometown High School High School
Town
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Elizabeth Allegretti Bolton Bolton High School Bolton
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Ashley Amaro New Britain E. C. Goodwin V-T School New Britain
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Sara Banach Enfield Academy Of Aerospace And Engineering Windsor
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Samantha Barisano Vernon Rockville High School Vernon
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Adam Beaton Ansonia Hyde School of Health Sciences and Sports North Haven
Medicine
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Josephine Bensa Hartford Classical Magnet School Hartford
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Chadd Bernier Bristol Bristol Eastern High School Bristol
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Susannah Beyl West Haven West Haven High School West Haven
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Celina Chapman Shelton Shelton High School Shelton
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Gianni Colon New Haven Wilbur Cross High School New Haven
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Claudia Cruz New London Three Rivers Middle College Magnet High Norwich
School
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Megan Daniel Meriden Lyman Hall High School Wallingford
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Angeline Deslandes Norwich Norwich Free Academy Norwich
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Kendall Edwards Bloomfield The Ethel Walker School Simsbury
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Richard Ferris Farmington Kingswood Oxford School West Hartford
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Victoria Fiore Southington Mercy High Middletown
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Ian Folan Bethel Notre Dame High West Haven
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Caitlin Gobstein Middlebury Holy Cross High School Waterbury
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Olivia Jenkins East Hartford East Hartford High School East Hartford
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Jillian Jordan Wallingford Mark T. Sheehan High School Wallingford
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Jameson Kief Plantsville Xavier High Middletown
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Madison Lee Windsor Windsor High School Windsor
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Odessy Lopez New Haven New Haven Academy New Haven
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Benjamin MacNicholl Danbury Henry Abbott V-T School Danbury
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Mariah Martin Hamden Hamden High School Hamden
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Paris McEachern New Haven Hill Regional Career High School New Haven
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Kendall Meenan Bethel Bethel High School Bethel
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Grant Moberg Westport Hopkins School New Haven
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Amanda Murphy Portland Portland High School Portland
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John Ogando Waterbury John F. Kennedy High School Waterbury
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Omaniel Ortiz Hartford A. I. Prince V-T School Hartford
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Caroline Ricardo New Haven High School In The Community New Haven
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Sabrina Romaniw East Hartford Synergy Alternative High School East Hartford
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Genevieve Roy Hampton Academy of the Holy Family Baltic
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Jasmin Russo Hamden Sacred Heart Academy Hamden
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Libby Scherber Old Saybrook Old Saybrook Senior High School Old Saybrook
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Jayadevi Singh New Britain New Britain High School New Britain
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Morgan Slossberg East Hampton East Hampton High School East Hampton
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Erin Tully New Britain Northwest Catholic High West Hartford
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Renukanandan Tumu Unionville Farmington High School Farmington
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Halyn Valley Windsor Locks Metropolitan Learning Center for Global and Bloomfield
International Studies
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Johanna Vicenty-Medina Hartford University High School, Science of Hartford
Engineering
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Shaun Whitaker Durham Coginchaug Regional High School Durham
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Alayzia Williams Windsor High School Inc. Insurance Finance Academy Hartford
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Taeha Woodard Bloomfield Bloomfield High School Bloomfield
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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. 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--expanding digital literacy, promoting service, and building tomorrow's leaders. Since its inception, the Comcast Foundation has donated more than $176 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.
About Comcast in Connecticut:
Comcast is committed to providing an unparalleled entertainment experience to residents and businesses in the 83 communities the company serves in Connecticut. Comcast's Western New England Region, which includes five states, is headquartered in Berlin, Connecticut, and customers are served by a team of more than 1,200 Connecticut employees. Comcast also boasts a call center in Enfield, Connecticut, service centers throughout the state, and seven state-of-the-art Xfinity Service Centers where customers can experience Comcast's Xfinity products and services firsthand. Comcast's popular Xfinity brand is also featured on the Xfinity Theatre, one of Hartford's premier music venues. The company helps to strengthen the communities where its customers and employees live and work by supporting local nonprofit organizations. In 2015, Comcast provided more than $2 million to community partners in the state, in the form of Comcast Foundation grants, sponsorships, volunteer hours, courtesy services and in-kind donations.
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