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SCHOLARSHIPS

The South Bend Alumni Association awarded scholarships and grants Mercedez Moore of Washington High School.

in May to nine students from the South Bend Community School She plans to attend IUPUI to study biology in

Corporation, according to Connie Varga, Scholarship Committee chair.a pre-med program. “In the end,’’ she says, “I

want to have a career that will allow me to care
They included ve TCU/Superintendent’s Scholarships — one to a for children and bring smiles to them with my

senior at each of South Bend’s ve high schools. The scholarships writing and art.’’

are worth $4,000 each, payable at the rate of $1,000 a year for four

years. This year’s recipients are:The Alumni Association also awarded two scholarships underwritten
by others.

Emmarie Ballard of Adams High School. She

will attend Purdue University to study human Samuel Moran of Riley received the $5,000

biology, with a goal of “earning a position in a Jack M. Champaigne Scholarship, underwritten
by a local businessman and SBAA board
graduate program and a career that will lead me
to success later in life.’’member. Sam plans to study industrial

engineering and technology management at

Purdue University. Visits to local businesses
helped cement his career goals, he says.

“In the future, I see myself developing

Shumirai Marondera of Clay High School. production processes within a major
She will attend Purdue to study computer
manufacturing facility.’’
and information technology. Her father is an

IT specialist, Shumirai says, and ever since Taylor Waldron of Adams High School received

a young age computers have fascinated her. the $500 South Bend Press Club Scholarship.
“Once I discovered all the things you can do
She plans to attend Indiana University South
and make on a computer, I wanted to learn
Bend to study journalism and communications.
more.’’She would like to have a career in entertainment

reporting. “Articles and interviews in my favorite

rock magazines have always connected with
Jacob Frame of Riley High School. Jacob plans
me,’’ Taylor says.
to study wildlife biology and aquaponics at

Purdue. “I had some incredible science teachers In addition to the scholarships, the Scholarship Committee awarded
(at Riley) that helped me develop my passion for
two $1,000 Kurt & Tessye Simon Grants to college students who need
the outdoors and science,’’ he says. “. . . I am so
some additional nancial help. They were given to Anand Agtey, a
excited to be able to study about things I love.’Riley graduate now attending Embry Riddle Aeronautical University,

and to Cassia LeBron-Williams, an Adams graduate attending Indiana

University Bloomington.
Kiara Wickliffe of Rise Up Academy. She

plans to attend Ivy Tech to study business and The scholarships are funded mainly with proceeds from the annual golf

entrepreneurship. Although her parents never tournament, which took place May 25 at Elbel Golf Course.

graduated from high school or college, Kiara

says, they “always pushed me to go to college
so I didn’t have to struggle like they did and so I

could have a better life.’’

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