Comcast NBCUniversal Awards $214,000 in Scholarships to 194 California High School Seniors
June 06 2017 - 4:11PM
Business Wire
Leaders and Achievers®
Scholarship Program Recognizes Students’ Achievements Both In
and Out of the Classroom
Comcast NBCUniversal today announced that it has awarded
approximately $214,000 in scholarships for the 2017-18 school year
to 194 California students as part of its annual Leaders and
Achievers® Scholarship Program. 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 Leaders and Achievers® Scholarship winners exemplify
leadership and are committed to academic excellence and community
service,” said John Gauder, Regional Vice President for Comcast
California. “We are honored to recognize their achievements, and
excited to support them as they continue their educational
journeys.”
Comcast recognized the students at a special event held at the
California State Capitol today. The 194 recipients each received
$1,000 scholarships. Two students, Marieli A. Rubio, a resident of
St. Helena and student at Saint Helena High School, and Ian Chiang,
a resident of San Francisco and student at Balboa High School were
selected to receive an additional $10,000 Comcast Founders
Scholarship - instituted in honor of Ralph J. Roberts, Founder and
Chairman Emeritus of Comcast Corporation. Mr. Roberts died in June
of 2015. In total, Comcast awarded $219,000 worth of scholarships
in California this year.
“Education is key to achieving the American Dream,” said
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra. “The students we honor
today worked hard in both their classrooms and in our communities.
I look forward to seeing what these students do next as they go on
to college and pursue their dreams.”
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.
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. 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 $195 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.
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