AXA Achievement(SM) Scholarship Deadline is One Month Away
November 15 2007 - 2:45PM
PR Newswire (US)
AXA Foundation Announces $670,000 in Scholarships NEW YORK, Nov. 15
/PRNewswire/ -- The 2008 AXA Achievement(SM) Scholarship
applications are available and the deadline is quickly approaching.
The application can be downloaded from
http://www.axa-achievement.com/ and must be postmarked no later
than December 15, 2007. The scholarship launched in U.S. News &
World Report's Best Colleges issue. The AXA Foundation will award
$670,000 in scholarships to students throughout the nation. This is
the sixth year of the AXA Achievement(SM) Scholarship in
association with U.S. News & World Report. Fifty-two high
school seniors - one from each state, plus the District of Columbia
and Puerto Rico - will be selected to receive one-time scholarship
awards of $10,000. From the pool of 52, 10 students will be
selected as national winners, earning an additional scholarship
award of $15,000, a laptop and the opportunity for an internship at
one of AXA's offices. Qualified candidates will have demonstrated
ambition, drive, respect for self, family and community, and the
ability to succeed in college. "We developed AXA Achievement
because we understand how challenging financing an education can
be. AXA Achievement provides resources that help make attending
college an attainable goal. Through our scholarship programs we
provide more than $1.3 million a year to outstanding young people
across the country," said Kip Condron, Chairman and CEO of AXA
Equitable. The scholarship has been featured in U.S. News'
prestigious Best Colleges issue (August 27), Paying For College
issue (September 17), Best Black Colleges issue (October 8) and the
Best High Schools issue (December 10). Winners will be announced in
the magazine's Short Term College Financing issue (Spring 2008) and
online at http://www.axa-achievement.com/. The scholarship is
administered by Scholarship Management Services(TM), a program of
Scholarship America(SM), one of the nation's largest nonprofit
private sector scholarship and educational support organizations.
Scholarship America is a trademark of Citizen's Scholarship
Foundation of America. Log on http://www.axa-achievement.com/ to
learn more about all scholarships, including the AXA
Achievement(SM) Community scholarship that has a February 15, 2008
deadline. About AXA Foundation The AXA Foundation is the
philanthropic arm of AXA Equitable, one of the nation's premier
financial services organizations and a member of the global AXA
Group, a worldwide leader in financial protection and wealth
management. The Foundation directs the company's philanthropic and
volunteer activities, working to improve the quality of life in
communities across the country where AXA has a presence. Since
2003, the AXA Foundation has awarded over $14.5 million in college
scholarships through its multifaceted flagship program, AXA
Achievement, which provides resources that help make college
possible: access and advice. More than 2,700 students, known as AXA
Achievers, have received scholarships. For more information and to
read about the 2007 AXA Achievers, visit
http://www.axa-achievement.com/. About AXA Advisors AXA Advisors,
LLC is a leading provider of financial services for consumers and
businesses, working with clients to help them define and meet their
financial goals. AXA Equitable provides life insurance, annuities
and other needs-based products and services for the financial
services market. AXA Advisors and AXA Equitable are subsidiaries of
AXA Financial, Inc., one of the premier U.S. organizations
providing financial protection and wealth management. AXA
Equitable's parent company, AXA Financial, Inc., is a member of the
global AXA Group, a worldwide leader in financial protection and
wealth management. AXA Group's operations are diverse
geographically, with major operations in Western Europe, North
America, and the Asia/Pacific region. The AXA ordinary share is
listed on the Paris Stock Exchange and trades under the symbol AXA.
The AXA American Depositary Share is also listed on the NYSE under
the ticker symbol AXA. AXA Equitable is solely responsible for its
life insurance and annuity obligations. GE-41127 (9/07) DATASOURCE:
AXA Foundation CONTACT: Ana Sandoval of AXA Equitable,
+1-212-314-4964 or Web site: http://www.axa-equitable.com/
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