Scholarship Aid Given By MCU to 52 Pupils

Scholarship Aid Given By MCU to 52 Pupils

The Municipal Credit Union has awarded 52 college scholarships, two for $5,000 each and the remainder for $1,000 apiece for the coming fall semester.

The top awards, named in memory of deceased MCU officials, are the Charles Faulding Memorial Scholarship and the Julian I. Garfield Memorial Scholarship. They went to Lance Shapiro and Kelly Koeth.

The $1,000 scholarship winners, in alphabetical order, are:

Kaitlyn Amundsen, Brandon Baker, Justin Barozie, Latifah Beyah, Treval Blair, Tristin R. Cadle, Daniel A. Capasso, Julisa Colon, Nailah Cummings, Danielle DeBernardo, Rosemarie DeLaRosa, Delwyn Diano, Tanvi Doshi;

Kanika Dunn, Daniel Eberlein, Abieyuwa Eweka, Erika Forland, Jenette Frias, Jency George, Ryan M. Grealy, Alison E. Hefele, Christopher J. Huber, Jessica Jardine, Sunny-Skye Keppal, Timothy Kurpis, Alison Lawless;

Alana M. Lelo, Alissa A. Lelo, Danica Mancevska, Kaniel McDonald, Angela N. Melillo, Alexander Nau, Daniel W. Newman, Oluwadara Nnoli, Damilola N. Onilenia, Laura Porcelli, Therese Postel, Bridget K. Reilly;

Antonia S. Richards, Larry Robinson, Karen Santos, Kimberly Schulze, Michael P. Sullivan, Shrey Surana, Raquel Vazquez, Colette Wedderburn, Colleen Wedderburn, Brittany D. Williams, Ryan Woerner, and Rasheedat T. Ussuf.

The MCU, which serves New York City, New York State and Federal employees, as well as education and health-care professionals, offers a full range of financial services. Founded in 1916 with 19 members with $570 in combined shares, today MCU has over 300,000 members and assets exceeding $1.2 billion.