United Community Ministries-Battelle Scholars for 2014 are funded by a grant from Battelle. The competitive college scholarships are designed to encourage low-income graduating high school seniors at Mount Vernon High and West Potomac High Schools to pursue college studies in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math).
Three students at West Potomac High School were each awarded a $2,000 scholarship at the school’s June 16 Convocation ceremony:
• Michael Boggess: University of Rhode Island, with plans to study environmental science and marine biology.
• Laraib Ilyas: Princeton University, with plans to study mathematics.
• Jiayi Liu: George Mason University, with plans to study technology and economics.
Seven students at Mount Vernon High School were each awarded a $2,000 scholarship at the school’s June 19 Senior Awards ceremony:
• Ferdinand Agyei-Yeboah: Virginia Commonwealth University, with plans to study software engineering.
• Dorcas Bentil: Lynchburg College, with plans to study nursing.
• Ghadeer Bilal: Northern Virginia Community College, with plans to study dentistry.
• Clement A. Boateng: Northern Virginia Community College, with plans to study mechanical engineering.
• Tyler Johnson: Duke University, with plans to study premed/ biology.
• Anwar Muhammad: Virginia Commonwealth University, with plans to study electrical engineering.
• Emelia Quaye: Northern Virginia Community College, with plans to study nursing.