UCM-Battelle Awards Scholarships to Local Graduates
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UCM-Battelle Awards Scholarships to Local Graduates

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From left: Meg Silva of Battelle awards $2,000 scholarships at West Potomac High School to UCM-Battelle Scholars Jiayi Liu, Michael Boggess, and Laraib Ilyas, with UCM Executive Director Shirley Marshall.

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).

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UCM-Battelle Scholars at Mount Vernon High School are (in alphabetical order): Ferdinand Agyei-Yeboah, Dorcas Bentil (not in photo), Ghadeer Bilal, Clement A. Boateng, Tyler Johnson, Anwar Muhammad, and Emelia Quaye.

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.