Mayers was awarded a $2,500 grant for her college
education during an award ceremony Wednesday at the State Capitol.
“Paying
for school is a challenge faced by many young people who dream about
pursuing a college education,” said Kelly.
“I hope that this scholarship will help make college more affordable for our local Seymour student, so that she may achieve her goal of a college degree.”
“I hope that this scholarship will help make college more affordable for our local Seymour student, so that she may achieve her goal of a college degree.”
“The cost of higher education is not getting any cheaper, and these funds will allow Rachel and the other scholarship winners to spend less time worrying about how to pay for college and more time focused on getting into college and staying in college.”
Mayers
was one of 200 high school seniors selected to receive a CHET Advance
Scholarship. Winners were randomly selected from a pool of 3,635
applicants that hail from 85 public high schools,
10 parochial high schools and three independent high schools in
Connecticut. Two of the winners are home-schooled students.
Almost half of the towns in Connecticut have at least one winner, and all eight counties are represented among the winners.
Almost half of the towns in Connecticut have at least one winner, and all eight counties are represented among the winners.
Instead, TIAA-CREF Tuition Financing, Inc. and The Hartford, plan managers for CHET Direct-Sold and CHET Advisor-Sold, respectively, contribute annually into a scholarship account to finance the program.
For information on the CHET Advance Scholarship, visit the Office of the State Treasurer webpage: http://www.state.ct.us/ott/
This is taken from a press release.
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