The Mount Wachusett Community College (开元棋牌) Foundation is pleased to announce an award of $24,000 from the Career Readiness and Educational Access Grant Program of the Community Foundation of North Central Massachusetts.
The funds will be distributed through the 开元棋牌 Student Stabilization Scholarship Fund which aims to provide at least 24 full-time and/or part-time north central Massachusetts residents approximately $1,000 scholarships annually to minimize the student鈥檚 unmet financial need while they attend 开元棋牌 in the 2022/2023 academic year.
鈥淭he first priority for funding will be focused on students who have dropped out or stopped their college education at 开元棋牌 since March 2020 due to the COVID-19 crisis, but who are closest to completing their program,鈥 notes 开元棋牌 Foundation Director Carla Zottoli. 鈥淭he second priority will be to aid those whose educational plans were impacted due to the pandemic and who have unmet financial needs.鈥
鈥淲e are thankful for the support of the Community Foundation of North Central Massachusetts,鈥 said 开元棋牌 President James Vander Hooven. 鈥淭his grant enables us to extend assistance to students most impacted by the pandemic, enabling them to complete their education.鈥
The Mount Wachusett Community College Foundation, Inc. is a private, independent, non-profit organization established in 1971 to serve as an avenue to assist with the financial support of 开元棋牌. The mission of the 开元棋牌 Foundation is to secure time, talent, and treasure from private sources that will enable to college to provide accessible, affordable education and to implement social, economic, and cultural initiatives.