BROOKLYN, NY,
May 12, 2009
--
The Financial Service Centers of New York (FSCNY)
today held its Seventeenth Annual Conference and Vendor Show at
which it announced its annual scholarship award winners. The FSCNY/MoneyGram
International Scholarship Program recognizes New York City area high
school students for their academic achievements and community
service. This year, 17 students received scholarships with a total
value of $43,000; the grand prize was $7,500. Since the program’s
inception in 1996, the FSCNY college scholarship program has helped
220 deserving students attend Ivy League and other selective
universities and colleges. In total, $468,000 in college
scholarships has been awarded.
The all-day Annual
Conference included a general membership meeting with hundreds of
New York’s financial service center providers and a vendor showcase
featuring more than forty industry vendors with their latest
products and services. The conference also featured a number of
seminars on key topics to help members keep up-to-date on the latest
trends in areas such as marketing, security, employee hiring and
retention, and regulatory compliance.
The conference highlight
was the scholarship awards luncheon at which several of the top
award winners were in attendance. Now in its 14th year,
FSCNY awards one-time cash grants to New York State high school
seniors who meet the following selection criteria:
-
Commitment to
community service
-
Perseverance in the
face of significant obstacles
-
Display leadership
skills in school
-
Academic achievement
“FSCNY members pride
themselves on their community involvement, and a key element of that
support is the annual scholarship program,” said Sanford Herman,
chairman of the FSCNY Scholarship Program. “FSCNY is honored to be
in the position to help these students thrive and further their
educations. We applaud these young leaders and their dreams.”
Winners of this year’s
FSCNY/MoneyGram International scholarships include:
Name
City High School
|
Anna Groysman |
Brooklyn, NY |
Edward R. Murrow
High School |
|
Leah Amesse |
Staten Island, NY |
Staten Island
Technical High School |
|
Mizanur R. Ahmed |
Brooklyn, NY |
Fort Hamilton High
School |
|
Nabila Madubuko |
Jamaica, NY |
The Beacon High
School |
|
Mehwish Noreen
|
Brooklyn, NY |
High School for
Public Service |
|
Paulina Karpis |
Staten Island, NY |
Stuyvesant High
School |
|
Alex Epstein |
New York, NY |
The Beacon High
School |
|
Anand Dookie |
Queens Village, NY |
Martin Van Buren
High School |
|
Valentina Izyayeva |
Staten Island, NY |
Susan E. Wagner
High School |
|
Ismatara Begum |
Brooklyn, NY |
James Madison High
School |
|
Shreya Amin |
Elmhurst, NY |
Manhattan Center
for Science and Math |
|
Ifeanyi Ekweremuba |
Brooklyn, NY |
Canarsie High
School |
|
Monique Honeyghan |
Bronx, NY |
Bronx Health
Sciences High School |
|
Brian Dinerman |
Brooklyn, NY |
Fort Hamilton High
School |
|
Bhaskar Paneri |
Flushing, NY |
John Bowne High
School |
|
Sara Lebowitz |
Oakland Gardens,
NY |
Francis Lewis High
School |
|
Trevor Cookler |
Jericho, NY |
Jericho High
School |
About FSCNY
The Financial Service
Centers of New York is the industry’s leading voice on legislative,
regulatory and business issues and the leading advocate for the
rights of consumers to access basic financial services in New York.
FSCNY represents about 660 check cashing centers, which employ
nearly 4,000 New York residents. FSCNY members annually cash more
than 29 million checks with a face value in excess of $14 billion.
New York has the second-lowest check cashing fee in the nation at
1.82%.
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