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SECU Scholarships
The State Employees Credit
Union Foundation presented
$5,000 scholarships to
Marsha Northrup and Cieara
Greogory, who are attending
Southwestern Community
College. The scholarships
were given based on SECU's
philosophy of "people
helping people,"
recognizing the recipients
leadership, excellence
of character, integrity
and community involvement.
The scholarships will
be used to pay for tuition
and other education expenses.
From left are Alan Salzano,
SECU senior vice president;
Northrup; Cieara Gregory;
Suzanne Gregory, SCC financial
aid officer and Herb Oxendine,
SECU advisory board member.
Northrup, who has a cumulative
GPA of 4.00, is enrolled
in SCC's nursing program.
A 2000 graduate of Swain
County High School, she
is the lead technician
in the pharmacy at Kerr
Drugs in Bryson City.
She volunteers at Mt.
View Manor Nursing Home,
participates in Relay
for Life, regularly donates
blood to the American
Red Cross, was a member
S.A.D.D. and the National
Honor Society in high
school and helps with
fundraising efforts for
local charities. Cieara
Gregory was dual enrolled
at Victory Christian School
and SCC. She graduated
high school this past
spring with a high school
GPA of 3.52 and a 4.0
at SCC. She is enrolled
in the college transfer
program and plans to attend
Western Carolina University
after graduation to pursue
both her bachelor's and
master's degrees in elementary
education. She currently
teaches 2-3 year-old children
in Sunday school, is actively
involved in missionary
activities with her church,
is a Little League softball
coach and tutors students
in algebra.
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