Students can apply for academic scholarships

ESSEX >> The Essex Garden Club has applications available for scholarships to be awarded in June.

In order to be considered for a scholarship, applicants must be a resident of Essex, Centerbrook or Ivoryton; a high school senior or undergraduate/graduate college student; have a “B” or better GPA; and planning to pursue studies related to the environment in an accredited two-year or fouryear college program.

Fields of study may include: Agriculture, Biology, Ecology, Horticulture, Forestry, Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, Land Conservation, Landscape Design and Nursery Management. Application forms are available at essexgardenclubct.org. The deadline for receipt of applications is April 24. For more information call 860-5818206

Haddam Public Health

HADDAM >> Haddam Public Health Inc., will again be offering scholarships to graduating high school seniors and nontraditional adult students or home schooled students from Haddam (including Higganum and Haddam Neck) and to a previous awardee. Commitment to pursuing a career in the health fields of nursing, medical technology, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, pharmacology, physician assistant, CNA, respiratory therapist or medicine is required. Scholarship applications may be picked up at the guidance offices of H-KHS, Vinal Tech., Mercy and Xavier or by calling Candace Casale at Haddam Public Health 860345-4621. The deadline to apply is March 31.

NCCPBW

North Central Connecticut Professional Business Women (NCCPBW) is accepting applications for a $1,000 Scholarship to be given to a female student returning to school in pursuit of a college education. The scholarship must be applied to expenses related to attending a college or vocational technical school. The recipient must be at least 25 years of age and a resident of Hartford or Tolland Counties. The applicant must have completed one term and be accepted into an accredited two or four-year undergraduate degree program at a college or university within the 20172018 school year.

The deadline for applications and associated documents must be received by April 30, 2017. The scholarship will be awarded by June 30, 2017. For additional information or applications, contact Marion Richard at 860749-6969.

Liberty Bank

MIDDLETOWN >> Liberty Bank is seeking applicants for the 2017 Donald B. Wilbur Scholarship. The scholarship will be presented to a graduating high school senior who is enrolling in an accredited college, university, or other institution of higher education (two-year or more) with the goal of majoring in engineering or a technology-related field.

The scholarship recipient will be selected by Wilbur, past chairman of the board of directors of Liberty Bank, and will be given a $1,000 scholarship. Applicants must be graduating from a high school in a town served by Liberty Bank (see www.liberty-bank.com for locations.) Application forms with scholarship guidelines are available on the Liberty Bank Foundation website at https://www.libertybankfoundation.org/programs/. Nominations for the Donald B. Wilbur Scholarship must be submitted no later than Friday, April 28, 2017. For more information, call 860-704-2181.

The 2016 Donald B. Wilbur Scholarship was awarded to Jiayuan Shen, a graduate of Montville High School.

Donald B. Wilbur became a corporator of Liberty Bank in 1993 and joined the board of directors two years later. He was elected chairman in 2004 and served in that role until his retirement from the board in 2008. He retired in 2002 as plant manager of Unilever HPC, USA in Clinton. A graduate of the University of Connecticut, Wilbur joined Chesebrough-Pond’s USA in 1970 and held various positions over the years at plants in Alabama, Missouri, and Connecticut.

Purchases support graduation party

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