Manor College students receive scholarship

Manor College has received $30,000 in scholarship monies for the 2018-19 academic year by The W.W. Smith Charitable Trust, a private foundation established by William Wikoff Smith in 1977.

This is the third year that Manor has received this grant.

Eligible students for the W.W. Smith Scholarship are full-time undergraduate students in a degree-granting course of study who are permanent residents of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery or Philadelphia counties in Pennsylvania or the city of Camden in New Jersey. Students must be in good academic standings with a grade point average of 2.5 or better and have unmet financial need.

Five students were chosen as beneficiaries this year, per W.W. Smith’s criteria, and were able to meet with a representative of the trust to offer academic updates and to express their appreciation for their scholarships.

This year’s recipents are Cody Bane, Stacey Ramirez, Andrea Schuitema, Maleek View and Ameeka Washington.

“Four years ago, my single mother passed away from breast cancer, and I began to live with my brothers as we each had to support ourselves financially. This scholarship relieves so much stress and greatly eases a financial burden,” Bane said.

“The scholarship will not only help me in terms of my financial need, but has also led me to believe in myself more than I have ever,” Ramirez said.

“It’s a great honor to have the W.W. Smith Charitable Trust as a partner for student scholarship at Manor College,” said Kimberly Hamm, director of institutional advancement. “The trust’s commitment to bettering our community by providing basic needs, medical care and education fits with Manor’s Basilian traditions of education, hospitality and service to others.”

SUBMITTED PHOTO — MANOR COLLEGE W.W. Smith Scholarship recipients are honored.