Margaret A. McGrath Charitable Foundation awards $93,000 in scholarships to 16 local students
The Margaret A. McGrath Charitable Foundation has awarded 16 scholarships totaling $93,000 to local students for the 2022-2023 academic school year.
The Foundation offers two types of scholarships to residents of the Towns of Sweden and Hamlin. The Philip and Margaret Dollard Business Scholarship is awarded to those majoring in Business and the Marie Dollard McGrath Elementary Education Scholarship is awarded to those majoring in elementary education. Scholarships are for undergraduate and graduate degrees.
This year’s recipients of the Philip and Margaret Dollard Business Scholarship are:
•Hayden Cook (Sweden) – St. Bonaventure University
•Wilson Huang (Sweden) – Rochester Institute of Technology
•Owen Gardner (Sweden) – St. Bonaventure University
•Jacob Lewis (Sweden) – University at Buffalo
•Jenna McNulty (Hamlin) – Keuka College
•Jordan Miller (Sweden) – Indiana University East
•Regan Nugent (Hamlin) – Niagara University
•Matthew Heyden (Hamlin) – North Greenville University
•John Rath (Hamlin) – SUNY Oswego
•Noah Rath (Hamlin) – SUNY Alfred
•Christopher Benedict (Sweden) – Nazareth College
•Laney Sodoma (Sweden) – Ithaca College
•Cormac Sullivan (Sweden) – Rochester Institute of Technology
The recipients of the Marie Dollard McGrath Elementary Education Scholarship are:
•Allison Cring (Hamlin) – SUNY Brockport
•Abbigail Stepanek (Sweden) – Ohio State – Athens
•Cora Rose (Hamlin) – University of Rochester
Margaret A. McGrath established the Foundation in 2004 under her will to provide scholarships to residents of the towns of Sweden and Hamlin who have chosen to pursue a degree in either Business or Elementary Education. The Foundation has awarded $974,000 in scholarships since its formation.
Qualifying 2023 graduating high school seniors and current college students should submit applications for the 2023-2024 academic year by March 1, 2023. For information, contact Richard J. Dollard, Executive Director and Trustee, at 585-637-7170 or visit www.frontiernet.net/~mcgrathfound.
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