Five recent area graduates received scholarship awards from the Ben & Rose Schwabenbauer Education Scholarship Fund and the Deputy Wayne and Carol Krieger Scholarship Fund.
Emma Benson of Bradford Area High School, Ava Borer of Olean High School, Rowan Kriner of Otto-Eldred High School and Hanna Wysocki of Portville Central School received the Ben & Rose Schwabenbauer Educational Scholarship, a $750 award.
The scholarship provides annual scholarship for graduating seniors from Otto-Eldred High School (PA), Bradford Area High School (PA), Olean High School or Portville Central School who will be attending a four-year school. Preference is for students planning to pursue a degree or career in education, law enforcement, medicine or psychology.
Benson plans to study early childhood education at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Borer plans to study to be a physician assistant (5-year program) at Daemen University. Kriner plans to attend University of Pittsburgh at Bradford for pre-pharmacy. Wysocki plans to study criminology at St. Bonaventure University.
Lillian Kave of Allegany-Limestone Central School received the Deputy Wayne and Carol Krieger Scholarship for $1,200.
This scholarship benefits graduating seniors of Cattaraugus County and Allegany County high schools intending to study criminal justice, with a preference for a BOCES criminal justice student. The fund also supports an annual scholarship for a student attending the Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Academy.
Kave plans to attend John Jay College of Criminal Justice to study forensic psychology and criminal investigation.
Donations can be made to both of these scholarship funds at CRCF, 301 North Union St., or online at cattfoundation.org.
The Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation is the area’s supportive, responsive and trusted community foundation. Established in 1994, CRCF is growing good by connecting donors to the causes they care about most in the region. Grants from the foundation support many areas, including education, scholarships, health care, the arts, community development, human service, and youth development. To learn more, call (716) 301-CRCF (2723), email foundation@cattfoundation.org, or visit online at www.cattfoundation.org. CRCF is also on Facebook (facebook.com/cattfoundation) and Twitter (@CattFoundation).
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