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| Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual) announced 50 recipients of college scholarships as part of its 2007 MassMutual Scholars program. Under the program, MassMutual offers 25 $7,000 scholarships to high school seniors in Hampden County (Mass.) and Hartford County (CT), for a total of 50 scholarships annually. As long as students maintain a "B" average or better each year in college, the scholarships will renew automatically, giving students the potential to receive $28,000 over their four years in college. "MassMutual feels that investing in the education of today's youth is a wise endeavor, as they are the future leaders of tomorrow," said Trish Robinson, senior vice president, Strategic Communications and Community Responsibility, MassMutual. "We are proud to recognize these bright, hard-working and deserving students as they enter the next phase of their academic careers, and we wish them the best in the future." Students applied for the scholarship this spring through the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts, which coordinates and administers the program. Scholarship recipients were selected based on academic performance, financial need and character. For more information or to apply for next year's scholarship, visit the web site for the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts at http://www.communityfoundation.org. Through all organization-wide educational initiatives, MassMutual and the MassMutual Foundation are providing nearly $2.3 million in scholarship funding to students in 2007. Hampden County recipients were Melissa Bryll, Daisy Cruz, Nicholas LaPorte, Jennifer Mayer, Hung Nguyen and Yaira Santiago (all of Springfield Central High School); Imran Chaudhry, Jessica Costa, Tung Le and Su Dan Liu (all of Springfield High School of Science and Technology); Chenor Edmunds, Heather Houle, and Sasha Ramos (all of High School of Commerce); Gabriel Figueroa and Renee Pham (both of Putnam Vocational-Technical High School); Jose Maldanado, Jahaira Navarro (both of Holyoke High School); Brianna Arnold (Ludlow High School); Jadira Mora (Longmeadow High School); Erica Morris (Agawam High School); Diep Nguyen (Cathedral High School); Heather Peterson (Minnechaug Regional High School); Lachelle Taylor-Boyd (New Leadership Charter School); Kaitlin Stevens (East Longmeadow High School) and Patrick Toelken (Pathfinder Vocational Technical High School). |