National Capital Region News & Events

May 06, 2011

NCR Students Win 24 Darden-UNCF Scholarships
24 of the 60 nation-wide winners are from NCR

College Summit partnered with Darden Restaurants and the United Negro College Fund to award the “Recipe for Success Scholarship” to College Summit students who had motivated their peers to go to college in exceptional ways, and had been accepted into a two- or four-year accredited college or university. Of the 60 5-year, $12,500 ($2,500 per year) Darden-UNCF Recipe for Success college scholarships awarded to high school seniors nation-wide, 24 winners were from NCR. Read more about the Recipe for Success Scholarship, and Darden and UNCF.

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