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AlumKnights award $1K scholarship grant
Mt. Carmel School’s Class of 1990 awards a $1,000 scholarship to Nathaniel Snodgrass at the graduation ceremony on May 28, 2017., at the Mount Carmel Cathedral. (Contributed Photo)
Mt. Carmel School’s Class of 1990 recently awarded a $1,000 scholarship to a graduating senior who won the scholarship by submitting an application that focused on a desire to return from college to give back to the islands.
The school’s alumni, called AlumKnights, presented its first scholarship award to Nathaniel Snodgrass at the MCS graduation ceremony on May 28, 2017.
In the scholarship online application, Snodgrass expressed his plan to “open up a civic academy together with various leaders in the community who are dedicated to promoting and preserving a quality democracy.” Snodgrass wants “to create an academy that sprouts future leaders and probably the greatest citizens the CNMI has ever seen.”
Snodgrass will attend the Northern Marianas College this fall.
During the award presentation, MCS alumna Donna Flores stated the intent of the new scholarship program is to support the applicant’s goals. “Our interest is the applicant’s interest and desire in coming home and helping our islands grow and develop—as most of my fellow classmates are doing now in various capacities within our public and private sectors.”
Flores also announced the class’ commitment to finance this scholarship program for 10 years. (PR)
