The Pennsylvania Society Scholarship Program with the Maguire Foundation is pleased to announce that Kimberly Baxter '16 has been selected as one of the twenty-five inaugural recipients of an annually renewable $8,000 scholarship for four years of undergraduate study at University of Scranton.
Kimberly Baxter was selected from over 1,000 applicants in the first year of the scholarship competition. Each scholarship recipient needed to be a senior at a high school in Pennsylvania. A recipient must have enrolled in a 4 year accredited college in Pennsylvania, have a 3.0 or higher grade average, and have demonstrated financial need and a commitment to serve the community. All Pennsylvania Society Scholarship winners are required to complete 9 credits of study in history, civics, and/or government studies.
In its first year, The Pennsylvania Society and the Maguire Foundation have offered $200,000 in scholarship awards for Pennsylvania high school students to attend college in Pennsylvania, enriching the strength of the talent pool in the Commonwealth. Further information about the program can be found at maguirefoundation.org/Maguire-scholars/pa-society-scholarship.