(Carson City Nev.) May 27, 2016 This year 88 students applied for scholarships from Greater Nevada Credit Union, and twenty were selected to each receive $2,000 for the 2016-2017 school year. Nearly $300,000 has been awarded to students since Greater Nevada began its academic scholarship program 17 years ago.
"We recognize how these scholarships can help people reach their personal and professional goals," said Greater Nevada President/CEO, Wally Murray. "Its an award Greater Nevada looks forward to presenting each year, and I congratulate the recipients, as well as everyone who applied and is pursuing a continued education."
The scholarship program, sponsored and administered annually by the credit union, is available to Greater Nevada members and their families. Scholarships are awarded based on each applicants financial need, academic performance, community involvement, and educational and career goals.�The scholarships can be used for tuition, course registration, special classes or laboratory fees, room and board, textbooks and class materials. In addition to the 20 recipients, four alternates were named in the event that one or more of the winners is unable to enroll and attend school on a full-time basis during the 2016-2017 school year.
To learn more about Greater Nevada Credit Union visit gncu.org or call (775) 882-2060.
Greater Nevada is headquartered in Carson City and has been helping Nevadans with their financial needs since 1949.� The credit union serves more than 51,000 consumers and small businesses, and has more than $618 million in assets.� Greater Nevadas subsidiaries include Greater Nevada Mortgage and Greater Nevada Insurance. Greater Nevada is the title sponsor of Greater Nevada Field in Reno, Nevada and has been consistently recognized as both
Best Financial Institution in many of its service areas and as a top employer by the
Reno/Tahoe Best Places to Work Awards. For more information, visit gncu.org.
