Greater Nevada Credit Union Awards $41,000 in Scholarships
June 1, 2017
(Carson City, Nevada.) June 1, 2017— Since 1999 Greater Nevada Credit Union (GNCU) has awarded nearly $350,000 in scholarships. This year GNCU received 96 scholarship applications, and 20 students were selected to receive $2,000 each and one student $1,000, for the 2017-2018 school year.
“Our passion for helping more people live greater inspires us to provide scholarship opportunities each year to our members/owners and members of their families who are pursuing their postsecondary educations,” said Greater Nevada President/CEO Wally Murray. “We gladly support those deserving students’ desires to continue their scholastic journeys, and look forward to the positive contributions they will make to the world as they continue to grow and develop.”
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 applicant’s 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 21 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 2017-2018 school year.
To learn more about Greater Nevada Credit Union visit gncu.org or call (775) 882-2060.
Greater Nevada Credit Union is headquartered in Carson City and has been helping Nevadans with their financial needs since 1949. GNCU serves more than 55,000 consumers and small businesses, and its subsidiaries include Greater Nevada Mortgage and Greater Nevada Insurance. GNCU 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. GNCU is also the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Lender of the Year, and a Small Business Administration (SBA) Lender of the Year. For more information, visit gncu.org.