CNF Awards 212 College Scholarships; Nearly $1.8 Million in Awards Granted Since 1991.Business Editors/Transportation Writers PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 26, 2001 CNF CNF Configuration (File Name Extension) CNF Conference CNF Conjunctive Normal Form CNF Could Not Find CNF Chin National Front (Burma) CNF Canadian Nature Federation CNF Cornell NanoScale Facility Inc., a management company of global supply chain services (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CNF), has awarded 63 new college scholarships and 149 renewal scholarships to children of employees at CNF and its subsidiaries, Con-Way Transportation Services, Emery Worldwide Emery Worldwide was a cargo airline, once was one of the leading carriers in the cargo airline world. Emery started in 1946 and was the first freight forwarder to receive a carrier certificate from the United States Government. , Emery Worldwide Airlines, Menlo Logistics and Vector SCM (1) (Software Configuration Management, Source Code Management) See configuration management. (2) See supply chain management. . The students were recognized by the company for their academic achievement and strong extracurricular activities. Annual scholarships awarded for the 2001-2002 school year total $205,750, including $145,750 for renewal awards. In the past 11 years, CNF has awarded approximately $1.8 million in 1,800 scholarships. "We are pleased to recognize in this way the fine achievements of our employees' children," said Gregory. L. Quesnel, president and chief executive officer of CNF, "and to support the communities where we do business by helping these students continue their education." Recipients of the awards are selected by the independent Citizens Scholarship Foundation of America, a national nonprofit student aid service organization. Approximately 20 percent of those who applied for scholarships this year received one. The new recipients are enrolled in four-year undergraduate and specialized technical school programs. This year's CNF scholarship winners have selected a wide variety of academic majors, including accounting, aeronautics, biochemistry, business administration, computer science, graphic design, education, engineering, journalism, marketing, pre-law, psychology, sociology, theatre arts, and wildlife biology. Students who have a parent employed by a CNF company are eligible to apply after the parent's third year of continuous employment. Awards may be renewed for as many as three years until a bachelor's degree is earned. CNF is a $6 billion company with 30,000 employees and business activities in more than 200 countries. It is based in Palo Alto, California “Palo Alto” redirects here. For other uses, see Palo Alto (disambiguation). Palo Alto (IPA: /ˌpæloʊˈʔæltoʊ/, from Spanish: palo: "stick" and alto: "high", i.e. and has businesses in regional trucking, airfreight air·freight n. 1. A system of transporting freight by air. 2. The amount charged for transporting freight by air. air , ocean freight, customs brokerage, global logistics management and trailer manufacturing. Information about CNF and each of its companies can be found on the Internet at www.cnf.com. |
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