Fiserv EFT ACCEL/Exchange Network Announces 2006 Education Exchange College Grant Winners.BROOKFIELD, Wis. -- Thirty-four members of the high school graduating Class of 2006 have been awarded a total of $50,000 in college grants thanks to the Fiserv EFT ACCEL/Exchange Network and its Education Exchange college grant program. The program, established in 1994, has helped ACCEL/Exchange Network members recognize, honor and assist hardworking and academically talented students as they further their education and prepare for their careers. High school seniors are selected from across the country to share Education Exchange grant awards provided by the ACCEL/Exchange Network. From an initial pool of thousands of applicants, four $5,000 grants and 30 $1,000 grants are offered each year based upon scholastic achievement, volunteerism and extracurricular activities, character and leadership, essay responses and financial need. This year's $5,000 grant recipients were Molly Kate Bohlke of Long Beach, Miss.; Brandi George of Orlando, Fla.; Neeraj Nagarajan of Tamuning, Guam; and Rudy Ramirez of Tulare, Calif. Bohlke, sponsored by Keesler Federal Credit Union, is a graduate of Long Beach High School where she was class valedictorian, a member of the National Honor Society The National Honor Society (NHS), established in 1921, is a recognition program for American high school students who show achievement in scholarship, leadership, service, and character. and editor of the Bearcat Chronicle, the Long Beach High School newspaper. She was also president of the Spanish Honor Society and a member of Mu Alpha Theta Mu Alpha Theta (ΜΑΘ = math) is a United States mathematics honor society for high schools and two-year colleges. It has over 75,000 student members in more than 1,500 schools worldwide. , the math honor society, and Beta Club. Bohlke will attend Millsaps College. George was sponsored by Central Florida Educators Credit Union and graduated from William R. Boone High School William R. Boone High School is a public high school in Orlando, Florida, United States. Built in 1952, the school is one of seventeen high schools in the Orange County Public Schools system, originally created to accommodate the growing number of students at Orlando High School. . She was a member of the National Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society and Mu Alpha Theta. She is extremely dedicated to gymnastics and has been captain of her Level 10 team for the past two years. George will pursue her education at the University of Maryland, College Park The University of Maryland, College Park (also known as UM, UMD, or UMCP) is a public university located in the city of College Park, in Prince George's County, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C., in the United States. . Nagarajan was sponsored by the Bank of Guam. He is a graduate of John F. Kennedy High School John F. Kennedy High School can refer to one of many schools in North America. The following list is ordered by state/province/territory and then municipality:
Ramirez, sponsored by Tucoemas Federal Credit Union, is a graduate of Tulare Western High School where he was vice president of the Rotary and Interact Clubs, listed in Who's Who Among American High School Students and a participant in the Lead America Congressional Student Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C. Ramirez will pursue his career goals in international studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara History The predecessor to UCSB, Santa Barbara State College, focused on teacher training, industrial arts, home economics, and foreign languages. Intense lobbying by an interest group in the City of Santa Barbara led by Thomas Storke and Pearl Chase persuaded the State . About Fiserv EFT and ACCEL/Exchange ACCEL/Exchange is one of the nation's premier electronic funds transfer See EFT. (application, communications) electronic funds transfer - (EFT, EFTS, - system) Transfer of money initiated through electronic terminal, automated teller machine, computer, telephone, or magnetic tape. (EFT) networks, providing the infrastructure for member financial institutions to provide their customers with anytime, anywhere access to their demand deposit accounts. ACCEL ACCEL Accelerate ACCEL Accelerometer ACCEL Accelerando (Music, Gradually Increasing in Speed) ACCEL American College of Cardiology Extended Learning is the network's POS (1) See point of sale and packet over SONET. (2) "Parent over shoulder." See digispeak. POS - point of sale mark and Exchange its ATM brand. Both offerings provide comprehensive EFT services and the regional, national and international coverage clients require. Owned and operated by Fiserv EFT, a renowned innovator and leader in the EFT marketplace, ACCEL/Exchange is a comprehensive ATM and POS network that maintains industry-leading authorization rates and around-the-clock network switch availability. The value inherent in ACCEL/Exchange has made it one of the fastest growing EFT networks in operation. ACCEL/Exchange transactions are currently enabled at 150,000 ATMs and approximately 4.5 million POS devices nationwide. About Fiserv Inc Fiserv Inc. (Nasdaq:FISV FISV Fiserv, Inc (stock symbol) ), a Fortune 500 company, provides information management systems and services to the financial and health benefits industries. Leading services include transaction processing, outsourcing, business process outsourcing Business process outsourcing (BPO) is the contracting of a specific business task, such as payroll, to a third-party service provider. Usually, BPO is implemented as a cost-saving measure for tasks that a company requires but does not depend upon to maintain its position in , software and systems solutions. The company serves more than 17,000 clients worldwide and is the leading provider of core processing solutions for U.S. banks, credit unions and thrifts. Fiserv was ranked the largest provider of information technology services to the financial services industry worldwide in the 2005 and 2004 FinTech 100 surveys. Fiserv Health provides health plan management, pharmacy benefits management and BPO services to the managed care market and self-funded commercial and government employers and health plans. Headquartered in Brookfield, Wis., Fiserv reported more than $4 billion in total revenue for 2005. For more information, please visit www.fiserv.com. |
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