BASSETERRE St. Kitts – Four young ladies’ lives were today (July 27) made a little bit easier thanks to the TDC Group of Companies awarding them the Michael L. King Scholarship Grant.
The ladies each received US$5 000 which will be used to help defray costs that are usually incurred by students studying abroad.
The lucky ladies are: Asha De Suza, who is pursuing studies in Economics and Political Science at the University of the West Indies in Barbados; Shaiela Wilkinson, who is studying Business Administration/Finance at the University of the Virgin Islands; Monique Evelyn, studying in Psychology at Bethune-Cookman University in Florida; and Latoya Lawrence, pursuing studies in Accounting at Cameron University.
The Scholarship is intended to assist students desirous of pursuing University studies at the Undergraduate and Post Graduate levels in areas such as Business Management, Economics, Information Technology, Accounting and any other business related subjects.
At the award ceremony on Wednesday, which was held at the TDC Training Room, Chairman of the TDC Group of Companies, Mr. D. Michael Morton, while congratulating the awardees, emphasized that TDC believes that responsible investment and management of resources today will largely determine outcomes for tomorrow.
Each awardee, after receiving her award, heartily thanked the TDC Group of Companies for the support given and promised to be successful abroad and to return to her homeland after pursuing her studies to make an even greater contribution to her country.
Past awardees included Kishmoe Cornelius, Randolph Prentice, Kamesha Sutton, Ramie Wilkenson, Sanchez Rawlins, Vanessa Kelly-Bowry, Amber Lescott, Karishna Tross, Shaline Welcom, Justin Johnson, Shelissa Smithen, and Janesha Daniel.
The Scholarship Grant is in its fourth year and was named in honour of Michael L. King, a past Chairman of the TDC Group of Companies who is said to have always talked about studying and the importance of education.
Dr. Clive Ottley, Chairperson of the Selection Committee for the MLK Scholarship Grant, described Michael King, under whose name the scholarships are awarded, as a person who recognised the great value of education and encouraged all around him to improve their skills and their knowledge.
The award is open to citizens of St. Kitts and Nevis who are normally resident in the Federation and intend to return after completion of their course of study.
