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Seventeen students at three Texas universities were recently awarded a total of $34,000 in academic scholarships from the Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) Education Foundation. The students attend St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Baylor University in Waco and the University of North Texas in Denton.

Each student received a scholarship as well as an invitation to attend ICT’s 2016 annual Mid-Year Symposium in Austin where insurance industry leaders gather to hear an update on the Texas marketplace.

Each year, 100 percent of the Mid-Year Symposium sponsorships, company and individual donations go toward the ICT scholarships and school funding.

Many of the past scholarship recipients have gone on to work in the insurance industry. Tony Gonzalez, president of the ICT Education Foundation, said there is a good reason why insurance companies want to hire ICT scholarship recipients. “These students are awarded for their hard work, academic achievements and extracurricular activity in the field of insurance and risk management. They simply stand-out as high achievers and upon graduation, they will be a tremendous asset to any company,” Gonzalez said.

ICT scholarship recipients at St. Mary’s University, in classes taught by Dr. David Sommer, are Eduardo Cuevas, Jacob Reyes, Jean-Claude Prudhomme, Kendra Gray and Megan Steadman.

ICT scholarship recipients at the University of North Texas, in classes taught by Dr. Enya He and professor Dale Sharpe-Jenkins, are Enrique Tudon, John Cameron, Julia Vivian, Savannah Peterson, Kaylyn Graham, Nathan Johnson and Marquin Richardson.

ICT scholarship recipients at Baylor University, in classes taught by Dr. Jim Garven, are Melissa Sutton, Katherine Kapplemann, Audrey Rodriguez, Briceon Wiley and Rachel Shriver.

The Insurance Council of Texas Education Foundation has awarded $812,000 to 10 Texas universities and 390 insurance and risk management students since 2002.

Source: Insurance Council of Texas

Topics Texas Training Development Education Universities