NEW YORK, April 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- AXA Equitable Life
Insurance Company, in association with U.S. News & World
Report, has announced AXA Achievement(sm) Scholarship winners
for 2011. With the latest honorees receiving college funding, AXA
Equitable has awarded, through the AXA Foundation, over
$20 million in scholarships to more
than 4,300 students since 2003.
As in previous years, 52 students – one from each state, plus
Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico – have been awarded college
scholarships of $10,000. Of
those 52 winners, 10 students have been chosen as national winners
and will receive an additional $15,000 scholarship award and a new laptop
computer.
"Through AXA Achievement, we aim to provide college-bound
seniors and their families a level of financial support that helps
to make attending college a reality," said Mark Pearson, chairman and chief executive
officer of AXA Equitable. "We're extremely proud that with this
year's winners we carry on a tradition of recognizing some of the
most dynamic young people in the country."
All of the scholarship recipients are graduating high school
seniors who demonstrated ambition and drive, determination to set
and reach goals and the ability to succeed in college.
The 10 national winners are:
- Yasmine Arrington, Benjamin
Bannekar Academic High School, Washington, DC
- Raul Buelvas, Savannah Country
Day School, Savannah, GA
- Riley Carney, Home Schooled,
Denver, CO
- Holley Cunningham, Resurrection
Catholic School, Pascagoula,
MS
- Riley Ennis, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and
Technology, McLean, VA
- Aishvarya Govil Gupta, Northwood High
School, Irvine, CA
- Tess Michaels, Plano West Senior
High School, Plano, TX
- Carol Lopez Muskett, Los Lunas
High School, Los Lunas, NM
- Maxwell Shinn, Chaska High School, Chaska, MN
- Brandon Smith, Hillcrest High School, Draper, UT
In addition to the $670,000 in AXA
Achievement(sm) Scholarships awarded annually, another component to
the program is the AXA Achievement(sm) Community
Scholarship, which awards up to an additional
$750,000 in annual scholarships.
Through AXA Achievement(sm), the company is one of the
nation's largest corporate providers of scholarships — awarding
more than $1.3 million a year — and a
comprehensive resource for information to help students and parents
with college planning.
Winners were announced this week online at
www.usnews.com. The scholarship is administered by
Scholarship Management Services®, a program of Scholarship
America®, one of the nation's largest nonprofit private sector
scholarship and educational support organizations.
About AXA Foundation
The AXA Foundation is the philanthropic arm of AXA Equitable
Life Insurance Company, a subsidiary of AXA Financial, one of
the premier U.S. financial services organizations and a member
of the global AXA Group, a leader in financial protection and
wealth management. The Foundation directs the company's
philanthropic and volunteer activities, working to improve the
quality of life in communities across the country where AXA has a
presence. Since 2003, the AXA Foundation has awarded over
$20 million in college scholarships
in the United States through its
multifaceted flagship program, AXA Achievement, which
provides resources that help make college possible: access
and advice. More than 4,300 students, known as AXA Achievers,
have received scholarships. For more information go to AXA
Achievement's Facebook page or www.axa-achievement.com.
About AXA Equitable
In business since 1859, AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company
(NY, NY) is a leading financial protection company and one of the
nation's premier providers of life insurance, annuity, and
financial products and services. The company's products and
services are distributed to individuals and business owners through
its retail distribution channel, AXA Advisors, LLC (NY, NY
212-314-4600) member FINRA, SIPC, and to the financial services
market through its wholesale distribution channel, AXA
Distributors, LLC. Find AXA Equitable on Facebook and Twitter or
visit the company's multi-media newsroom The Source @ AXA
Equitable.
AXA Equitable, a subsidiary of AXA Financial Inc., is part of
the global AXA Group, a worldwide leader in financial protection
strategies and wealth management. "AXA Group" refers to AXA,
a French holding company for an international group of insurance
and financial services companies together with its direct and
indirect consolidated subsidiaries. For more information, visit
www.axa-equitable.com.
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