Elmira College Celebrates Outstanding Students with Prestigious Scholarships

The Elmira College Office of Admissions recently announced the awardees for this year's Elmira College Scholars Program.

The Scholars Program awards full-tuition scholarships to first-year, full-time students through an application process. Eligible applicants need to have a 3.7 unweighted academic GPA. A committee reviewed the applications, which included letters of recommendation, personal statements, and a 500-750-word essay based on a prompt. The Elmira Scholars will receive a full-tuition scholarship, renewable at the level of the entering year for up to four years, upon enrollment at Elmira College.

This year’s finalists are:
  • Talen Carey of Scottsville, New York. Currently attending Wheatland-Chili Central School.

  • Halia Dice of Syracuse, New York. Currently attending Cicero-North Syracuse High School.

  • Amy Ferrier of Binbrook, Ontario. Currently attending Westdale Secondary School.

  • Kyle Kavc of Oxford, Michigan. Currently attending Saint Mary’s Preparatory.

  • Joshua Tufuga of Fanwood, New Jersey. Currently attending Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School.

  • Amber White of Troy, Pennsylvania. Currently attending Troy Senior High School.

Students who did not earn the Elmira Scholars award were automatically submitted to receive the $30,000 Trustee Scholarship, the highest merit scholarship offered at Elmira College.

The Trustee Scholarship recipients are:
  • Olivia Andruszkow of Staten Island, New York. Currently attending New Dorp High School.

  • Chloe Barrett of Athens, Pennsylvania. Currently attending Letchworth Central School.

  • Sasha Bellamy of Gainesville, New York. Currently attending Letchworth Central School.

  • Leah Buffan of Walworth, New York. Currently attending Ruben A Cirillo High School.

  • Ansh Chandak of San Antonio, Texas. Currently attending Basis San Antonio - Shavano Campus.

  • Stephanie Chunco of Lockport, New York. Currently attending Newfane High School.

  • Reed GianGrasso of Clarence, New York. Currently attending Clarence High School.

  • Jyotsna Gopianand of Aldie, Virginia. Currently attending Lightridge High School.

  • Dishita Gupta of Parlin, New Jersey. Currently attending Middlesex County Academy of Health Sciences.

  • Amirah Jannati of East Brunswick, New Jersey. Currently attending East Brunswick High School.

  • Karthik Chowdary Maddineni of Cumming, Georgia. Currently attending Denmark High School.

  • Marek Mascho of Wellsboro, Pennsylvania. Currently attending Wellsboro Area High School.

  • Nikhil Nandipati of Harleysville, Pennsylvania. Currently attending Perkiomen Valley High School.

  • Benjamin O'Keefe of Washingtonville, New York. Currently attending Washingtonville High School.

  • Morgan Porter of White Plains, Maryland. Currently attending Maurice J McDonough High School.

  • Elena Renauto of Webster, New York. Currently attending Webster Schroeder High School.

  • Abhi Samala of Fort Mill, South Carolina. Currently attending South Carolina Governor's School for Science and Mathematics.

  • Abigail Vroman of Charlotteville, New York. Currently attending Charlotte Valley Central School.

  • Sirichandana Yakkala of Fairfax, Virginia. Currently attending Chantilly High School.

  • Jaeeon Yeom of Bellevue, Washington. Currently attending Bellevue Senior High School.

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