The Griffith Foundation has awarded more than $35,000 in scholarships to 25 deserving students studying risk management, insurance, or actuarial science at colleges and universities for the 2010-11 academic year.
"The primary role of The Griffith Foundation is to develop and sustain an industry-wide effort to educate and encourage young people to consider a career in the risk management and insurance industry," said foundation President and CEO Don Rebele. "One of the ways we do this is by providing support to students so that more graduates can enter our industry. Risk management and insurance offers the right mix of professional opportunity and personal interest for those students seeking a new challenge."
The Griffith Foundation provides the following scholarships: Columbus Chapter Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters (CPCU), Grand Lake Chapter CPCU, Insurance Education Day Scholarships, Insurance Professionals of Columbus Ohio – Lillian Lane Award, Cameron E. Williams scholarship sponsored by Motorists Insurance, Francis A. Herzog scholarship sponsored by Independent Insurance Agents of Ohio, Central Ohio Chapter of Risk and Insurance Management Society, and five scholarships to Ohio State University students.
The foundation also announced that the deadline for several other 2011 scholarships will be March 10, 2011. Eligible applicants include risk management, insurance, and actuarial science majors. Business and non-business students with an interest in entering the insurance industry, and who commit to taking a risk management and insurance course, are also eligible.
Shelby Elking, a junior at the University of Dayton who intends to pursue a career as an actuary, said of the scholarships, "The Griffith Foundation put me on the path to take my next career steps, and I will always remember their contribution."
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