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By LANSING, Mich., June 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Comcast Foundation, founded in 1999 to provide charitable support to its local communities and to empower and enrich lives is awarding 100 Michigan high school seniors scholarships through its annual Leaders & Achievers® Scholarship Program. The program, one of the Comcast Foundation's signature community investment programs, recognizes students' leadership skills, academic achievement and commitment to community service. Scholarship recipients were recognized at the Comcast Leaders & Achievers Scholarship Recognition Celebration at the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing yesterday.
"Each year, we are excited to provide scholarships for these talented students," said Charisse R. Lillie, President of the Comcast Foundation and Vice President, Community Investment of Comcast Corp. "Comcast seeks students who demonstrate leadership abilities in school activities and who reflect a strong commitment to community service. These students are our future leaders, and we hope these scholarships will help to power their dreams for success."
"Comcast has a vested interest in providing our youth with opportunities to excel and succeed in a highly competitive higher education landscape and job market," said Tim Collins, Senior Vice President for Comcast's Heartland Region, which includes Michigan. "We commend these students for their outstanding achievements, and wish them the best of luck in their future endeavors."
Comcast welcomed Aaron L. Rosenhaus, Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Uniland Corporation, as its keynote speaker during the Leaders & Achievers event. As COO, he oversees all construction and property management operations. Uniland Corporation has been a family owned and operated community builder since 1926. It is a real estate development and construction firm dedicated to the success and growth of the communities they build and operate in. Its focus is construction services, property management, energy consumption solutions and consultation on commercial, residential and healthcare construction.
A Michigan native, born and raised in Metropolitan Detroit, Rosenhaus is a 2002 graduate of Cranbrook-Kingswood Academy and a 2007 Graduate of the School of Planning, Design and Construction at Michigan State University. In just five short years after college, he has worked in the construction industry in Michigan, California and Texas, before returning back to Michigan last summer to join Uniland. His past projects have included a multi-sports outdoor arena and two hospitals in Southern California, as well as a new housing community in Austin, Texas.
Rosenhaus founded the Young Construction Professional, a 2000-member group, representing the full spectrum of the real estate, construction and design industry from every continent except Antarctica.
The Comcast Leaders & Achievers Scholarship Program provides one-time $1,000 scholarships to students who strive to achieve their potential, who are catalysts for positive change in their communities, who are involved in their schools, and who serve as models for their fellow students. The philosophy behind the program is to give young people every opportunity to be prepared for the future, to engage youth in their communities, and to demonstrate the importance of civic involvement, and the value placed on civic involvement by the business community.
To date, Comcast has awarded more than $17 million to more than 17,000 Leaders and Achievers Scholarship winners nationwide.
Connect with the scholarship winners at www.facebook.com/ComcastLeadersandAchievers. Explore and "like" Comcast in the community at www.facebook.com/WePowerDreams.
The Comcast Foundation was founded by Comcast Corporation in June 1999 to provide charitable support to qualified non-profit organizations. The Foundation primarily invests in programs intended to have a positive, sustainable impact on their communities. The Foundation has three community investment priorities--promoting community service, expanding digital literacy and building tomorrow's leaders. Since its inception, the Comcast Foundation has donated more than $90 million to organizations in the communities nationwide that Comcast serves. More information about the Foundation and its programs is available at www.comcast.com/community.
This year's Comcast Leaders & Achievers Scholarship recipients for Michigan are:
Avery Adams Classical Academy Flint
Abdelrahman Allam Bloomfield Hills Lahser High School West Bloomfield
Ja-Queshia Allen Northern High School Flint
LeSia Armstrong Battle Creek Central High School Battle Creek
Tirzah Ashmore Ferndale Senior High School Ferndale
Alex Atanasovski Melvindale High School Allen Park
Lauren Barnes-Whitehead Stone High School Ann Arbor
Karen Bates Ypsilanti High School Ypsilanti
Anna Berglund Paw Paw High School Mattawan
Joshlyn Booth Romulus Senior High School Taylor
Sophia Broesamle Jonesville High School Hillsdale
Brenda Brown Academy for Business and Technology Detroit
Hunter Brumels Holland High School Holland
Kendall Buie Saline High School Saline
Brittany Burns Grosse Ile Township High School Grosse Ile
Joelle Byers Calvary Christian Schools Fruitport
Nakayla Clark East Grand Rapids High School Kentwood
Eric Coates Henry Ford High School Detroit
Cody Cochran Hanover Horton Jackson
Amith Diwakar International Academy Rochester Hills
Elizabeth Drake University Liggett School Main Campus Harper Woods
Andrew Dygert NorthPointe Christian School Grand Rapids
Abigail Dykema Northview High School Grand Rapids
Justice Echols Wylie E. Groves High School Detroit
Lauren English Deckerville Secondary School Port Sanilac
Makia Evans Voyageur Consortium High School Detroit
Ian Ferguson Kenowa Hills High School Grand Rapids
Rachael Folkmier Fruitport High School Fruitport
Sinclaire Fonville Pioneer High School Ann Arbor
Ryan Gillette Fennville High School Fennville
Gabrielle Glodich Marine City High School East China
Taylor Grant Davis Aerospace Technical High School Detroit
Vanessa Graves Martin Luther King Jr. Sr. High School Detroit
Devante Griffin Pontiac Academy for Excellence High
School Pontiac
Farha Hanif Rochester High School Rochester Hills
Cordell Harris Genesee Early College Flint
Ebony Harvey Northwestern Commencement Academy Flint
Audrey Hendon J.W. Sexton High School Lansing
Maggi Heneghan Black River Public School Douglas
Arielle Hines John Glenn High School Westland
Shane Jackson Fitzgerald Senior High School Warren
Mariam Jalloul Fordson High School Dearborn
London Johnson Rogers High School Wyoming
Sierra Johnson Detroit International Academy Detroit
Daja Jolliff Detroit School of Arts Detroit
Victoria Jordan Mattawan Consolidated School Mattawan
Omuwa Kerobo Eisenhower High School Macomb
Emily Kilcline Fraser High School Clinton Township
Emily Kimes Caledonia High School Caledonia
Amanda LaBelle Lakeview High School Eastpointe
Jason Law Bloomfield Hills Andover High School West Bloomfield
Britney Lewis Addison High School Jerome
Rachel Lombardi Lakeview High School Battle Creek
Demario Longmire Orchard View High School Muskegon
Alexa Madison University Preparatory Academy-High Detroit
Connor Makowski Marcellus High School Marcellus
John Malley Rockford High School Rockford
Amina Marini Edsel Ford High School Dearborn
Megan Markey Sandusky Community School Sandusky
Sydne McMullen Britton-Macon Area School Britton
Angel Mendoza Cesar Chavez High School Detroit
Maria Midena Vandercook Lake High School Jackson
Patricia Minaya Lee High School Wyoming
Abigael Onchiri East Lansing High School East Lansing
Christina Payton-Rice Hamady Community High School Flint
Hope Pena Lamphere High School Madison Hts.
Alanna Philipose Canton High School Canton
Samantha Pilon Southgate Anderson High School Southgate
Telisse Portis Academy of the Sacred Heart Auburn Hills
Nicholas Postelli South Haven High School South Haven
Logan Raterink Waverly High School Lansing
Leena Raza International Academy East Troy
Erin Riedel Adlai Stevenson High School Sterling Heights
Kevin Rocheleau Eaton Rapids High School Onondaga
Molly Rott Berkley High School Berkley
Neena Rouhani Avondale High School Rochester Hills
Lucie Sertich Carsonville-Port Sanilac High School Port Sanilac
Christopher Seto Jackson Christian School Chelsea
Champagne Smith Muskegon High School Muskegon
Steven Smith Bad Axe High School Bad Axe
Benjamin Sniezek Crestwood High School Dearborn Heights
Jasmine Sparks Northwestern High School Detroit
Amber Stallworth Crockett Career and Technical Center Detroit
Taylor Sweeney Port Huron Northern High School Fort Gratiot
Rim Tamim Star International Academy Dearborn
Mary Thomas River Rouge High School River Rouge
Kelsey Thome Sparta High School Sparta
Lucero Toral Western International High School Detroit
Jennifer Trahan Riverview Community High School Riverview
Nicholas Tripp Crockett High School Detroit
Eneziah Walters International Academy of Flint Flint
Hannah Wasil Macomb Christian School Fraser
Katelyn Weiss Allen Park High School Allen Park
Andrew Whitmyer Three Rivers High School Three Rivers
Kevin Witenoff Ernest W. Seaholm High School Bloomfield Hills
Aimee Wolf Decatur High School Decatur
Hanan Yahya Universal Academy Detroit
Amber Young Mona Shores High School Norton Shores
Rujia Zha Huron High School Ann Arbor
Gordon Zhang Stoney Creek High School Rochester
About The Comcast Foundation
The Comcast Foundation was founded by Comcast Corporation in June 1999 to provide charitable support to qualified non-profit organizations. The Foundation primarily invests in programs intended to have a positive, sustainable impact on their communities. The Foundation's focus areas are volunteerism, literacy, and youth leadership development. Since its inception, the Comcast Foundation has donated more than $64 million to organizations in the communities nationwide that Comcast serves. More information about the Foundation and its programs is available at www.comcast.com/inthecommunity.
About Comcast Corporation
Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) (www.comcast.com) is one of the nation's leading providers of entertainment, information and communications products and services. Comcast is principally involved in the operation of cable systems through Comcast Cable and in the development, production and distribution of entertainment, news, sports and other content for global audiences through NBCUniversal. Comcast Cable is one of the nation's largest video, high-speed Internet and phone providers to residential and business customers. Comcast is the majority owner and manager of NBCUniversal, which owns and operates entertainment and news cable networks, the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks, local television station groups, television production operations, a major motion picture company and theme parks.
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