BLOOMSBURG - Fifty-eight Bloomsburg University undergraduate students received the Fred G. Smith "Golden Trust Fund" "Scholarship for fall 2011 and spring 2012.
Smith, who owned and managed Nesbitt's Cut Rate Drug Store in Shenandoah and Mount Carmel, bequeathed $3 million for scholarships to the university in 1985. His will stipulates that the recipients of the scholarship, established in memory of his wife Marion, attend Bloomsburg University and be residents of Ashland, Mount Carmel or Shenandoah boroughs or Mount Carmel Township. Students also must be graduates of Mount Carmel Area, North Schuylkill, Our Lady of Lourdes or Shenandoah Area high schools.
Scholarship recipients are:
Mount Carmel Area: Brittany Bartol, Brooke Bartol, Alyssa Butkiewicz, Melissa Derr, Bryanna Ditchey, Amanda Frank, Benjamin Gerrity, Brett Glowatski, Abbi Grabowski, Leah Green, Robin Hampton, Kelly Horan, David Hummel, Meghan Hynoski, Casey Kane, Michael Kerrick, Hannah Kolody, Brent Kukuk, Brandon Lepley, Cassandra Mace, Brent McPeak, Matthew Moroz, Cassandra Niglio, Shane Ososkie, Jordan Politza, Kyle Savitski, Jacob Schmoyer, Seth Scicchitan, Christopher Scriven, Brooke Sebastian, Alexandra Shierant, John Shilpetski, Jordan Sinopoli, Lauren Sosnoski, Christopher Steck, Jonathan Thomas, Amber Weaver, Victoria Wood and Paul Wywadis.
North Schuylkill: Kcann Blank, Dylan Hughes and Edward Potter.
Our Lady of Lourdes Regional: Nicole Henning and Corrine Kenney.
Shenandoah Valley: Rachel Bushinski, Angela Bzura, Breanna Bzura, Natasha Dettery, Jesse Gomez, Kelly Houser, Jacob Jacavage, Amanda Kalenkoski, Stephanie Kalenkoski, Katelyn Michalik, Samantha Reese, Mary Bridget Rooney and Alyssa Schuetrum.