Scholarships
For women and girls in the greater Concord area
Some scholarships are eligible for Club submission to additional District level and/or Zonta International level scholarships
PRESS RELEASE
Press Release!
NEWS RELEASE
8/27/2024
For Immediate Release
Zonta Club of Concord
2024 Scholarship Awardees
The Zonta Club of Concord NH has been part of the community, a member of Zonta District 1 and Zonta International since 1959. We are a group of professionals committed to acting locally and globally to build a better world for women and girls through advocacy, connecting, learning, local projects and scholarships.
This year the Club was able to accept applications for the scholarships we offer from girls and women residing in New Hampshire. These scholarships included the Young Women in Public Affairs Award (YWPA) for young high school women who have demonstrated leadership in their school and community; the Jane M. Klausman (JMK) Women in Business scholarship; the STEM scholarship for women pursuing a science, technology, engineering or mathematics degree and the Memorial Scholarship for non-traditional female students returning to college after five years.
June 2, 2024 at the Zonta Club of Concord’s Business Meeting, two female high school seniors and six other women were presented with scholarship awards in the amount of $2000 each. Amanda Vance (Bow High School) and Sophia Anderson (Concord High School) were recipients of the YWPA award. The women receiving the other awards included: Rachel Van Olman (JMK scholarship); Margaret Bednaz and Erin McCarthy (STEM scholarship) and Virginia Bussiere, Kayla Laford and Hannah Sheppard (Memorial scholarship awardees)
The applications from all of these women demonstrated their commitment to leadership roles in school and community. Further that those experiences have created a platform for them to succeed personally and professionally in the goals they have set for themselves.
The Zonta Club of Concord currently offers the above scholarships on an annual basis. Women and girls seeking to improve the legal, political, economic, health and professional status for themselves and other women are encouraged to apply. Further information about the Club and what we do can be found at www.zontaclubofconcordnh.org
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2023
The Zonta Club of Concord awarded $14,000 in scholarships for 2023. All scholarship recipients were recognized and celebrated at our June meeting at The Common Man in Concord. Morgan Casey, from Bishop Brady High School and Alyssa Ishii, from Merrimack Valley High School both received the Young Women in Public Affairs Scholarship. This scholarship recognizes young women, ages 16-19, for their demonstration of leadership skills and commitment to public service and civic causes and encourages them to continue their participation in public and political life. Karissa Livingston and June McCall, both attending the University of New Hampshire received the Jane M. Klausman Women in Business Scholarship. This scholarship is for women enrolled in an undergraduate or master’s degree program in business management. Erin McCarthy, attending the University of New Hampshire, was awarded the Women in STEM Scholarship. This scholarship is for women pursuing a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) degree program who demonstrate outstanding potential in the field. Tara Rivard, attending the NHTI-Concord’s Community College, was awarded the Zonta Memorial Scholarship. This scholarship is awarded to women who are returning to college more than five years after graduating from high school. This award was especially poignant for our Club as Tara is in the Nursing Program at NHTI where one of our members and major benefactors of this award, Carolyn Andrews, had been a nursing professor, and she recently passed away.
