SECU Members Awards Scholarships to Three College Students

Through its member-funded SECU Foundation, State Employees Credit Union members have awarded three local students an SECU Continuing Education Scholarship valued at $750 for study at Richmond Community College. The scholarship recipients are Laura Elliott, Catherine Dunn and Chance Mix.

Launched in 2013, the scholarship program focuses on assisting the needs of North Carolina’s unemployed and underemployed citizens, military veterans and members of the North Carolina National Guard seeking short-term job training for new careers or retraining to advance current job skills. Scholarship funding will be applied to tuition and other expenses associated with their eligible program of study through the Community College System’s Back-To-Work Programs and continuing education courses.

“The SECU Continuing Education Scholarship program provides an excellent opportunity to assist North Carolina’s unemployed and underemployed citizens with career training and marketable job skills needed for today’s workplace,” State Employees Credit Union’s local advisory board member Carlotta Knotts said. “We look forward to the long-term success of these scholarship recipients as they build a better economic future for themselves, their families and our state.”

With this $435,000 commitment for Continuing Education Scholarships and SECU Foundation’s annual $580,000 “People Helping People” Community College Scholarship, funding for the NC Community College System now totals more than $1 million.

About SECU and the SECU Foundation

A not-for-profit financial cooperative owned by its members, SECU has been providing the employees of the state of North Carolina and their families with consumer financial services for 77 years. With more than 1.9 million members, SECU provides services through 254 branches, 1,100 ATMs, 24/7 contact centers and a website – www.ncsecu.org. The SECU Foundation, a 501c (3) charitable organization approved by the Internal Revenue Service, promotes local community development primarily through high impact projects in the areas of education, health and human services.