Three Local Technical Students Earn Scholarships

Fourteen students from Mercer County Technical Schools, including two from Hightstown and one from East Windsor, recently received $1,000 scholarships from Career Development Awards. Four of the students, two from the area, were also recipients of various memorial scholarships in the amount of $500 each.

Career Development Awards (CDA) is a non-profit organization which provides scholarships to students attending two-year educational institutions or technical programs. The awards are granted yearly to students who will be continuing their studies in such diverse fields as culinary arts, cosmetology, graphic design and health care. The winners were honored at a ceremony at the Chauncey Conference Center.

The local scholarship recipients are:

• Rodrigo Segura of Hightstown — The ETS Turnbull Scholarship
• Andrew Warshany of Hightstown
• Keona White of East Windsor — The Kesner Dufresne Jr. Memorial Scholarship  

The other recipients are:

• Taylor Basil of Hamilton
• Katherine Benitez of Hamilton
• Crystal Jeffery of Hamilton
• Kevin Krasnicki of Hamilton
• Timothy Miller of Lawrenceville
• Zaneta Pisarska of Lawrenceville
• Karina Sanchez of Trenton
• Bryan Sapon of Plainsboro — The Eric L. Toub Memorial Scholarship
• Nicole Sutton of Hamilton — The Edward Jerome 'Jerry' Moylan Memorial Scholarship
• Fredy Villanueva of Princeton
• Kara Weigand of Lawrenceville

About CDA

CDA was founded in 1969 by Educational Testing Service (ETS) former president, William Turnbull, and has thus far been responsible for providing over 700 scholarships. CDA recipients are chosen based on financial need, as well as high school academic achievement and work experience.

About Mercer County Technical Schools

Mercer County Technical Schools offers shared-time and full-time technical education programs to all secondary public school districts and non-public schools in Mercer County. Specialized training for adults is also available. For more information, visit www.mcts.edu.