VaxU Scholarship Promotion: 2 Baltimore City Students Win Scholarships In First Week’s Drawing

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — Two Baltimore students won $50,000 assemblage scholarships Monday successful Maryland’s $1 cardinal VaxU Scholarship Promotion.

The Maryland Higher Education Commission volition denote 2 winners each Monday from July 12 to Labor Day. On the eighth week, 4 winners volition beryllium announced.

Week 1 winners: Potomac and Silver Spring
Week 2 winners: Ellicott City, Prince George’s County
Week 3 winners: Columbia and Silver Spring
Week 4 winners: Both from Baltimore City

Any vaccinated Marylander betwixt the ages of 12 and 17 is eligible for a $50,000 assemblage assistance successful the promotion. The strategy volition usage the aforesaid random generator strategy utilized for the state’s VaxCash promotion.

The programme is simply a concern betwixt Maryland’s Higher Education Commission and Department of Health.

The $50,000 assistance covers the equivalent of some tuition and fees astatine nationalist and authorities institutions of higher learning, Hogan said.

The promotion starts Monday, July 12, and determination volition beryllium a full of 20 drawings. Two winners volition beryllium picked each week for 8 weeks until Labor Day, which is erstwhile 4 winners volition beryllium picked.

A full of $1 cardinal successful assistance wealth volition beryllium rewarded. The backing comes from the American Rescue Plan and it volition beryllium rewarded successful the signifier of either a prepaid assemblage spot of a Maryland 529.

The prepaid assemblage spot volition spell to winners aged 12-14, and the Maryland529 volition beryllium awarded to winners betwixt 15 and 17.

If the victor decides they privation to be a backstage instauration oregon an out-of-state school, they volition beryllium capable to transportation the assistance to a schoolhouse of their choice.

“This is an outstanding and innovative attack to incentivize our younker to larn much astir the countless higher acquisition opportunities that are disposable to them present successful Maryland,” said MHEC Secretary Dr. James D. Fielder. “We are arrogant to proceed paving the mode for entree and occurrence of their higher acquisition goals.”

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“All you person to bash is spell retired and get your changeable successful bid to person a changeable astatine winning a assistance to the assemblage of your choice,” said Hogan. “Promotions similar this are conscionable 1 much mode that we are reinforcing the value of getting each azygous Marylander that we tin vaccinated against COVID-19, particularly our young people. And it is clearer than ever before, these vaccines are highly effective.”