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Four HCC Students Awarded P.E.O. International Scholarship

Four Haywood Community College students recently received scholarships from the Philanthropic Educational Organization International (P.E.O.). These awards totaled over $6,400. Marsha Garnes, Accounting; Nora Conard, Automotive Systems; Sarah Fostoff, Medical Assisting, and Vicky Godsy, Professional Crafts-Fiber were the recipients of the P.E.O. Program for Continuing Education scholarship.

This scholarship was established in 1973 to provide need-based grants to women in the US and Canada whose education has been interrupted and who find it necessary to return to school to support themselves and/or their families. This project has paid more than $30 million in small grants to women.

The P.E.O. is a philanthropic educational organization that is one of the pioneer societies for women. It was founded in 1869 by seven students at Wesleyan College in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. Today, the P.E.O. has grown to almost a quarter of a million members in chapters in the US and Canada. Headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa, its mission is to promote educational opportunities for women. The organization strives to be a source of encouragement and support for women to realize their potential in whatever worthwhile endeavor they choose. There are 5,909 local chapters in the US and Canada with 250,583 active members.

Judy Surfus (pictured fourth from left), local Philanthropic Educational Organization Chapter AW representative congratulates Haywood Community College students Marsha Garnes, Nora Conard with son and fellow HCC student Christopher Conard, Sarah Fostoff, and Vicky Godsy. These four students received scholarships from P.E.O. totaling over $6,400.  

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