LANSING, Mich., June 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Comcast Foundation, founded in 1999 to provide charitable support to its local communities and to empower and enrich lives is awarding 100 Michigan high school seniors scholarships through its annual Leaders & Achievers® Scholarship Program. The program, one of the Comcast Foundation's signature community investment programs, recognizes students' leadership skills, academic achievement and commitment to community service. Scholarship recipients were recognized at the Comcast Leaders & Achievers Scholarship Recognition Celebration at the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing yesterday.
"Each year, we are excited to provide scholarships for these talented students," said Charisse R. Lillie, President of the Comcast Foundation and Vice President, Community Investment of Comcast Corp. "Comcast seeks students who demonstrate leadership abilities in school activities and who reflect a strong commitment to community service. These students are our future leaders, and we hope these scholarships will help to power their dreams for success."
"Comcast has a vested interest in providing our youth with opportunities to excel and succeed in a highly competitive higher education landscape and job market," said Tim Collins, Senior Vice President for Comcast's Heartland Region, which includes Michigan. "We commend these students for their outstanding achievements, and wish them the best of luck in their future endeavors."
Comcast welcomed Aaron L. Rosenhaus, Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Uniland Corporation, as its keynote speaker during the Leaders & Achievers event. As COO, he oversees all construction and property management operations. Uniland Corporation has been a family owned and operated community builder since 1926. It is a real estate development and construction firm dedicated to the success and growth of the communities they build and operate in. Its focus is construction services, property management, energy consumption solutions and consultation on commercial, residential and healthcare construction.
A Michigan native, born and raised in Metropolitan Detroit, Rosenhaus is a 2002 graduate of Cranbrook-Kingswood Academy and a 2007 Graduate of the School of Planning, Design and Construction at Michigan State University. In just five short years after college, he has worked in the construction industry in Michigan, California and Texas, before returning back to Michigan last summer to join Uniland. His past projects have included a multi-sports outdoor arena and two hospitals in Southern California, as well as a new housing community in Austin, Texas.
Rosenhaus founded the Young Construction Professional, a 2000-member group, representing the full spectrum of the real estate, construction and design industry from every continent except Antarctica.
The Comcast Leaders & Achievers Scholarship Program provides one-time $1,000 scholarships to students who strive to achieve their potential, who are catalysts for positive change in their communities, who are involved in their schools, and who serve as models for their fellow students. The philosophy behind the program is to give young people every opportunity to be prepared for the future, to engage youth in their communities, and to demonstrate the importance of civic involvement, and the value placed on civic involvement by the business community.
To date, Comcast has awarded more than $17 million to more than 17,000 Leaders and Achievers Scholarship winners nationwide.
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The Comcast Foundation was founded by Comcast Corporation in June 1999 to provide charitable support to qualified non-profit organizations. The Foundation primarily invests in programs intended to have a positive, sustainable impact on their communities. The Foundation has three community investment priorities--promoting community service, expanding digital literacy and building tomorrow's leaders. Since its inception, the Comcast Foundation has donated more than $90 million to organizations in the communities nationwide that Comcast serves. More information about the Foundation and its programs is available at www.comcast.com/community.
This year's Comcast Leaders & Achievers Scholarship recipients for Michigan are:
Avery Adams Classical Academy Flint Abdelrahman Allam Bloomfield Hills Lahser High School West Bloomfield Ja-Queshia Allen Northern High School Flint LeSia Armstrong Battle Creek Central High School Battle Creek Tirzah Ashmore Ferndale Senior High School Ferndale Alex Atanasovski Melvindale High School Allen Park Lauren Barnes-Whitehead Stone High School Ann Arbor Karen Bates Ypsilanti High School Ypsilanti Anna Berglund Paw Paw High School Mattawan Joshlyn Booth Romulus Senior High School Taylor Sophia Broesamle Jonesville High School Hillsdale Brenda Brown Academy for Business and Technology Detroit Hunter Brumels Holland High School Holland Kendall Buie Saline High School Saline Brittany Burns Grosse Ile Township High School Grosse Ile Joelle Byers Calvary Christian Schools Fruitport Nakayla Clark East Grand Rapids High School Kentwood Eric Coates Henry Ford High School Detroit Cody Cochran Hanover Horton Jackson Amith Diwakar International Academy Rochester Hills Elizabeth Drake University Liggett School Main Campus Harper Woods Andrew Dygert NorthPointe Christian School Grand Rapids Abigail Dykema Northview High School Grand Rapids Justice Echols Wylie E. Groves High School Detroit Lauren English Deckerville Secondary School Port Sanilac Makia Evans Voyageur Consortium High School Detroit Ian Ferguson Kenowa Hills High School Grand Rapids Rachael Folkmier Fruitport High School Fruitport Sinclaire Fonville Pioneer High School Ann Arbor Ryan Gillette Fennville High School Fennville Gabrielle Glodich Marine City High School East China Taylor Grant Davis Aerospace Technical High School Detroit Vanessa Graves Martin Luther King Jr. Sr. High School Detroit Devante Griffin Pontiac Academy for Excellence High School Pontiac Farha Hanif Rochester High School Rochester Hills Cordell Harris Genesee Early College Flint Ebony Harvey Northwestern Commencement Academy Flint Audrey Hendon J.W. Sexton High School Lansing Maggi Heneghan Black River Public School Douglas Arielle Hines John Glenn High School Westland Shane Jackson Fitzgerald Senior High School Warren Mariam Jalloul Fordson High School Dearborn London Johnson Rogers High School Wyoming Sierra Johnson Detroit International Academy Detroit Daja Jolliff Detroit School of Arts Detroit Victoria Jordan Mattawan Consolidated School Mattawan Omuwa Kerobo Eisenhower High School Macomb Emily Kilcline Fraser High School Clinton Township Emily Kimes Caledonia High School Caledonia Amanda LaBelle Lakeview High School Eastpointe Jason Law Bloomfield Hills Andover High School West Bloomfield Britney Lewis Addison High School Jerome Rachel Lombardi Lakeview High School Battle Creek Demario Longmire Orchard View High School Muskegon Alexa Madison University Preparatory Academy-High Detroit Connor Makowski Marcellus High School Marcellus John Malley Rockford High School Rockford Amina Marini Edsel Ford High School Dearborn Megan Markey Sandusky Community School Sandusky Sydne McMullen Britton-Macon Area School Britton Angel Mendoza Cesar Chavez High School Detroit Maria Midena Vandercook Lake High School Jackson Patricia Minaya Lee High School Wyoming Abigael Onchiri East Lansing High School East Lansing Christina Payton-Rice Hamady Community High School Flint Hope Pena Lamphere High School Madison Hts. Alanna Philipose Canton High School Canton Samantha Pilon Southgate Anderson High School Southgate Telisse Portis Academy of the Sacred Heart Auburn Hills Nicholas Postelli South Haven High School South Haven Logan Raterink Waverly High School Lansing Leena Raza International Academy East Troy Erin Riedel Adlai Stevenson High School Sterling Heights Kevin Rocheleau Eaton Rapids High School Onondaga Molly Rott Berkley High School Berkley Neena Rouhani Avondale High School Rochester Hills Lucie Sertich Carsonville-Port Sanilac High School Port Sanilac Christopher Seto Jackson Christian School Chelsea Champagne Smith Muskegon High School Muskegon Steven Smith Bad Axe High School Bad Axe Benjamin Sniezek Crestwood High School Dearborn Heights Jasmine Sparks Northwestern High School Detroit Amber Stallworth Crockett Career and Technical Center Detroit Taylor Sweeney Port Huron Northern High School Fort Gratiot Rim Tamim Star International Academy Dearborn Mary Thomas River Rouge High School River Rouge Kelsey Thome Sparta High School Sparta Lucero Toral Western International High School Detroit Jennifer Trahan Riverview Community High School Riverview Nicholas Tripp Crockett High School Detroit Eneziah Walters International Academy of Flint Flint Hannah Wasil Macomb Christian School Fraser Katelyn Weiss Allen Park High School Allen Park Andrew Whitmyer Three Rivers High School Three Rivers Kevin Witenoff Ernest W. Seaholm High School Bloomfield Hills Aimee Wolf Decatur High School Decatur Hanan Yahya Universal Academy Detroit Amber Young Mona Shores High School Norton Shores Rujia Zha Huron High School Ann Arbor Gordon Zhang Stoney Creek High School Rochester
About The Comcast Foundation
The Comcast Foundation was founded by Comcast Corporation in June 1999 to provide charitable support to qualified non-profit organizations. The Foundation primarily invests in programs intended to have a positive, sustainable impact on their communities. The Foundation's focus areas are volunteerism, literacy, and youth leadership development. Since its inception, the Comcast Foundation has donated more than $64 million to organizations in the communities nationwide that Comcast serves. More information about the Foundation and its programs is available at www.comcast.com/inthecommunity.
About Comcast Corporation
Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) (www.comcast.com) is one of the nation's leading providers of entertainment, information and communications products and services. Comcast is principally involved in the operation of cable systems through Comcast Cable and in the development, production and distribution of entertainment, news, sports and other content for global audiences through NBCUniversal. Comcast Cable is one of the nation's largest video, high-speed Internet and phone providers to residential and business customers. Comcast is the majority owner and manager of NBCUniversal, which owns and operates entertainment and news cable networks, the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks, local television station groups, television production operations, a major motion picture company and theme parks.
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