by ScholarUp | Feb 6, 2013 | ScholarUp, Winner Interviews
At a very young age, Yeyin Yi decided she wanted to pursue a career in healthcare when she grew up. Little did she know, however, that a product her family depended on throughout her childhood would have a major impact on her journey to achieving her childhood...
by ScholarUp | Oct 31, 2012 | ScholarUp, Winner Interviews
In November 2010, Tarra Carter received a letter in the mail from Golden Key International Honour Society announcing their upcoming regional summit in Niagara Falls. Carter – a busy college student from Alberta, Canada – set the letter aside, not thinking much about...
by ScholarUp | May 2, 2012 | ScholarUp, Winner Interviews
Growing up, San Diego-native Jordan Taylor Moore heard many stories about Ronald Reagan and his views on leadership from her uncle who worked in Congress and possessed a sort of hero-worship for the former California Governor and 40th President. So when Moore came...
by ScholarUp | Mar 1, 2012 | ScholarUp, Winner Interviews
Each year, Philips Electronics offers college scholarships its employees’ dependent sons and daughters who are high school seniors. The Philips Electronics Scholarship Program encompasses twenty renewable scholarships of $3,000, as well as two renewable Pieter C. Vink...
by ScholarUp | Nov 19, 2011 | ScholarUp, Winner Interviews
During his final years at Blackman High School in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Wesley Porter dedicated much of his time preparing for college. He spent hours online, gathering information on the necessary steps in filling out college and financial aid applications and...
by ScholarUp | Aug 3, 2011 | ScholarUp, Winner Interviews
As a young student at Millbury Memorial High School in Massachusetts, Nicole Schroeder began to plan for her life after graduation – she envisioned herself going away to college to pursue a career as a teacher. Like so many of her peers, Nicole realized that...