{"id":88647,"date":"2018-02-15T09:31:36","date_gmt":"2018-02-15T14:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=88647"},"modified":"2018-02-14T20:49:06","modified_gmt":"2018-02-15T01:49:06","slug":"griffo-brindisi-offering-applications-for-collegiate-scholarships-deadline-april-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=88647","title":{"rendered":"Griffo, Brindisi offering applications for collegiate scholarships – deadline April 13"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Griffo, Brindisi offering applications for collegiate scholarships – deadline April 13<\/strong><\/p>\n

Four $3,000 Scholarships Will Again Be Awarded In June to Current Or Incoming College Students By The New York Conference Of Italian-American State Legislators<\/em><\/p>\n

UTICA\u00a0\u2013 State Senator Joseph A. Griffo (R-C\/Rome) and Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi (D-Utica) are again providing applications for the New York Conference of Italian-American State Legislators annual scholarship for students attending college in the 2018-2019 academic year.<\/p>\n

This year, the winners of four $3,000 scholarships\u2014two athletic scholarships and two academic scholarships\u2014will\u00a0 be announced in May, with a formal awards ceremony to follow\u00a0June 4<\/span>\u00a0<\/sup>at the conference\u2019s annual Italian-American Day in Albany. Applications are available by contacting Griffo or Brindisi\u2019s office.\u00a0 Completed forms should be returned to either legislator\u2019s office by Friday, April 13.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom tuition to paying for textbooks, attending college can be a very expensive and costly endeavor for many. These scholarships can help to provide local students and their families with a great opportunity to cover some of those costs. That is why I encourage area students to apply for these scholarships so that they can hopefully get some help with their college-related expenses,\u201d\u00a0said Griffo.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese scholarships are an outstanding opportunity for students to get some help with the cost of a college education.\u00a0 I encourage anyone who is in college, or starting college this fall to complete the application available from my office.\u00a0 I always encourage students and their families to take every opportunity to reduce the financial burden of attending college, including utilizing scholarships such as this one; financial aid; and student loan programs,\u201d\u00a0said Brindisi.<\/p>\n

Applicants for either scholarship are being asked to demonstrate a grade point average of 85 or above; financial need; participation in community service and school activities; and good conduct, and the willingness to pursue a higher education degree.\u00a0 Students should reside in Griffo or Brindisi\u2019s legislative district and be attending college in the 2018-2019 school year.<\/p>\n

Griffo and Brindisi are both active members of the Conference of Italian-American State Legislators.\u00a0 Griffo is a Past President of the organization, and Brindisi serves on this year\u2019s Executive Committee.\u00a0 The Conference works to highlight Italian-American contributions to the State in areas including literature, the arts, politics, and architecture, and to work to dispel negative stereotypes of Italian-Americans.<\/p>\n

Area students may request an application by calling Griffo\u2019s office at\u00a0(315) 793-9072<\/a>, or Brindisi\u2019s office at\u00a0(315) 732-1055<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Griffo, Brindisi offering applications for collegiate scholarships – deadline April 13 Four $3,000 Scholarships Will Again Be Awarded In June to Current Or Incoming College Students By The New York Conference Of Italian-American State Legislators UTICA\u00a0\u2013 State Senator Joseph A. Griffo (R-C\/Rome) and Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi (D-Utica) are again providing applications for the New York […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":80461,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23813,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-top-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-n3N","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Brindisi-head-shot-color-10.14.jpg?fit=490%2C700&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=88647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/80461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=88647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=88647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=88647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}