Lockport News
Posted by Paul Lehman
LOCKPORT ANNOUNCES $8K in SCHOLARSHIPS
Austin McFall, 2015 graduate of Lockport High School, has been selected this year to receive a Rotary Club of Lockport Academic College Scholarship of $2,000 per year for four years for his studies in business and finance at Niagara University at Niagara University, NY. He is the son of Michael and Ronda McFall of Lockport.The Lockport Rotary Club annual college scholarship budget of $10,000 per year is a major commitment of the Lockport NY Rotary Foundation, the tax exempt fundraising and community benefit 501(c)3 corporation established by the Club. In addition to Austin, several students will continue to receive scholarships awarded in previous years.
Rotary Club of Lockport Scholarships are presented in memory of Arthur H. Showalter, Summer G. Evans, Eleanor Depeau, Samuel Selzer, Howard Lehmann and Donald O. Nixon, former Lockport Rotarians who were dedicated to youth and education.
Lockport Rotary Scholarships are awarded to graduating students living in the Lockport, Newfane or Starpoint school districts and attending the district high school or a regional private or parochial high school. Selection is based on scholastic achievement, character, leadership in school, extra curricular and community activities, and poise and presence in an interview with the scholarship committee.
All Lockport Rotary Club scholars are invited to return to visit club membership meetings throughout their college careers and beyond as their long term relationship continues.
In the photo: Rotary Club of Lockport President David Greenfield shakes the hand of Austin McFall, recipient of a $2000 scholarship. He is flanked by the chairman of the Scholarship Committee, Dr. Ryan Schoenfeld.