August
22, 2006
Oakton Freshman Wins KFC Scholarship
Katarina Karac of Skokie, a 2006 graduate of Niles North who has enrolled in Oakton Community College for the fall semester, is one of 50 national winners of a scholarship from the KFC Corporation's Colonel's KidsŪ Foundation. The new Colonel's Scholars Program empowers students with scholarships worth up to $20,000 over four years to pursue a bachelor's degree.
Starting in February 2006, high school seniors who demonstrated both academic success and financial need were invited to submit online applications and essays for consideration in the Colonel's Scholars Program. The inaugural class of 50 was selected from a pool of more than 100,000 applicants from across the country.
"KFC is honored and excited to help support these deserving students' dreams and aspirations," Gregg Dedrick, president of KFC, said in a company news release. "We look forward to hearing their success stories in the future and invite current high school seniors to apply for next year's scholarships."
Established in 1999, Colonel's Scholars is a program of Colonel's Kids, an independent charity funded by donations from KFC, its employees, franchisees, and KFC patrons. Its mission is to provide high school students scholarship resources to attend post-secondary schools within their states of residence.
KFC Corporation, based in Louisville, Ky., is the world's most popular chicken restaurant chain. Some 13,000 KFC outlets located in more than 80 countries and territories around the world serve an estimated eight million customers daily.
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