Woodinville College Students Receive BECU Scholarship

--Information from BECU

Woodinville residents David Chi and Austin Remington were among 45 recipients to win a scholarship from BECU. BECU Foundation scholarships reward exceptional community service by graduating high school seniors and undergraduate students.

This year BECU awarded 45 student members a $2,500 BECU Foundation Scholarship for the 2012-2013 school year.

Chi and Remington were selected by a volunteer selection committee of local business, educational and non-profit leaders based on a combination of strong dedication to community service, leadership and academics.

The Foundation received more than 600 scholarship applications from BECU student members. Applicants were required to submit hours of community service, grade point, transcripts and letters of recommendation, as well as essays describing their most meaningful service experiences.

David Chi

Northwestern University

Assistant Special Events Director on Northwestern University’s Dance Marathon Team

Dance Marathon is David school’s largest philanthropy of the year, raising a record-high $1.1 million this year for the Andrew B+ (Be Positive) McDonough Foundation which will fund research to combat childhood cancer. Befriending kids from the Foundation and getting to know them opened David’s eyes to the importance of philanthropy: to see the direct impact our help can make in their lives.

Austin Remington

University of Pennsylvania

Volunteer Teacher with Penn Science Across Ages

By exercising dedication and leadership, Austin has made an impact on an elementary school in West Philadelphia by helping to include science in their curriculum. Teaching elementary students is admittedly difficult; yet, Austin has found the time investment to be especially rewarding. He feels proud knowing that he may have affected the student’s academic career.