Southington Students Awarded Scholarships

The Community Foundation of Greater New Britain has awarded a total of $145,430 in scholarships to 55 students from Southington and neighboring towns, helping them to pursue their dreams at higher education institutions in Connecticut and beyond.

The students received 60 scholarship awards from 40 of the Foundation’s named scholarship funds and plan to attend Connecticut colleges and universities, as well as out-of-state schools.

From Southington, the award recipients (with scholarship name and college they'll be attending) include:

Danielle Albino, Mitchell J. Porydzy II Memorial Scholarship (UConn); Brandon Brush, Suzanne Beckius Scholarship (Southern Connecticut State University); Bryan Davis, Arthur T. Blumer MD Merit Scholarship (UConn); James D. Doyle, III, Suzanne Beckius Scholarship (Ithaca College);Austin Lemoine, Mitchell J. Porydzy II Memorial Scholarship (to be determined); Suzanne Marcoux, Mitchell J. Porydzy II Memorial Scholarship (Waynesburg University); Stephen Mierzejewski, Dennis J. Stanek, Sr., Memorial Scholarship (UConn); Kailey Pisko, Mitchell J. Porydzy II Memorial Scholarship (Eastern Connecticut State University); Zuleyka Rios, Michael J. Davey Memorial Scholarship (to be determined); Jaclyn Ruszczyk, Dennis J. Stanek, Sr., Memorial Scholarship (UConn).