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Albright Awards 26 Shirk Scholarships to Berks County Students
View the Class of 2016 Shirk Scholars July 6, 2011 Reading, Pa. – Albright College has awarded the 2012 Eugene L. Shirk Scholarships to 26 students from Berks County high schools. The awards will total about $1.5 million over four years. Recipients receive scholarships worth $60,000 to $80,000 over four years. Shirk Scholars must complete 25 hours of community service per semester and maintain a 3.0 grade point average. Applicants are evaluated on five areas: community service, involvement in high school, leadership potential, communication skills and academic ability. Albright established the Eugene L. Shirk Scholarships in 1995 to honor the late Gene Shirk and encourage Berks County students to follow his lead of community service, leadership, strength of character and commitment to excellence. Gene L. Shirk, who died in 1994 at the age of 92, was a math professor, track and cross-country coach, and manager of the Athletic Department at Albright. He served two terms as mayor of the City of Reading. Since its inception the program has graduated more than 225 Shirk Scholars, with scholarship aid totaling over $7 million. Congratulations to the following recipients: Antietam High School Berks Catholic High School Brandywine Heights High School Boyertown High School Conrad Weiser High School Daniel Boone High School Exeter Township High School Fleetwood High School Governor Mifflin High School King’s Academy Kutztown High School Muhlenberg High School Reading High School Oley Valley High School PA Home School Association Schuylkill Valley High School Tulpehocken High School Wilson High School Read an article about the Shirk Scholarship in the most recent Albright Reporter. Founded in 1856, Albright College is a nationally ranked, private college with a rigorous liberal arts curriculum with an interdisciplinary focus. The College’s hallmarks are connecting fields of learning, collaborative teaching and learning, and a flexible curriculum that allows students to create an individualized education. Albright College enrolls more than 1,660 undergraduates in traditional programs, another 800 adult students in accelerated degree programs, and 100 students in the master’s program in education. Albright College is located in Reading, Pennsylvania, about 60 miles west of Philadelphia. |
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