BP Community Scholarship Program Awards $112,000 in Scholarships to 80 NY Area Students

NEW YORK, June 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BP America, in partnership with independent owners and operators of BP retail businesses, will award $112,000 in scholarships to 80 recent high school graduates and returning college students who live in or near New York City.

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The BP Community Scholarship awards ceremony will be held at 7 p.m. June 28 at Fordham Law School at 140 West 62nd Street in New York City.

A diverse group of students was selected to receive BP Community Scholarships for the 2006-2007 school year based on personal essays, academic performance, extra-curricular activities, work experience, individual goals and demonstrated financial need.

BP employees, dealers and jobbers in metropolitan New York began the community scholarship program in 1988 as a way to invest in the success of youth in the neighborhoods where they operate businesses. Now in its 18th year, the BP Community Scholarship Program has provided more than $2 million for 1,400 scholarships to promising area students who reside in New York City and on Long Island. Scholarship applications were offered to students online and at area BP stations.

BP's Community Scholarship Program operates in three major BP markets: New York, Washington, DC and Chicago. Since 1987, the program has provided more than $4 million for nearly 3,000 scholarships in these three markets. For a complete list of 2006 New York Scholarship recipients, see pages 2-3 below.

BP America views education as one of its key areas of focus for community investment. BP is the single global brand formed by the combination of the former British Petroleum, Amoco Corporation, Atlantic Richfield (ARCO) and Burmah Castrol. BP markets more than 15 billion gallons of gasoline every year to U.S. consumers through 14,000 retail outlets and supplies more than 4 billion gallons of fuel annually to fleets, industrial users, auto and truck manufacturers, railroads and utilities.

BP Community Scholarship Recipients Ana M. Cardoza Bronx Cardinal Spellman High School Yoon Jung Choi Bronx Herbert H. Lehman High School Jian Dong Bronx High School for Environmental Studies Geneva A. Johnson Bronx High School for Health Professions and Human Services Jayson Lewis Bronx Bronx School for Law, Government and Justice Katiusca D. Ortiz Bronx High School for Teaching and the Professions Caroline M. Quinonez Bronx Beach Channel High School Whitney D. Whiting Bronx The Frederick Douglass Academy Lola M. Ajayi Brooklyn Brooklyn Technical High School Shakira A. Baboolal Brooklyn Canarsie High School Heather N. Bleiberg Brooklyn Abraham Lincoln High School Wan Rong Chen Brooklyn Stuyvesant High School Tynesha A. Crosby Brooklyn William E. Grady v High School Sara Elzeftawy Brooklyn City College of New York Nasarima Foster Brooklyn State University of New York-New Paltz Roxanne J. Garcia Brooklyn Fordham University Jezebel M. Gil Brooklyn Anna Maria College Jason C. Hannibal Brooklyn Brooklyn College Vanessa T. Hardy Brooklyn Edward R. Murrow High School Kerry Li Brooklyn Midwood High School Joy A. Nduka Brooklyn Edward R. Murrow High School Mary E. O'Regan Brooklyn Baruch College Rashel Reznikova Brooklyn Midwood High School Tenisha Sweet Brooklyn Boys and Girls High School Diana I. Trochez Brooklyn Fort Hamilton High School Antonio Yip Brooklyn Grover Cleveland High School Shirley Yiu Brooklyn State University of New York-Buffalo Henry Zeng Brooklyn State University of New York-Binghamton Quan Chen New York Manhattan Manhattan Village Academy Shante D. Service New York Manhattan Thurgood Marshall Academy Jessica T. Sutton New York Manhattan Marymount High School Bonnie D. Velez New York Manhattan John F. Kennedy High School Yin Yin Wu New York Manhattan Murry Bergtraum High School Stacy R. Evans Baldwin Nassau Holy Trinity Diocesan High School Chartese D. Grant Hempstead Nassau Hempstead High School David Ho Westbury Nassau W. T. Clarke High School Ambili John West West Hempstead Hempstead Nassau High School Arkin Mehter Massapequa Nassau Massapequa High School Lauren V. Morici Hicksville Nassau Hicksville High School Ashley M. Provenzano Baldwin Nassau Baldwin High School Diana Andrade Corona Queens Saint Francis Preparatory School Ambar Castillo Richmond Hill Queens Francis Lewis High School Wendy Chan Ozone Park Queens Barnard College Erik Copeli Forest Hills Queens Queens College Nick M. Copeli Forest Hills Queens Queens College Janelle Ghodusy Fresh Meadows Queens Francis Lewis High School Sabarri Haque Jackson Heights Queens Fort Hamilton High School Cleopatra Haviaras Astoria Queens Long Island City High School Esther Hu Flushing Queens Massachusetts Institute of Technology Hing Hang Hung Elmhurst Queens Stuyvesant High School Amelia A. Kerrodar Richmond Hill Queens Thomas A. Edison High School Samantha M. Kuppler Long Island Queens Long Island City City High School Nadia H. Mahmood Woodside Queens State University of New York-Stony Brook Wai Chung Mak Bayside Queens Brooklyn Technical High School Jade L. Morrison So. Ozone Park Queens Louis D. Brandeis High School Angelica Murdukhayeva Forest Hills Queens Stuyvesant High School Gabrielle M. Nguyen Ridgewood Queens Hunter College Hersh K. Parekh Elmhurst Queens Boston University Tabinda Samreen Briarwood Queens Math Science Research and Technology Magnet High School Ruth V. Arsenec Staten Island Staten Port Richmond High Island School Sultana K. Aslamkhan Staten Island Staten Port Richmond High Island School Michelle E. Colamonico Staten Island Staten St. John's Island University Takeisha S. Newsome Staten Island Staten Pennsylvania State Island University Tessie C. Annibell Cutchogue Suffolk Mattituck High School Nicholas G. Boffoli Port Jefferson Station Suffolk State University of New York-Cortland Melissa Hernandez Huntington Suffolk St. John's University Station Christopher C. Jerome Southold Suffolk Southold Junior Senior High School Emre Karagoz Dix Hills Suffolk New York University, The Stern Business School Elizabeth M. Levinson Farmingville Suffolk Sachem High School East Jessica R. Marshall Nesconset Suffolk Smithtown High School Julianne Rodriguez Bayport Suffolk Bayport Blue Point High School Kristie M. Schmitt Riverhead Suffolk Riverhead High School Elizabeth A. Bengah Mount Vernon Westchester Mount Vernon High School Danielle R.Browne Mount Vernon Westchester Mount Vernon High School Kimberly M. Greenberg Yonkers Westchester College of New Rochelle, School of Nursing Deniz Ibrahim Yorktown Westchester Cornell University Heights Aprilee C. Kennedy-Brown New Rochelle Westchester Mount Vernon High School MiHye Kim Pelham Westchester Pelham Memorial High School Jenson Kurien Yonkers Westchester Lincoln High School Adrianne Lee Dobbs Ferry Westchester Dobbs Ferry High School
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