OneBeacon Insurance Group Awards College Scholarships [Manufacturing Close – Up]

OneBeacon Insurance Group recently announced the winners of its annual college scholarship program.

In a release, the Company noted that 16 $2,000 scholarships were awarded; eight to OneBeacon employees' children and eight to children of the company's distribution partners. Selection criteria included academic records, leadership skills and participation in school and community activities, among others.

OneBeacon CEO Mike Miller said, "OneBeacon is pleased to recognize these sixteen exceptional students through our scholarship awards. This is the tenth year of our program, and we are always impressed with the caliber of the winners. We wish them all the best as they look forward to their college experience."

OneBeacon's scholarship program is managed by Scholarship Management Services, a nonprofit scholarship program administrator, and is funded by the OneBeacon Charitable Trust. The program is available to OneBeacon employees and the agents, brokers and wholesalers that represent the company's various business units.

Winners:

Savannah Ballew Tanner, Ballew & Maloof, Inc.Samford University; Birmingham, Ala.

Travis Beaney OneBeacon Emerson College; Boston

Connor Burke OneBeacon Elizabethtown College; Elizabethtown, Pa.

Gabrielle Dinger Willis Group McGill University; Montreal, Canada

Hanna Isenberg Marsh Group University of North Carolina; Chapel Hill, N.C.

Alison Jeffrey OneBeacon Bowdoin College; Brunswick, Maine

Shannon Kirkness OneBeacon Ithaca College; Ithaca, N.Y.

Shelby Morkovsky OneBeacon Texas A&M University; College Station, Texas

Catherine Nasella OneBeacon SUNY University at Binghamton; Binghamton, N.Y.

Olivia Pelletiere Aon Vanderbilt University; Nashville, Tenn.

Brittany Schreiber HUB International Muhlenberg College; Allentown, Pa.

Alexander Skiljan Hylant Group University of Arizona; Tucson, Ariz.

Victoria Strain OneBeacon Providence College; Providence, R.I.

Savanna Sturkie J Smith Lanier & Co.University of Georgia; Athens, Ga.

Helen Volf OneBeacon Massachusetts College of Pharmacy; Boston

Emma Wong Aon University of Michigan; Ann Arbor, Mich.

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