September 26, 2008

Christy Briggs, a nursing major at Aiken Technical College, has received a $1,000 scholarship from the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation.

Through the Coca-Cola Two-Year Colleges Scholarship Program, the Foundation awards a total of 400 scholarships annually to students attending higher-education institutions granting two-year degrees.

The Coca-Cola Two-Year Scholarship Program is made possible with funding from the Joseph B. Whitehead Foundation. The Whitehead Foundation provides grants in support of human services initiatives. The late Joseph B. Whitehead was one of the original bottlers of Coca-Cola.

This is the ninth year of funding for the Coca-Cola Two-Year Colleges Scholarship Program, with $3.7 million in scholarship dollars awarded to students attending two-year degree granting institutions.