MRTC members Brendan Browne, far left, and Tom King, far right, flank the MRTC’s 2015 scholarship recipients, left to right, Jillian Buckley, Joanna Rizza and Megan Civitello in front of town hall. Each student holds an envelope with her scholarship check in it. (Marjorie Needham photo)
By MARJORIE NEEDHAM
The Middlebury Republican Town Committee (MRTC) scholarships this year went to Jillian Buckley, Megan Civitello and Joanna Rizza. MRTC scholarship committee member Brendan Browne and MRTC Chairman Tom King presented the scholarships to the students at Middlebury Town Hall June 12. Civitello and Rizza are Pomperaug High School seniors (now graduates) and Buckley is a Westover senior (now graduate).
Megan Civitello, the daughter of Jill and Daniel Civitello, will start classes at the University of Connecticut in the fall and will study biology with a pre-medicine concentration. She said she hopes to become a pediatric oncologist.
Joanna Rizza, daughter of Beth and Paul Rizza, will go to Cornell University, where she will study chemical engineering. She said a degree in that field will give her several options, including becoming a patent lawyer, going to medical school or working for a pharmaceutical company.
Jillian Buckley, a daughter of Karl and Ellen Buckley of Middlebury, said she will attend Bryant University in Rhode Island this fall. She has not yet decided on her major.
King said scholarships, previously open only to Region 15 students, were open this year to applicants who live in Middlebury regardless of where they attend school. Among the schools included were Westover, Taft and the Waterbury Magnet School. Starting in January, the scholarships were advertised on the MRTC website, www.middleburygop.com.
Browne said the scholarship committee was looking for students who went out and did community work, not just in groups but also on their own. “We were looking for students who went above and beyond,” he said.
Other members of the scholarship committee were Betty Proulx, Rito Albini, Fran Brennan and Terry McAuliffe.
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