Recipients were chosen based on academic achievement, leadership, work experience and involvement in extracurricular activities.
“Every year, our selection committee is very impressed with the children of our employees who apply for this scholarship,” said Tom Falk, chairman and CEO of Kimberly-Clark. “We are pleased to be able to offer a program like Bright Futures to help them pursue higher education and achieve their dreams. There is no more important investment we can make than in our next generation of leaders.”
The average GPA for this year’s scholarship class is 3.94, and awardees will attend such top colleges and universities as Harvard, Yale, Northwestern,Marquette and Georgia Institute of Technology. Past scholarship recipients have gone on to pursue successful careers in medicine, education, the armed forces and engineering.
