Account Control Technology Foundation Announces Winners of $50,000 in College Scholarships
Woodland Hills, Calif. (PRWEB) June 26, 2014 -- The Account Control Technology Foundation (herein ACT Foundation), a non-profit, charitable foundation established by the founders of Account Control Technology, Inc. (ACT), is pleased to announce the 50 winners of its $1,000 college scholarships for 2014. Winners were selected from a total of 488 applications for the Foundation’s two programs.
“The pool of applicants for the Foundation programs was very strong this year, and several winners were high school valedictorians,” said Dale Van Dellen, Chairman of ACT and the ACT Foundation. “I am pleased the Foundation is able to help these future leaders further their educations, which will be so important for their ongoing success.”
The list of 25 winners for the ACT Foundation Second-Year Scholarship Program for college first-year students nationwide who will enroll as sophomores in the Fall can be viewed at: http://accountcontrolfoundation.org/images/2014_2ndYearScholarshipWinners.pdf.
The ACT Cares Community Scholarship Program is for graduating high school seniors from the communities surrounding ACT’s offices, including Kern and Los Angeles counties in California; Hamilton and Warren counties in Ohio; and Dallas, Denton, Collin, and Tom Green counties in Texas. The list of 25 winners can be viewed at: http://accountcontrolfoundation.org/images/2014_ACT_Cares_Scholarship_Winners.pdf.
Scholarship recipients were selected based on an evaluation of academic records, demonstrated leadership, participation in school and community activities, honors, work experience, statement of goals and aspirations, unusual circumstances, an outside appraisal and financial need. The scholarship selection process was administered independently by Scholarship Management Services®, the nation’s largest manager of scholarship and tuition reimbursement programs.
About the ACT Foundation
The Account Control Technology Foundation is a charitable organization established by Dale and Debbie Van Dellen with a stated mission “to improve the future of students and the greater community by offering financial literacy and debt management education, mentorship and support to those in need.” For more information, email foundation(at)accountcontrol(dot)com or visit http://www.accountcontrolfoundation.org.
About ACT
Account Control Technology, Inc. is a leader in providing consultative debt management, collection, call center and business office solutions for education, government, commercial and consumer entities. Established in 1990, ACT has been recognized as an Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private company for the past seven years running. The company serves clients nationwide from five office locations: Bakersfield, California; Woodland Hills, California; Mason, Ohio; Dallas, Texas; and San Angelo, Texas. For more information, call 800-394-4228, email info(at)accountcontrol(dot)com or visit http://www.accountcontrol.com.
Mark Boeder, Account Control Technology, Inc., http://www.accountcontrol.com, +1 800-394-4228 Ext: 5241, [email protected]
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