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Globe Staff
SAN
FRANCISCO – The Black Employees Association
(BEA) of Pacific Gas and Electric Company awarded
$30,000 in scholarships to thirty deserving Bay Area
students. The winners were selected over 90 eligible
applications and represent a diverse group of students
that will continue their education in colleges and
universities throughout the country.
The 2005 Pacific Gas and Electric
Company BEA Scholarship Recipients are:
• Alicia L. Criner, Howard University, Washington
DC
• Alexis Alexander, St. Mary’s College
High School, Berkeley
• Andrea French, Holly Names High School, Oakland
• Dat Bui, Arroyo High School, San Leandro ($1000
award)
• Ashly N. Terrell, University of California,
Berkeley
• Britanny V. Harris, Brown University, Providence,
RI
• Camilla Hawthorne, Armijo High School, Fairfield
• Christopher L. Cooper, Freedom High School,
Oakley
• Dominique J. Shepard, Spelman College, Atlanta
GA
• Erin Johnson, St. Mary’s College High
School, Berkeley
• Helen Mai Min Lei, Phillip and Sala Burton
Academic High School, San Francisco
• Jane Marchant, St. Mary’s college High
School, Berkeley
• Jennifer R. Roberts, University of California,
Berkeley
• Kristina D. Phillips, Alabama State Univ.,
Montgomery, AL
• Kristle T. Wilson, Spelman College, Atlanta,
GA
• Krystal M. James, Hercules High School, Hercules
• Latoya Sales, Oakland Technical High School,
Oakland
• Mahiri Wise, De La Salle High School, Concord
• Marianne G. Siu, Mount Eden High School, Hayward
• Michael K. Lewis, Galileo Academy of Science
and Technology, San Francisco
• Nican J. Robinson, Oakland Technical High
School, Oakland • Pamela A. Chaca, DeAnza Senior
High School, Richmond
• Robert H. Jones, Saint Augustine’s College,
Raleigh, NC
• Ryketia Kelly, Vallejo Senior High School,
Vallejo
• Ricky F. Bennett, Oakland Technical High School,
Oakland
• Sirena Williams, Edison High School, Fresno
• Taiwo M. O’Dunikan, Oakland Technical
High School, Oakland
• Veda Malika Bartlow, Spelman College/Georgia
Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
• Victoria E. Fadenipo, S.R. Martin College
Preparatory High School, San Francisco
• Xenia S. Simms, McClymonds High School, Oakland
“We
are proud to support and encourage the scholarship
winners in their efforts to pursue a higher education,”
said Pacific Gas and Electric Company President and
CEO Gordon Smith. “They have accomplished much
in 18 years, and their hard work and determination
to succeed will serve them well in college and beyond.
” Each of this year’s
selected applicants have displayed a broad range in
leadership, commitment to their community and family,
exceptional academic achievement and demonstrated
financial need, all of which further magnifies their
outstanding scholastic achievements.
This year’s BEA Scholarship
Fund is the result of a grant from Pacific Gas and
Electric Company and BEA fundraising activities and
employee donations. PG&E Corporation was declared
by Black Enterprise magazine one of the top 30 best
companies for diversity. In its July cover story PG&E
Corporation is included among the best in demonstrating
significant representation of African Americans and
other ethnic minorities in four key areas: corporate
procurement, corporate boards, senior management,
and the total workforce.
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