Holly Gershenson Earns Academic Achievement Scholarship at York College

2010 Oct 7

Holly Gershenson of Philadelphia earned a Transfer Merit Scholarship from York College of Pennsylvania. Gershenson is a Psychology major.

The Transfer Merit Scholarship is a $2,000 per year scholarship for full-time accepted transfer students. Eligible students must have been enrolled full-time at their most recently attended regionally accredited institution with a minimum earned grade point average of 3.5 or membership in Phi Theta Kappa.

Located in southcentral Pennsylvania, York College offers more than 50 baccalaureate majors in professional programs, the sciences and humanities to its 4,600 undergraduate students. The College also offers master's programs in business, education and nursing. A center of affordable academic excellence, York is dedicated to the intellectual, professional and social growth of its students. The College helps them develop a concrete plan to attain academic growth and career success; encourages them to try in the "real world" what they learn in the classroom; and prepares them to be professionals in whatever career they pursue.