Vote for your Favorite Finalist Entry and help a student win a college scholarship!
April 2, 2014 – Monroe, CT – Church Hill Classics (CHC)®, a leading manufacturer and online retailer inthe college diploma frame industry, announces today their selection for the 24 Finalists in their 6thannual Frame My Future Scholarship Contest.This nationwide Frame My Future Scholarship Contest 2014 asked students to showcase their talents, dreams and futuregoals by submitting an original and creative entry piece that expresses what they hope to achieve in their personal andprofessional life after college. The entry had to communicate: This is how I Frame My Future. Submissions were acceptedfrom October 8, 2013 to March 5, 2014. Over 6,000 entries were received, including photographs, poems, short essays,collages, artwork, graphic design, and other imaginative pieces. The scholarship contest was open to all students whoplan to attend a college/university in the United States as a full-time student in the 2014-2015 academic year.The 24 Finalist entries are posted on the company's diplomaframe.com™ website, visit: www.diplomaframe.com/FMF2014finalists.CHC invites the public to vote for their favorite entry during the Finalists phase of the scholarship contest. Thepublic vote will determine the five scholarship winners. Voting runs from April 2nd to April 30, 2014 (11:59pm EasternTime). The five top-voted entries will each be awarded a $1,000 scholarship, and the entry receiving the most votes, theGrand Prize Winner, will also earn a matching donation of $1,000 towards his/her college or university'sscholarship endowment fund.The Finalists, their hometowns, and the schools they plan to attend this fall are as follows:
Austin Allaby from Bethel, Connecticut - Ohio University
Meredith Chapman from Rio Rancho, New Mexico – The University of New Mexico
Hannah Chen from Baton Rouge, Louisiana – Georgia Institute of Technology (Fan Favorite Finalist)
Spencer Christensen from Murrieta, California – University of California, San Diego
Brianne Conneely from Amherst, New York – University at Buffalo
Shannon Ebert from Sandusky, Ohio – The University of Findlay
Michael Espinoza from San Jose, California – San Jose State University
Payton Hale from Ashburn, Virginia - Eastern Kentucky University
Rachel Hogan from Woodinville, Washington – Western Washington University
Samuel Hunt from Bountiful, Utah – The University of Utah
Jacob Leffler from Waldron, Indiana – Purdue University
Kathleen Maher from Waxhaw, North Carolina – The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill or Honors College at the University of South Carolina
>Brithney Malchan from Brooklyn, New York –Baruch College, Brooklyn College, or University at Albany
Maria Nicholson from Monroeville, New Jersey – University of Delaware
Rebecca Piazza from Bel Air, Maryland – Towson University
Rachel Punzalan from Sparks, Nevada – University of Portland
Justin Rumpza from Princeton, Iowa – The University of Iowa
Emily Scanlon from Canton, Connecticut – University of Connecticut
Alexandra Smith from Apex, North Carolina – East Carolina University
Kirsten Stiller from Manassas, Virginia – University of Virginia or the College or William and Mary
>Suzanne Sylvester from Brooklyn, New York – York College, CUNY (Fan Favorite Finalist)
Kaitlin Trataris from San Francisco, California – San Francisco Art Institute
Cheyenne Underwood from Reno, Nevada – University of Nevada, Reno
Chloe Van Grootheest from Long Beach, California – University of California, Davis
The 24 Frame My Future Scholarship Contest Finalist entries can be seen on the CHC website at www.diplomaframe.com/FMF2014finalists.Be sure to place your vote before April 30, 2014 (11:59pm Eastern Time) to help a student win a scholarship. The topfive Winners by popular vote will be announced on May 14, 2014.