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 The Alvernia College business department has selected Justin Grube, of Denver, Pennsylvania, as this year’s William G. McGowan Scholar. Grube, who is majoring in sport management, receives a full scholarship for his senior year at Alvernia.
Established in 1995 by MCI Communications' founding Chairman, William G. McGowan, the Charitable Fund provides select colleges and universities with a program to identify and support outstanding students who are pursuing degrees in business and who contribute to their communities. Students are selected based on excellent academic performance, community service, leadership, exemplary character, and entrepreneurial potential.
This year’s Alvernia College recipient, Justin Grube, is an excellent student (maintaining a 3.69 GPA) and is a member and Treasurer of Alvernia’s Lambda Zeta Chapter of the Delta Mu Delta International Business Administration Honor Society. A leader on campus, Grube is also Treasurer of the Sport Management Association (SMA) and the Sports Editor, Layout Manager, and writer for the Alvernian newspaper. In addition, Grube has organized and participated in numerous volunteer activities, including assisting Cocalico High School’s wrestling team and participating as a fundraiser and walker in a recent 24-hour Relay for Life event.
About the award, Grube says, "I am very excited to benefit from William G. McGowan's innovation and entrepreneurship represented by the McGowan Fund’s awards to college students such as myself. This award allows me additional opportunities to network with professionals in my field and its prestige affords me greater credibility.” He continues, “It is a humbling experience to receive this award and be included in the company of other excellent students who have received this award in the past.” Grube plans to pursue a career as a Sports Information Director.
Grube will be awarded a tuition scholarship at Alvernia College of up to $18,000 for the academic year 2008-09. The maximum scholarship received is equal to tuition less institutional, federal, state or private grants and/or scholarships.
Founder of MCI Communications,
William G. McGowan led the company until his death in 1992. As a student, McGowan built upon a working class upbringing in Pennsylvania coal country, worked his way through an undergraduate degree at King’s College in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., and attended Harvard Business School, where his second year was funded by a Baker Scholarship. His experience led him to establish the McGowan Scholars Program. More information on McGowan is available on the foundation’s web site at www.mcgowanfund.org.
Alvernia College is a co-educational Franciscan College, rooted in the Catholic and liberal arts traditions. Located in Reading, Pennsylvania, Alvernia is sponsored by the Bernardine Sisters of Saint Francis. Its purpose is to provide affordable quality education that combines the liberal arts with career and professional opportunities, preparing learners for personal achievement, social responsibility and moral leadership. For more information about Alvernia College visit www.alvernia.edu.
The purpose of the William G. McGowan Scholars Program is to:
1. Recognize academic achievement and excellence of performance of students majoring in business.
2. Encourage leadership ability, interpersonal skills, and significant involvement in academic, campus and community activities.
3. Reward excellence of character and other exemplary qualities including intellectual curiosity, a spirit of innovation and entrepreneurial potential.
4. Increase the awareness of the contribution made by William G. McGowan, founder and Chairman of MCI Communications Corporation, to the fields of business, telecommunications and entrepreneurship.
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