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Albert Shanker Scholarship Awards 2016

The UFT hosted its 47th annual Albert Shanker College Scholarship Awards ceremony and reception on June 13 in Shanker Hall at union headquarters in Manhattan, giving out $1 million in scholarships to 180 high school students from throughout the city and nine graduate students.

Eadie Shanker, a UFT retiree and the widow of Albert Shanker, congratulates Albert Shanker College Scholarship recipient Jerson Mejia Castro at the ceremony on June 13. Looking on are (from left) Anthony Harmon, the director of the scholarship fund and a special assistant to the UFT president; Jerson’s mother, Irma Castro; and Jessica Torres, Jerson’s college counselor at the HS of Computers and Technology in the Bronx.

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Scholarship winner Mitch Rai of Wings Academy in the Bronx is joined by his mom, Indrawatti Rai, and Matt Foglino, the UFT chapter leader at Wings Academy and Mitch’s history teacher for three years.
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Benjamin Sorkin of Staten Island Technical HS enjoys a moment in the spotlight.
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Students Sadia Uddin (left) and Ayshe Turan (right) of the Young Women’s Leadership School of Astoria, Queens, flank Lauren Quigley, the director of college counseling at the school.
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Proud scholarship winners from the Bronx were in the house and joined UFT President Michael Mulgrew for a group photo.
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Students from Queens, with Mulgrew, are a step closer to college as they get ready to accept their $5,000 awards, part of the $45 million given away since 1969.

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Albert Shanker believed a quality education is the key to improving lives and the awards in his name will help these Brooklyn students, posing with Mulgrew.
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Staten Island honorees are joined by Mulgrew (back row, right); Debra Penny (back row. center), a Teachers’ Retirement Board trustee and the UFT Staten Island borough representative; and Special Representative Donna Coppola (back row, left).
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“It’s been a pretty interesting journey, hasn’t it? I bet you’ve all got stories to tell,” Mulgrew told the honorees, including this group from Manhattan.
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Mulgrew congratulates master’s scholarship winners (from left) Nadia Asous, Barnard College; Sobiha Ahmed, CCNY; Fatema Begum, Hunter College; and Qing Gao, Baruch College.
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Entertainment was provided by a talented dance troupe from Elite Performing Arts Academy in Queens.
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Keynote speaker the Hon. J. Machelle Sweeting, a civil court judge from Harlem, told the honorees: “Enjoy your accomplishments. You have done something wonderful.”
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Eadie Shanker, a UFT retiree and the widow of Albert Shanker, congratulates Albert Shanker College Scholarship recipient Jerson Mejia Castro at the ceremony on June 13. Looking on are (from left) Anthony Harmon, the director of the scholarship fund and a special assistant to the UFT president; Jerson’s mother, Irma Castro; and Jessica Torres, Jerson’s college counselor at the HS of Computers and Technology in the Bronx.

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Scholarship winner Mitch Rai of Wings Academy in the Bronx is joined by his mom, Indrawatti Rai, and Matt Foglino, the UFT chapter leader at Wings Academy and Mitch’s history teacher for three years.
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Benjamin Sorkin of Staten Island Technical HS enjoys a moment in the spotlight.
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Students Sadia Uddin (left) and Ayshe Turan (right) of the Young Women’s Leadership School of Astoria, Queens, flank Lauren Quigley, the director of college counseling at the school.
Miller Photography
Proud scholarship winners from the Bronx were in the house and joined UFT President Michael Mulgrew for a group photo.
Miller Photography

Students from Queens, with Mulgrew, are a step closer to college as they get ready to accept their $5,000 awards, part of the $45 million given away since 1969.

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Albert Shanker believed a quality education is the key to improving lives and the awards in his name will help these Brooklyn students, posing with Mulgrew.
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Staten Island honorees are joined by Mulgrew (back row, right); Debra Penny (back row. center), a Teachers’ Retirement Board trustee and the UFT Staten Island borough representative; and Special Representative Donna Coppola (back row, left).
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“It’s been a pretty interesting journey, hasn’t it? I bet you’ve all got stories to tell,” Mulgrew told the honorees, including this group from Manhattan.
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Mulgrew congratulates master’s scholarship winners (from left) Nadia Asous, Barnard College; Sobiha Ahmed, CCNY; Fatema Begum, Hunter College; and Qing Gao, Baruch College.
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Entertainment was provided by a talented dance troupe from Elite Performing Arts Academy in Queens.
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Keynote speaker the Hon. J. Machelle Sweeting, a civil court judge from Harlem, told the honorees: “Enjoy your accomplishments. You have done something wonderful.”
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