Senior Agampreet Saluja Wins 2017 GE STAR Award
Congratulations to senior Agampreet Saluja for receiving a 2017 GE STAR Award. The GE STAR Awards competition is open to high school seniors who are children of eligible GE employees and retirees worldwide. The purpose is to defray first-year higher education expenses. Recipients are chosen through a selective application process. Finalists also select a teacher from their current secondary school to recognize and to guide the use of an award to the school. Agam selected Headmaster, and English and Theology teacher, Father Gregory Mohrman, O.S.B. ’76.
Finalists are determined in a highly selective global competition, independently managed by the Institute of International Education (IIE), an international non-profit educational exchange organization. Since 2001, more than 10,200 students and teacher awards have been given worldwide totaling more than $14.5 million. In 2015, IIE received applications from 1,300 students in 26 countries.