John Adams student receives $15,000 scholarship

-
2:13
Nicholas Stanley pleads not guilty to murder of sex offender;...
-
0:57
Ninety-degree highs for the Fourth of July
-
1:41
Getting hotter during the holiday weekend
-
3:08
Wall-to-wall wonders taking shape with Mural Mania 2025
-
3:34
City of Benton Harbor cracking down on mobile nuisance parties...
-
3:46
Recent string of violent crimes in South Bend Spark Call to End...
-
1:28
Protest in Goshen calls for harsher sentences for sex crimes
-
0:58
Hall of Famer Sheldon visits South Bend History Museum Wednesday
-
3:58
Nicholas Stanley, arrested for murder of sex offender, speaks...
-
0:54
Hot and humid weather returns for the holiday weekend
-
5:23
South Bend native competes for National Jr. Ranger
-
1:48
Sunny skies and warmer highs: quiet weather ahead
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Maurnese Wade, a junior at John Adams High School in South Bend, has been awarded a $15,000 scholarship and $5,000 technology prize package from Act, Inc.
Wade was randomly selected from among 340,000 potential recipients who entered the ACT Scholarship Giveaway contest nationwide.
“I was happy but I was confused because I’m like ‘how did me, out of all these people, get this?’,” Wade said. “At first I thought it was like for a score, so I’m like wanting to check my scores and I’m like ‘I don’t even know about this’.”
Wade can use the scholarship towards the college of her choice.
Wade said she wants to attend either a historically black college/university or Grand Valley State University in Michigan.
She also said that she wants to be a neonatal nurse.
The ACT is a standardized test that determines college readiness for high school students.
Students can learn more about the contest by visiting the website for ACT, Inc.