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Manchester Student Awarded DCG Foundation Scholarship

It's the organization's eighth-annual award.

Akua Owusu from Manchester is the the recipient of the 2024 DCG Scholarship Award.
Akua Owusu from Manchester is the the recipient of the 2024 DCG Scholarship Award. (DCG Foundation)

MANCHESTER, CT — The Wallingford-based Diversity Construction Group Foundation has awarded Akua Owusu of Manchester, as the recipient of the 2024 Scholarship Award.

It's the eighth annual award.

Owusu will be granted $2,500 to support her educational journey by covering tuition, course materials or other fees.

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Originally from Ghana, Owusu graduated from Manchester High School ninth in a class of 342 students.

Starting this fall, she will embark on her educational path towards a civil engineering degree at the University of Connecticut.

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