Wegmans Awards College Scholarships to More Than 1,700

Wegmans Food Markets has announced the Wegmans Employee Scholarship Program will award college tuition assistance to 1,736 new recipients for the upcoming academic year. Wegmans expects to pay out approximately $4.9 million in tuition assistance to both new and returning scholarship recipients during the 2015/2016 school year.

Eighteen employees from the Wegmans Northborough location have received scholarships:

• Haley Berthiaume
• Alexis Drickel
• Edwige Epossi
• Camille Godbout-Chouinard
• Elizabeth Haberkorn
• Muriel Kramer
• Peter Orlovsky
• Ashley Proffitt
• Melissa Quill
• Nicholas Ray
• Ashley Ruggieri
• Christopher Scott
• John Sears
• Stephanie Shepard
• Ashley Stewart
• Bianca Thakkar
• Emily Tremarche
• Eric Williams

Since the program began in 1984, more than 32,000 Wegmans employees have been awarded scholarships totaling $100 million.

“It is so rewarding to see our employees achieve their goals, and in many cases, build a career at Wegmans,” says Wegmans President Colleen Wegman in a statement. ”This program has made a profound impact on our own company and on the communities we serve.”

Scholarships Awarded to 41 Massachusetts Employees

This year, Wegmans has awarded 41 new scholarships to Massachusetts employees at its stores in Northborough, Chestnut Hill, and Burlington. This brings the total number of Massachusetts recipients to 85 employees, eligible to receive $486,000 in tuition assistance, since 2011 when Wegmans opened its first MA store.

All Wegmans stores will celebrate the scholarship recipients and 2015 graduates on Saturday, May 16, when free slices of graduation cake will be served at a time selected by each individual store. See individual stores for details.

Part-time employee scholarship recipients are eligible to receive up to $1,500 a year for four years (a maximum of $6,000), and full-time employees can receive up to $2,200 a year for four years (up to $8,800 total). No limit is placed on the number of scholarships awarded each year and no restrictions are made on a student’s course of study. Recipients may choose any area of study from an accredited college and enter any field they desire upon graduation. Many scholarship winners, however, have stayed with Wegmans after college, continuing career growth within the company.

To receive a scholarship, Wegmans employees must meet work-performance criteria. Eligibility is also based on a minimum number of work hours over a specified time period. Scholarship applications are evaluated by a team from Wegmans.