10 Detroit Students To Receive New Laptops Monday

DETROIT, MI — Ten students in Detroit will receive laptops Monday through efforts between Detroit City Council President Brenda Jones and the Infinite Scholars Program.

Jones and the Infinite Scholars Program will host the Detroit Virtual College Scholarship Fair Week Raffle at 6 p.m., where 10 laptops will be given away as prizes to students who qualified for scholarships during last week’s college fair.

The raffle can be viewed live here and is the culmination of the nation’s first ever weeklong virtual Infinite Scholars College Fair.

From Nov. 9-13, nearly 300 students met one-on-one in Zoom breakout rooms with recruiters from more than 70 colleges from across the nation, and $2,381,928 in on-site qualifying scholarships were awarded. Many also received on-site admittance to the college of their choice, according to a news release.

The college fair, usually a large-scale, in-person event at Eastern Market Shed 3, was held virtually as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Wayne County Community College District was present to discuss its new skilled trades Horizontal Infrastructure Training Center. The Detroit School of Digital Technology and the College for Creative Studies provided scholarships for digital and creative arts. The U.S. Naval Academy also was present to meet with the young men and women seeking to receive an education and serve their country.