A LIMERICK-based healthcare services company has announced a new scholarship with a local secondary school.
Carelon Global Solutions Ireland has announced that it will be teaming up with Thomond Community College to promote advancement to third level education in science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM) courses through related subjects at second level.
The new scholarship will see two students each year given support to help them through their courses at any of Limerick’s third level institutions.
Carelon Global Solutions Ireland Chief Country Executive John Patrick Shaw said that the scholarship aims to celebrate Carelon’s links to Limerick, as well as the rapid growth of Thomond Community College – which was established in 2016 with the amalgamation of Salesian Secondary School and St Nessan’s Community College.
“One thing we were keen to do from the start was invest in local organisations that reflect our ‘Think Limitless’ ethos and Thomond Community College is one such entity. Its story since it was established less than a decade ago is a triumph of optimism,” Mr Shaw said.
“It is also one of only a few schools in the country that has software development on its curriculum, and this illustrates the school’s intention to open up opportunities that weren’t available heretofore to students in their area.”
Vivienne Hogan, principal of Thomond Community College, added that “Carelon Global Solutions made contact with us not long after the company launched here in Limerick and since then has been a strong supporter of our school across a number of programmes”.
