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King’s students awarded full-tuition scholarships to study in Ireland

August 31, 2010 – King’s College juniors Michael Deegan and Brandon McNulty have been awarded full-tuition scholarships to study in Northern Ireland as part of the Irish-American Scholars Program during the academic year.

Deegan of White Haven will study during the spring 2011 semester at the University of Ulster in Coleraine, Northern Ireland, through the Irish-American Scholars Program. He is majoring in mass communications.

McNulty of Laflin has been awarded a full-tuition scholarship through the Irish-American Scholars Program to study during the 2010-11 academic year at Queen’s University in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He is majoring in English/Writing.

The Irish-American Scholars Program is sponsored by the Government of Northern Ireland; Ulster and Queen’s Universities; The Belfast Institute of Further and Higher Education; and the Catholic, United Methodist, and Presbyterian Churches. American colleges and universities that accept students from Northern Ireland through the Business Education Initiative are eligible to participate.

For more information on King's Study Abroad Program, contact Mollie Farmer, director, at 208-5986.

King’s students awarded full-tuition scholarships to study in Northern Ireland are, standing from left: Michael Deegan and Brandon McNulty.

King’s students awarded full-tuition scholarships to study in Northern Ireland are, standing from left: Michael Deegan and Brandon McNulty.

King's College is a Catholic College sponsored by the Congregation of Holy Cross.

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