More than €100,000 in scholarships has been awarded to 50 first-year students at Mary Immaculate College (MIC).
The Entrance Scholarships are presented to students based on their Leaving Certificate results and are each valued at €2,000. Scholarships are usually officially presented to recipients at a special on-campus ceremony but that was this year cancelled due to COVID-19 restrictions.
The students who received the award this year did so under unusual and difficult circumstances as they began their third level journey remotely following Government guidelines. Reflecting on this point, first year MIC student and Calum Buckley, who received an Entrance Scholarship, remarked: “The start to College life isn’t really what any of us expected but MIC are doing an exceptional job in making sure we are all happy with our online experience”.