A Utica Community Schools senior is among 2,500 nationally and only 71 students statewide to earn additional scholarships through the National Merit Scholarship program.
Kathleen Surhigh, of the Utica Academy for International Studies, earned a National Merit Scholarship grant financed by U.S. colleges and universities.
Surhigh received scholarship funding from the University of Chicago to study political science.
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Michigan students have been offered scholarships between $500 and $2,000 annually for up to four years of undergraduate study through National Merit programs funded by colleges and universities.
Students initially qualify for the Merit program by being among the top one percent of students in the country taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.
This year, the Utica Community Schools had five National Merit semi-finalists. Semifinalists represent the top one percent of all high school students nationally in terms of academic ability.
