UCS seniors earn national CTE scholarships

Two Stevenson High School seniors are among 175 graduates to earn a national career and technical education scholarship.

Karen Howell and Semaj Smith were each awarded a $1000 scholarship from the National Technical Honor Society.

Howell will attend the University of Illinois on a gymnastics scholarship and plans to study pre-medicine. Smith will study pre-medicine at Oakland University.

NTHS works in partnership with national student leadership organizations to promote educational excellence and award scholarships to students in career and technical education.

The organizations include Business Professionals of America (BPA), Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA/DEX), Family Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA), Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA/PBL), Health Occupational Students of America (HOSA) and SkillsUSA.