{"id":12419,"date":"2024-07-30T10:36:15","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T17:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.soundcu.com\/?p=12419"},"modified":"2025-05-28T15:14:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T22:14:08","slug":"sound-credit-union-recognizes-2024-scholarship-recipients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.soundcu.com\/blog\/sound-credit-union-recognizes-2024-scholarship-recipients\/","title":{"rendered":"Sound Credit Union Recognizes 2024 Scholarship Recipients"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"co-flex_row co-flex_row__blue co-flex_row__last co-flex_row__long-form-text\" >\n\t<div class=\"co-flex_row--row co-row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"co-long_form\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"co-long_form--block co-long_form--block__nomedia prow items-start \">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"co-long_form--text pcol-md:8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"co-long_form--content\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sound Credit Union Recognizes 2024 Scholarship Recipients<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>TACOMA, WA \u2013 July 30, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.soundcu.com\/\">Sound Credit Union<\/a> (Sound) is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2024 scholarships for the 2024\/25 school year.<\/p>\n<p>In late November 2023, Sound began accepting applications from its members pursuing higher education. This year, 13 recipients were selected based on their academic achievements, community involvement, and dedication to furthering their education. The scholarships were awarded to both graduating high school students and adults applying for Sound\u2019s \u201cContinuing Your Education\u201d scholarship. By offering financial assistance, Sound aims to alleviate some of the financial burdens associated with pursuing higher education.<\/p>\n<p>Below are the names of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.soundcu.com\/community-impact\/scholarships\/\">13 Sound members<\/a> receiving a scholarship for the upcoming school year and the college\/university they will be attending in the fall:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Amara Kruz, University of Washington<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Jackson Kelley, Havard University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Melony Edwards, Georgetown University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Thuy An Phung, Seattle University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Aaliyah Chappell, University of Washington<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Brandon McClure, University of Washington<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Emma Tomlinson, Eastern Washington University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Gianna Lollie, University of Washington<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Lydia Ward, Kentucky Christian University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Natalie Nwapa, George Fox University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Nivedita Raj, University of Southern California<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Sophia V Swank, Washington State University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Howard Walz, Western Washington University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cI am so thankful to be a 2024\/25 Sound Credit Union Scholarship recipient\u201d, said Gianna Lollie of Federal Way. \u201cWith their support, I can become one step closer to succeeding at the University of Washington!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As a financial institution, Sound sees firsthand the financial challenges its members face when pursuing higher education, which is why they are committed to standing with their members through all waves of life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt Sound, we\u2019re dedicated to investing in our members and the communities we serve,\u201d said Jennifer Reed, Vice President of Public Relations at Sound Credit Union. \u201cEach year, our team is inspired when reviewing the scholarship applications we receive. This year was no different, we\u2019re eager to see what the future holds for these future leaders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Sound Credit Union<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sound Credit Union was founded in 1940 and today is one of Washington State\u2019s largest credit unions. With 25 full-service branch locations throughout the Puget Sound area, Sound provides their over 176,000 members with authentic and trusted financial support and services. Sound is driven by the purpose of standing with members, employees and the community through all waves of life.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":12574,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases","category-sound-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.soundcu.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.soundcu.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.soundcu.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.soundcu.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.soundcu.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12419"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.soundcu.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15486,"href":"https:\/\/www.soundcu.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12419\/revisions\/15486"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.soundcu.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.soundcu.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.soundcu.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.soundcu.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}