MURRAY, Utah, Aug. 13, 2009—Sallie Mae Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sallie Mae, the nation’s leading saving, planning and paying for education company, today announced that it has awarded 15 $5,000 scholarships to undergraduate students enrolled in an engineering, nursing or teaching program at a higher education institution in Salt Lake County or other Utah counties.
This is the third year of the Sallie Mae Bank scholarship program. To date, the company has awarded nearly $200,000 in scholarships through this program.
This year, the following undergraduate students received a $5,000 scholarship:
Suzanne Arthur Western Governors University
Brittany Bayles Brigham Young University
Alyse Bennett Brigham Young University
Ashley Graff Brigham Young University
Heidiann Heiniger Brigham Young University
Ryan Hone Brigham Young University
Jamie Jarvis Brigham Young University
Camille Jensen Brigham Young University
Hayley Kirkland Brigham Young University
Janel Marx Brigham Young University
Rachel Naylor Brigham Young University
Thuy Nguyen University of Utah
Jacob Nibarger Brigham Young University
Jasmine Sears Brigham Young University
Joshua Stewart Brigham Young University
“We at Sallie Mae Bank are pleased to help these admirable local Utah students invest in their dreams of higher education,” said Mark Howard, president, Sallie Mae Bank. “It is our hope that these scholarships will help enable these ambitious undergraduates to succeed.”
Sallie Mae Bank, a subsidiary of Sallie Mae, funds and originates private education loans to students and families nationwide. Opened in November 2005, the bank is headquartered in Murray, Utah, and is regulated and its deposits insured by the FDIC.
For more information contact:
Erica Eriksdotter (703) 984-5628
SLM Corporation (NYSE:
SLM), commonly known as Sallie Mae, is the nation’s leading provider of saving, planning and paying for education programs. Through its subsidiaries, the company manages $192 billion in education loans and serves 10 million student and parent customers. Through its Upromise affiliates, the company also manages more than $21 billion in 529 college-savings plans, and is a major, private source of college funding contributions in America with 11 million members and more than $500 million in member rewards. Sallie Mae and its subsidiaries offer debt management services as well as business and technical products to a range of business clients, including higher education institutions, student loan guarantors and state and federal agencies. More information is available at
www.salliemae.com. SLM Corporation and its subsidiaries are not sponsored by or agencies of the United States of America.