Marblehead Rotary Club Awards Scholarships

The Marblehead Rotary Club has six scholarship recipients that have just been announced. The Marblehead Rotary Club gives out four to five one-year $1400 scholarships and one $1000 four-year Barbara and Randy Goodwin Memorial Scholarship each spring. The recipients are as follows:

Eli Neuman-Hammond will be going to Brown University. He is graduating from the John Dewey Academy with a 3.98 GPA.

Liam Gillis will be going to St. Anselm College. During her time at Marblehead High School, she was the captain of the varsity football, hockey and lacrosse teams. She also volunteered at summer sports camps and at Special Olympics programs.

Jennifer Nyemba Mulombe will be going to UMass Amherst and hopes to become a pediatric surgeon. Born in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mulombe moved to the United States in 2005 and she graduated from Marblehead High School with a 3.7 GPA.

Grace Virginia Perry was the editor in chief of the Headlight, the Marblehead High School newspaper. She graduated with a 3.79 GPA and she is heading to UMass Amherst.

Nicholas George Carr will be going to Boston College. He graduated with a 4.4 GPA and was involved in many community service projects as an Eagle Scout.

Finally, this year’s Barbara and Randy Goodwin Scholarship went to Kirstin Rohde. She will be going to the University of Arizona to pursue a degree in criminal justice.