Elkins Park student Noelle Smith is receiving a 100K college scholarship to attend Howard University.

The Exelon Corporation and the Exelon Foundation have committed over 2 million dollars in scholarships to 24 college freshmen selected for the company’s HBCU Corporate Scholars Program. This program was launched in partnership with UNCF (United Negro College Fund) and aims to provide scholarships, internships experiences and career readiness training to students that are attending historically Black colleges and universities.

Each college freshman will receive $25,000 per year for four years. Students enrolled as freshman and lived in either Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania or Washington, D.C (areas serviced by Exelon) were eligible to apply.

“This gift is an exciting new venture for Exelon, and we thank them for this new program,” said Maurice E. Jenkins, Jr., executive vice president and chief development officer, UNCF. “Exelon has been and continues to be an active supporter of our mission for many years, and we look forward to growing and continuing our partnership.”