New Orleans student receives memorial scholarship to attend Emory University

Washington, D.C. — The ICMA-RC has awarded a Public Employee Memorial Scholarship for the 2018-2019 academic year to New Orleans resident Cydni Holloway, the organization announced last week. She will attend Emory University.

ICMA-RC is a non-profit financial services corporation focused on providing retirement plans and other related services for public sector participants. In 2001, the ICMA-RC and its Board of Directors established the ICMA-RC Public Employee Memorial Scholarship Fund to support the children and spouses of local and state government employees who died in the line of duty.

“It is an honor to present Cydni with a scholarship to help further her education,” said ICMA-RC President and CEO and President of the ICMA-RC Vantagepoint Public Employee Memorial Scholarship Fund Bob Schultze. “The ICMA-RC Memorial Scholarship award honors the memory of Cydni’s father, Daryle Holloway, who made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty and pays tribute to all public employees who lost their lives serving their communities.”

Since its founding in 2001, the Fund has raised more than $1 million and has awarded annual scholarships to more than 300 students across the nation, according to the ICMA-RC.

In order to be eligible to receive a scholarship from the fund, individuals must be the child or spouse of a local or state government employee who has died in the line of duty and planning to study full-time at an accredited two- or four-year college or university, or vocational-technical school. Those awarded scholarships are selected based on such factors as financial need, academic record, demonstrated leadership in school and community activities, honors and work experience.

In total, 30 surviving children and spouses of fallen firefighters, police officers and other state and local public sector employees across the country have been awarded post-secondary educational scholarships for the coming academic year.

To learn more about the ICMA-RC Memorial Scholarship and the 2017/2018 recipients, visit www.icmarc.org/scholarship.

This article originally published in the August 13, 2018 print edition of The Louisiana Weekly newspaper.