SUNY Oswego Student Receives InVEST Scholarship

by Contributor | July 25, 2017 8:27 am

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia – InVEST, the insurance industry’s premier classroom to career education program, has awarded the Second Round Scholarship to Jeffrey Steinhoff, a student at State University of New York at Oswego.

The program is a key incentive in attracting new talent to the insurance industry which will have an estimated 400,000 open positions by 2020 and faces a critical workforce gap.

“InVEST congratulates Jeffrey Steinhoff who is among the 76 students representing 24 high schools, colleges and universities in eight states, who earned scholarships this year,” said Cindy Hower, InVEST board chair and president of Kellerman Insurance, an independent agency in Holton, Kansas. “InVEST develops future industry professionals by teaching high school and college students about insurance, risk management and financial services. As a result, students from more than 800 InVEST programs across the country are better equipped to pursue careers in an agency, company or other insurance industry organization.”

The Second Round Scholarship is awarded to previous InVEST scholarship recipients who are currently in college and have completed at least three years of college.

Their intended degree must relate to a career path within the insurance industry. These students are eligible for a $500 scholarship.

Steinhoff studies risk management at the State University of New York at Oswego. In 2015, when he was a student at McGraw Central High School in McGraw, NY, Steinhoff received a $1,000 InVEST scholarship.

Scholarship hopefuls from across the country submitted essays describing the influence and benefits of InVEST on their educational plans. The quality of the essay, combined with the applicant’s grade-point average and extracurricular activities, were factors in selecting the recipients. Scholarship checks are mailed directly to the institute of higher learning that each student is attending and will be used exclusively for educational expenses.

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