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McDonald's provides tuition assistance to employees
Joe Nyanko, a McDonald's franchisee from Altoona, granted almost $45,000 in tuition assistance to his student employees last year through Archways To Opportunity.
McDonald's exclusive education program offers employees $2,500 per year to assist with tuition at a trade school, community college or traditional four-year college. To apply, students must have worked for McDonald's at least 90 days with an average of 15 hours per week.
Since it launched in 2015, Archways to Opportunity has provided more than $165 million in high school and college tuition assistance and increased access to education for nearly 75,000 people in the United States.
HUNTINGDON
Juniata College receives funds for STEM project
Juniata College has been awarded $1,199,981 from the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program of the National Science Foundation to fund a project, "Energizing STEM Teaching Across Rural Schools II."
The project, led by Kathy Jones, professor of education, and co-leads James D. White, the William I. and Zella B. Book professor of physics, and Leslie Leckvarcik, director of Juniata College's Science in Motion Program, is designed to address the national need for preparing highly trained STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) teachers in rural schools.
The project includes partnerships with five local districts -- Altoona, Huntingdon, Mount Union, Juniata Valley and Tyrone -- and integrates the Science in Motion program.
PITTSBURGH
F.N.B. declares quarterly dividend on common stock
F.N.B. Corp. has declared a quarterly cash dividend of 12 cents per share on its common stock. The dividend is payable on June 15 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on June 2.
The company has total assets of nearly $44 billion and approximately 350 banking offices throughout Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Washington, D.C., and Virginia.