KOSCIUSKO — Comcast NBCUniversal announced that it has awarded $175,000 in scholarships for the 2018-19 school year.

This is part of its annual Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Program to 175 students in the Greater Chicago Region, which includes central and northern Illinois, northwest Indiana and southwest Michigan. The program, funded by the Comcast Foundation, is a one-time, $1,000 scholarship awarded to the best and brightest high school seniors for their community service, academic performance and leadership skills.

Local student Meredith Phipps of Warsaw Community High School is one of the 175 recipients of the scholarship.

“Leaders and Achievers Scholarship recipients exemplify leadership not only in academics but within their communities through service,” said John Crowley, Comcast’s regional senior vice president. “Comcast is honored to recognize their achievements and proud to support them as they continue their educational journeys.”

Recipients were recognized at an awards ceremony recently at Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry. Since 2001, more than $28 million has been awarded to nearly 27,000 high school seniors across the country as part of the Leaders and Achievers program.

The Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Program provides scholarships to students who strive to achieve their full potential, who are catalysts for positive change in their communities, who are involved in their schools, and who serve as models for their fellow students. The philosophy behind the program is to give young people every opportunity to prepare for the future and to engage them in their communities. The program also demonstrates the importance of civic involvement, and the value placed on civic involvement by the business community.