BUIES CREEK — Danielle Barnes of Scotland Neck, N.C., has been named the recipient of the 2012 Direct Aid Scholarship from Wright Investors’ Service, Inc. and Campbell University’s Lundy-Fetterman School of Business. Barnes is a junior at Campbell University, where she’s a trust and wealth management and pre-law major in the Lundy-Fetterman School of Business.
The Direct Aid Scholarship awards a $2,500 scholarship each year to one deserving student. Criteria for applicants include a GPA of 3.00 or greater, junior status in the Lundy-Fetterman School of Business and completion of a 2,000-word essay. This year’s essay topic was “Trust Departments and Brokerage Departments owned by the Same Bank – Friends of Foes?”
The scholarship contest was developed to encourage and award academic excellence for students pursuing studies in the areas of business, trust and finance.
Wright Investors’ Service, Inc. is an internationally recognized investment management firm based in Milford, Conn. For more than 50 years, Wright has had a history of service to institutions, bank trust departments and individual investors in helping them achieve their investment and financial goals.