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Five Colorado High School Students Win College Scholarships from Key Equipment Finance after Completing CU’s Business Leadership Program
SUPERIOR, Colo. – July 7, 2004 – Five Colorado high school students are one step closer to making their college aspirations a reality after attending a one-week Business Leadership Program at the University of Colorado at Boulder’s Leeds School of Business. Each of the five students earned scholarships from Superior, Colo.-based Key Equipment Finance, an affiliate of KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY).
Scholarship winners are:
- Arpeeneh Adamian, Standley Lake High School, Westminster, Colo.,
- Jonathan Bosunga, Northglenn High School, Westminster, Colo.,
- Alycia Boyd, Hayden High School, Hayden, Colo.,
- Monica Kumar, Smoky Hill High School, Aurora, Colo., and
- Bradley Rice, Air Academy High School, Colorado Springs, Colo.
Each student listed above won a $1,500 scholarship to CU’s Leeds School of Business from Key Equipment Finance, the primary sponsor of the Business Leadership Program, for their efforts as a team to develop the best marketing plan for a local business. All plans included a print ad, video campaign and PowerPoint presentation.
All participating students demonstrated leadership potential, possessed an interest in business-related fields and maintained excellent academic standards. In addition, all of the students were prospective first-generation college students whose parents did not attend college, are economically disadvantaged or are members of groups typically underrepresented in the college environment.
The students were among 25 of their peers who were selected by the Leeds School of Business to get a firsthand look at the rigors of college life while learning key business and leadership skills. While staying in student housing on the CU campus recently, participants met with local business leaders, toured various corporations, attended lectures and interacted with current CU students.
“We commend all of this year’s Business Leadership participants,” said Paul A. Larkins, president and CEO of Key Equipment Finance and member of the Business Advisory Council for the CU-Boulder Leeds School of Business. “Congratulations to Arpeeneh, Jonathan, Alycia, Monica and Bradley for standing out among this exceptionally talented and mature group. Each of these young men and women will make excellent college students and business leaders.”
About Key Equipment Finance
Key Equipment Finance is an affiliate of KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY) and provides business-to-business equipment financing solutions to businesses of many types and sizes. They focus on four distinct markets:
- businesses of all sizes in the U.S. and Canada (from small business to large corporate);
- equipment manufacturers, distributors and value-added resellers worldwide;
- federal, provincial, state and local governments as well as other public sector organizations; and
- lease advisory services for manufacturers' captive leasing and finance companies.
Headquartered outside Boulder, Colorado, Key Equipment Finance oversees a $9 billion equipment portfolio with annual originations of approximately $3.9 billion. The company has major management and operations bases in Toronto, Ontario; Albany, New York; London, England; and Sydney, Australia. The company, which operates in 24 countries and employs more than 600 people worldwide, has been in the equipment financing business for more than 30 years. Additional information regarding Key Equipment Finance, its products and services can be obtained online at KEFonline.com.
Cleveland-based KeyCorp is one of the nation's largest bank-based financial services companies, with assets of approximately $84 billion. Key companies provide investment management, retail and commercial banking, consumer finance, and investment banking products and services to individuals and companies throughout the United States and, for certain businesses, internationally. The company's businesses deliver their products and services through KeyCenters and offices; a network of nearly 2,200 ATMs; telephone banking centers (1.800.KEY2YOU); and a Web site, Key.com(R), that provides account access and financial products 24 hours a day.
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