Gwangju Bank Holds 2020 Scholarship Certificate Award Ceremony

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Bank (President Song Jong-wook) announced on the 27th that on the 26th, at the head office, Gwangju Bank President Song Jong-wook, Kim Yang-gyun, Chairman of the Gwangju Bank Scholarship Foundation, and scholarship students of the Gwangju Bank Scholarship Foundation attended the 2020 Gwangju Bank Scholarship Foundation Scholarship Certificate Award Ceremony.

Gwangju Bank established the Gwangju Bank Scholarship Foundation as a foundation corporation in 1981 and has provided scholarships worth a total of 3.3 billion KRW to more than 4,000 local scholarship students to date.

At this scholarship certificate award ceremony, 104 students from the Gwangju and Jeonnam regions, who were recommended by high schools, universities, local governments, and other institutions, and who demonstrated excellent academic performance and exemplary conduct, were selected as scholarship students and awarded a total of 130 million KRW in scholarships.

Due to strengthened social distancing measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19, only representative scholarship students by school and grade attended the ceremony. Gift sets produced by the local social enterprise Seton Bakery were delivered, practicing mutual growth with the local community by supporting local products.

Gwangju Bank President Song Jong-wook said, "Despite many difficulties in studies due to COVID-19, we will take the lead as the representative bank of Gwangju and Jeonnam to nurture local talents so that local youth and young adults who are dedicated to their studies can grow into key talents leading our region."

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