Gateway Metro Federal Credit Union, Florissant, Mo., awarded four graduating high school seniors with $1,000 Judith A. Lowe Memorial Scholarships at the credit union’s annual meeting.

Emily Brown, Elizabeth Connor, Amanda DeWitt, and Tiffany Hennings were chosen based on their high school accomplishments, volunteer activities and their plans for using financial savvy to make their futures brighter. Applicants also turned in recommendation letters and an essay on the importance of financial education. The credit union has awarded $21,000 in scholarships to high school seniors since the program began six years ago. Gateway Metro Federal’s scholarship program is part of a larger financial education initiative. Gateway Metro Federal has elementary-school student-assisted credit union branches at Our Lady of Guadalupe School, St. Ferdinand School and Christ, Light of the Nations School. The credit union also operates a branch at Gateway Institute of Technology (a St. Louis City public school).Gateway Metro Federal’s scholarships are named for Judith A. Lowe, president of Gateway Metro Federal Credit Union, then called Gateway Telco Credit Union, from 1983 through the early 1990s.

Greater TEXAS Federal Credit Union, Bastrop, Texas, recently presented graduating seniors from Bastrop, Elgin and Smithville high schools with their B.E.S.T. scholarship checks. The scholarship recipients received $500 each to go toward furthering their education and their college tuition. The winning students were Samantha Moore, Bastrop High School; Colin Ashby, Elgin High School; and Megan Spears, Smithville High School.

Gulf Winds Federal Credit Union, Pensacola, Fla., announced the recipients of the 2012 Gulf Winds Scholarship Program. The award is a $2,500 scholarship to assist three deserving credit union members who are high school graduates and are beginning their first-year of undergraduate education. The scholarships will provide a one-time award for use at any accredited college, university or trade school. The awardees were Kristie Henderson, Olivia Bachman and Madyson Tumblin. Henderson is a senior at Flomaton High School. She has been accepted for admission to Jefferson Davis Community College where she will complete her general studies and then transfer to Troy University to pursue a career in journalism. Bachman is a senior at Pace High School and is also dual enrolled at Pensacola State College. She has been accepted for admission to the University of South Florida to pursue a degree in nursing. Madyson Tumblin is a senior at Pace High School and is also dual enrolled at Pensacola State College. She has been accepted at the Florida State University to pursue a degree in nutrition and food science.

MAX Credit Union, Montgomery, Ala., through its MAX4Kids Foundation, recognized 10 graduating seniors from the River Region by presenting each with a $5,000 MAX4Kids Scholarship. A committee of area college educators met and chose the recipients based on scholastic achievement, extra-curricular activities, qualities of character and leadership, and essay responses. Since 2001, the MAX4Kids Foundation has awarded $240,000 in scholarships to 120 high school seniors from the River Region.

UNITED SA Federal Credit Union, SAN ANTONIO, has awarded a total of $2,000 in scholarships to four high school seniors. Four local students and their parents were recognized at an honorary reception at the credit union’s headquarters. The winners were Katarina Bujnoch from Boerne High School, Jaquelin Hurst from Marshall High School, Brooke Kosub from East Central High School and Tamar Shelby from Stevens High School. This is the sixth year that UNITED SA has offered a scholarship program. Students are chosen based on academics, leadership, community service and personal recommendations.