The Head Boy of St. Columb’s College in Derry has been selected to participate in this year’s Sutton Trust US Programme.
While there, Conal Fagan will take part in a summer school at Yale University, with a university fair hosted at Harvard University.
He will spend a week living on campus and will visit a number of other US universities in the area.
It is hoped he will benefit from residential activities and receive an intensive programme of support, delivered by the US-UK Fulbright Commission – Education USA over the coming months.
This will cover admission tests, college choices and help with his application.
The programme is made possible through support from its founding corporate partner, Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
Their investment is matched by Peter Baldwin and Lisbet Rausing who have generously supported the programme since its launch.
The programme is also supported by Jerry del Missier, the London Stock Exchange Group Foundation, Big Change Charitable Trust and EducationUSA.
Conal said he was excited at the prospect of his week-long visit to America.
College principal, Finbar Madden, said he was delighted for Conal and hoped he would realise his ambition to study at an American University in the near future.
Conal is the third student in three years to have been selected for this prestigious programme. Matthew Peoples (Yale) and Jack McGeehan (Claremont McKenna) will begin their undergraduate studies in America this coming autumn.
Conal was recently awarded first place in the Life Advocate Awards, a national essay competition set up to encourage research and critical-thinking on human rights and right to life issues.
Photo shows Conal receiving his Life Advocate Award from Micky Harte, manager of the Tyrone senior GAA football team.
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