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EHS Volleyball co-captain wins George Keverian Foundation Scholarship on the 108th Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide at the Massachusetts State House

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  Said Soaib, an Everett High School senior, was awarded $5,000 in a George Keverian Foundation Scholarship during a ceremony for the 108th Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide at the Massachusetts State House in Boston last Friday morning. He plans to study neuroscience at Boston College in Chestnut Hill with plans to be a neurosurgeon.

  “I am hyped,” Soaib said. “I will use it for supplies.”

  Soaib is involved on the volleyball team, as an outside hitter and co-captain, Helping Hands At Work and the American Red Cross.

  Nora Suren, who is an international student from Turkey obtaining her Ph. D. at UMass, received the Armenian scholarship.

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Members of the Keverian family congratulated EHS scholarship recipient Said Soaib (second from right). Shown in no particular order are, Niari, Ani, Diane and George Keverian, Ward 6 Councillor Alfred Lattanzi, Soaib, Jack, Dorothy and Kenneth Keverian, Armenian scholarship recipient Nora Suren and Lee Dillon.
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Ward 6 Councillor Al Lattanzi with the award recipients, Said Soaib and Nora Suren during the recent scholarship presentation at the State House.
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Pictured from left to right are scholarship recipient Said Soaib, State Representative Donald Wong and Ward 6 Councillor Alfred Lattanzi.
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Scholarship winner Said Soaib and Ward 6 Councillor Alfred Lattanzi, who chose Soaib as the scholarship recipient

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