Glastonbury Student Wins Scholarship

GLASTONBURY, CT — A Glastonbury student has been awarded a $2000 scholarship to attend Bates College. The scholarship was awarded by Essity, a global hygiene and health company with local operations in Glastonbury, as part of the company's program to award scholarships to the children of employees.

Abigail Somosky won the award. The recipients were selected based on their academic achievements, demonstrated leadership and participation in school and community activities, honors, work experience, statement of goals and an outside appraisal, according to a statement.

This year, the students received a combined total of $75,000 in Essity scholarships to use toward their full-time education at an accredited U.S. or Canadian university for the 2021-22 school year. Since creating its annual scholarship program, Essity has given $826,000 to high school seniors and college students.