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Nissan Awards $50,000 in College Scholarships

14 May 1998

Nissan Awards $50,000 in College Scholarships to Project Excellence Scholars

    WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Nissan North America, Inc.  will award
college scholarships totaling $50,000 to five Washington area students tonight
during the 11th annual Project Excellence dinner at the Capitol Hilton hotel.
    Project Excellence, founded by syndicated journalist Carl T. Rowan in
1987, was designed to encourage black high school scholars to excel
academically to counter negative peer pressures that ridiculed black students
who worked hard to get good grades and who excelled in the use of the English
language.  Nissan has participated in the program for three years, donating
$165,000.
    "These students should be commended not only for their outstanding
academic accomplishments but for their courage in overcoming negative peer
pressure for making good grades," said Ed Lewis, a Nissan Corporate
Communications Manager based in Washington.  "Nissan avidly supports education
programs aimed at motivating young to demonstrate leadership potential.
That's why we are thrilled to be partners with Project Excellence."

    The five Nissan scholarship recipients are:
    * Vanessa Adrien, Washington International School
    * Zachary Bodine, Landon School
    * Stephanie Bowles, Frederick Douglass High School
    * Tiffany Johnson, Paint Branch High School
    * Jeanne Lewis, Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School

    The donation was made under the Nissan Neighbors program, a corporate-wide
umbrella for Nissan's corporate giving.  The program was created to
demonstrate Nissan's commitment to the communities in which it operates
nationwide.
    In North America, Nissan's operations include styling, engineering,
manufacturing, sales, consumer and corporate financing, and industrial and
textile equipment.  Nissan in North America employs more than 20,000 people in
the United States, Canada and Mexico, and generates more than 70,000 jobs
through more than 1,500 Nissan and Infiniti dealerships across the continent.
    More information on Nissan in North America and the complete line of
Nissan and Infiniti vehicles can be found online at http://www.nissan-na.com.

SOURCE  Nissan North America, Inc.