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Western Union announces winner
Essay competition
WSN Bureau
ENGLEWOOD,
COLORADO :
The Western
Union Company (NYSE: WU), a worldwide leader in money transfer
services, has announced the winner of the "Western Union South Asia
Essay Competition," conducted in April 2008. The winner was
Adelphi
University
student Nitin Chatriniyom. Adelphi University will receive a check
in the amount of $5,000 in Nitin's name towards his tuition.
The essay
competition, which ran in April, was open to US legal residents, 18
years or older and enrolled in a NY/NJ public or private collage or
graduate school at the time of entry, and in 200 words or less
answered the question, "What do you think the benefits are of
sending money through a regulated money transmitter like Western
Union?" Over 35 essays were submitted.
In his essay,
Nitin wrote, "Companies like Western Union make it so much easier
and convenient to send/receive money across the world within
minutes." He cautioned readers about the risks of using unregulated
or private agents noting dangers such as losing the money, privacy
concerns and having others make assumptions about your financial
standing by knowing how much money is sent.
Three runners-up
also received prizes, picked especially for them from items that are
available to members of the Western Union® Gold Card Rewards
Program. The first runner up, Kedar Telang from NYU, received a
backpack; the second runner up, Saboor Atrafi from
Columbia
University, received a $125 Best Buy Gift Card; and the third runner
up, Sandesh Tuladhar from Adelphi University, received an Ipod Nano.
Western Union
for its internship program is inviting students to become a part of
the process by submitting resumes for company's Montvale, New Jersey
location. Western Union's senior recruiter, Stephanie Gray,
grassroots marketing manager, Mohit Bijlani, and marketing manager,
Dave Majumdar, met with the applicants and sieved through their
resumes and profiles. The internship is open to senior and graduate
students working towards a major in marketing with a GPA of 3.0 or
higher. Resumes for the internship program are being accepted via
email, addressed to mohit.bijlani@westernuion.com. To be eligible,
resumes must be received by 11:59 pm
on May
15, 2008.
21
May,
2008
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