Grace Polanski, a senior at Drew University in Madison, NJ, has been selected to receive a $3,500 scholarship from United Parcel Service. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Polanski of Wallington, N.J.

Polanski, a biochemistry major, is one of more than 665 UPS Scholars at private colleges and universities across the nation. The scholarships are funded by the UPS Educational Endowment Fund and administered by the Foundation for Independent Higher Education in Washington, D.C. FIHE operates the program locally in cooperation with the Independent College Fund of New Jersey.

This year the UPS fund distributed $2.3 million for its scholarship program, raising the total amount of scholarships awarded to over $32 million.

Evern Cooper, president of the UPS Foundation said, "the availability of quality, affordable higher education at schools such as Drew University is critical to establishing a talented and more diverse workforce."

Led by Thomas H. Kean, former two-term governor of New Jersey, Drew is an independent university of distinction committed to the liberal arts and to excellence in teaching. Drew student are among the best in the nation, recently winning a Rhodes Scholarship and the Jeopardy college championship on ABC television. More than 40 percent of students graduate in the top 10 percent of their high school classes and about a third of them in the top five percent.

Established in 1953, ICFNJ is an advocate for fourteen independent colleges and universities and helps them secure financial support. ICFNJ has helped raise more than $50 million for its member institutions over the past 50 years.