Tierney to Host "Academy Night 2011"
September 14, 2011
Danvers, MA—On Tuesday, September 20, at 7 p.m., Congressman John F. Tierney (D-MA) invites all high school students in Massachusetts's Sixth Congressional District who have an interest in learning more about the admissions process for one of the nation's service academies, to attend Academy Night 2011 on the Danvers Campus of North Shore Community College.
Students who wish to attend the U.S. Naval Academy, U.S. Air Force Academy, U.S. Military Academy or the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy must send a completed application packet to Congressman Tierney's Peabody district office by November 1st. During November, Congressman Tierney's Academy Review Board will evaluate each application; conduct interviews and make recommendations for names to be submitted for nomination to the respective academies in December. In order to be considered eligible, all applicants must be citizens of the United States, legal residents of the 6th District of Massachusetts, unmarried with no children and at least 17 years of age but no older than 23 as of July 1, 2012.
For more information about applying to any of the service academies, please contact Claudia Neidhardt in Congressman Tierney's office at 978-531-1669.
WHO:
Congressman John Tierney; and representatives from the
U.S. Naval Academy;
U.S. Air Force Academy;
U.S. Military Academy;
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy;
Maine Maritime Academy;
Massachusetts Maritime Academy; and
Norwich University.
WHEN: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 at 7:00 p.m.
WHERE: North Shore Community College
Health Professions Building, Room F119
1 Ferncroft Road, Danvers, MA
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