Senator Lieberman establishes college scholarship program

On the cusp of his January retirement from the U.S. senate, venerable Connecticut Independent Joe Lieberman founded the Joe Lieberman Connecticut Scholarship Program, according to a report from NBC.

"With this new scholarship program, I hope to help future generations of Connecticut students have the same kind of opportunities in college, and after that, I've had," said Lieberman, at the state Capitol, according to the news source.

NBC goes on to explain that the organization will provide $1,500 in financial aid for school to as many as five Connecticut-based high school seniors on their way to an institution of higher learning - either a college or a technical school. Some of the cash for these college scholarship opportunities comes from unspent campaign contributions. Students are encouraged to apply as early as possible, as only the first 500 applications will be processed.  

Lieberman's is most famous for an almost successful bid to become vice president alongside then-presidential hopeful Democrat Al Gore in 2000. According to the Washington Post, Lieberman feels his former party has strayed from its origins as a "foreign policy/national security party."

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