Butterfield Bank yesterday awarded two scholarships worth a total of $50,000 to Bermuda students.

The Sir Harry D. Butterfield Undergraduate Scholarship went to Maha Clarke, who will is enrolled at Queens University in North Carolina to study business and international relations.

The former Warwick Academy pupil plans to complete a Master’s degree in international business before she embarks on a law degree.

The Sir A. Dudley Spurling Postgraduate Scholarship went to Kai O’Doherty, who is enrolled in an MSc in comparative public policy at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland.

Mr O’Doherty is a recent graduate of McGill University in Canada, where he graduated with a BA in political science and international development studies.

Lee Simmons, chairman of Butterfield’s scholarship committee, said: “Encouraging talented young Bermudians to dream big and achieve more is a key part of why, for so many years, Butterfield has offered scholarships for postsecondary studies.

“Through the Sir Harry D. Butterfield undergraduate and Sir A. Dudley Spurling postgraduate scholarships, we’ve helped numerous students rise to their potential and inspire success in others.”

The awards are worth $25,000 each. The Sir Harry D Butterfield scholarship was set up in 1978 in honour of the bank’s late chairman, a former Rhodes scholar, and is awarded every year.

The Sir A Dudley Spurling award has been given annually since 1986 in memory of the former vice-chairman of the bank and a former politician.