31 Society Members Receive 2008 Rankin Foundation Scholarships
Thirty-one members of Phi Theta Kappa have received new or renewed 2008
Jeannette Rankin Foundation Scholarships of approximately $2,000.
The
Jeannette Rankin Foundation provides financial assistance to mature
women who have been motivated to change their lives through education but
face financial challenges. A limited number of Family Scholarships are
awarded to children of Jeannette Rankin Foundation scholars. The program
is named for the first woman elected to the United States Congress.
Applications
for 2009 Jeannette Rankin Foundation awards will be available on the Foundation website
on November 1. More information concerning application guidelines and
selection factors are also listed on the Foundation
website.
Society members receiving 2008 Jeannette
Rankin Foundation awards, and the community colleges they attended, follow.
Sherri Allen, Jefferson Community College, New York
Rose
Bahr, Rogue Community College, Oregon
Holly Bloesser, Sacramento
City College, California
Mary Brooks, Berkshire Community College,
Massachusetts
Melissa Brooks, Arkansas State University - Mountain
Home
Robin Burris, Trident Technical College, South Carolina
Trina
Butler, Richland Community College, Texas
Laura Coblentz, Parkland
College, Illinois
Tara Cooper, Paradise Valley Community College,
Arizona
Georgina Courtney, San Antonio College, Texas
Jane
Dillon, New Hampshire Technical Institute
Sherry Graves, National
Park Community College, Arkansas
Dawn Hampton, Manatee Community
College, Florida
Devorah Hayman, Gateway Community College, Arizona
Cheryl
Jackson, Cleveland State Community College, Tennessee
Cheryl Lewis,
Genesee Community College, New York
K. Lievers, Pueblo Community
College, Colorado
Pamela Lindsey, Owensboro Community and Technical
College, Kentucky
Shirley McDonald, Des Moines Area Community College,
Iowa
Shauna McElroy, Folsom Lake College, California
Julie
Mertes, Mt. Hood Community College, Oregon
Tara Nevill, Volunteer
State Community College, Tennessee
Carmen Ortiz, Truckee Meadow
Community College, Nevada
Nilea Rohrer-Parvin, Austin Community
College, Texas
M. Salchert, Tulsa Community College, Oklahoma
G.
Snell, Sacramento City College, California
Christina Stanton,
Butler Community College, Kansas
Amanda Star, Harry S. Truman College,
Illinois
Tanya Vitale, St. Louis Community College, Missouri
Suzanne
Zwecker, Finger Lakes Community College, New York
Phi Theta
Kappa member Joshua Spaccarotelli from Wenatchee Valley College in Washington
received a Family Scholars award.
