41 Members Receive Jack Kent Cooke Scholarships
Forty-one Phi Theta Kappa members have received 2008 Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
Scholarships, which provide up to $30,000 per year for baccalaureate degree
studies.
"Congratulations to these outstanding members,
whose exemplary scholarship, demonstrated leadership and commitment
to service has been rewarded by the Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship Program,"
said Phi Theta Kappa Executive Director Rod Risley. "We are proud to note
that 41 of the 46 recipients are Phi Theta Kappa members. We salute the Jack
Kent Cooke Foundation for their generosity in providing financial support
to these deserving two-year college students."
"And we are
extremely pleased that the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation has decided to help
these undergraduate scholars continue their education past the baccalaureate
degree. Beginning this year, all undergraduate scholars will receive
scholarships of $50,000 each for graduate studies," Risley continued.
"A
majority of the 2008 Jack Kent Cooke Scholars have held leadership positions
within Phi Theta Kappa, and have received Guistwhite and All-USA Academic
Team awards as well," Risley concluded.
The Jack Kent Cooke
Foundation annually invites community colleges to nominate two students
each for the Jack Kent Cooke Undergraduate Scholarships, the nation's
largest private scholarship for two-year college transfer students.
Since 2000 the Foundation has provided resources and support to high-achieving
students with limited financial means.
"At the top of our community
college classes is a tremendous talent pool, largely untapped by elite
colleges," said Joshua Wyner, Executive Vice President of the Jack Kent
Cooke Foundation. "Many of these students attend community college not
because they lack the academic talent for a four-year institution, but
because they lack the financial resources. While some top institutions
- from Amherst College to UC-Berkeley - have caught on, others are missing
out. The reality is that community college transfer students are often
the most determined, high-achieving students on four-year campuses.
What's more, they bring much needed diversity to our most selective higher
education institutions."
A complete listing of all scholarship
recipients and their profiles is available on the Jack
Kent Cooke Foundation website. Phi Theta Kappa members receiving
Jack Kent Cooke Scholarships include:
Chelsea Allen, Wallace
State Community College, Hanceville Campus, Alabama
Kiran Alvi,
Mount San Jacinto College, California
Nahiris Bahamon Fernandez,
College of DuPage, Illinois
Candice Bickett, Grossmont College,
California
Gerad Boucher, Quinsigamond Community College, Massachusetts
Rachel
Brewer, San Diego City College, California
Mikal Brotnov, Seattle
Community College, Central Campus, Washington
Maile Burkhalter,
Trinity Valley Community College, Texas
Joseph Burnett, Highline
Community College, Washington
Tsvetelina Churalska, Midland College,
Texas
Katelynn DeLuca, Suffolk County Community College, Western
Campus, New York
Aaron Dowden, Manchester Community College, Connecticut
David
Dutton, Lord Fairfax Community College, Virginia
Grady Fox, York
County Community College, Maine
Donna Gosbee, Laramie County Community
College, Wyoming
Alex Haley-Liu, Mount San Jacinto Community College,
California
Sarah Holland, Seminole Community College, Florida
Ramona
Indrebo, Pikes Peak Community College, Colorado
David Kariuki,
Essex County College, New Jersey
Becca Kuhn, Community College of
Baltimore County, Catonsville College, Maryland
Amanda Lassetter,
McLennan Community College, Texas
Christine Lucas, Monroe Community
College, New York
Candice Lynch, Northeast Alabama Community College,
Alabama
Rose Lynch, Tulsa Community College, Oklahoma
Fidel
Malena, Westchester Community College, New York
Paola Mariselli,
Broward Community College, Downtown Campus, Florida
Anton Martynenko,
Carl Albert State College, Oklahoma
Tiffany Mathis, Indian River
Community College, Florida
Erin McDonald, Century College, Minnesota
Christine
McHone, Sinclair Community College, Ohio
Bertheleau Ngakam, Essex
County College, New Jersey
Nasra Nimaga, San Diego Mesa College,
California
Ashley Odell, Manchester Community College, Connecticut
Candace
Payne, Palm Beach Community College, Florida
Katsiaryna Pleshankova,
Monroe Community College, New York
Deeneaus Polk, Mississippi Gulf
Coast Community College, Mississippi
Mark Sandberg, Madison Area
Community College, Truax Campus, Wisconsin
Sarah Santos, Broward
Community College, Downtown Campus, Florida
Alexandra Swidergal,
Cottey College, Missouri
Sarah Vasquez, Holyoke Community College,
Massachusetts
Kojo Wallace, City University of New York, Bronx Community
College, New York
Guidelines and applications for the 2009
Jack Kent Cooke Scholarships will be available on the Foundation
website in fall 2008.
