26 Members Are 2009 Jack Kent Cooke Scholars
Twenty-six Phi Theta Kappa members have received 2009 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 26 of the 30 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.
"The Jack Kent
Cooke Foundation also will provide these undergraduate scholars additional
scholarships of $50,000 each for graduate studies," Risley continued.
Members who received 2009 Jack Kent Cooke Scholarships are:
Alessandro
A. Bailetti, Pensacola Junior College, Florida
Benjamin Bingham,
Florida College, Florida
Jose I. Carvajal-Regidor, Johnson
County Community College, Kansas
Anahi Cortada, Miami-Dade
College, Florida
Callistus N. Ditah, Normandale Community
College, Minnesota
Yiqing L. Dong, College of DuPage, Illinois
Jacob
Ferina, Madison Area Technical College-Truax, Wisconsin
Iolanda
Ferrara, Massasoit Community College, Massachusetts
Derval
A. Hamilton, Catawba Valley Community College, North Carolina
Kelly
Hargesheimer, Oklahoma State University-OKC, Oklahoma
Karina
Hermawan, East Los Angeles College, California
Veselina Hristova,
Cottey College, Missouri
Fawn Leipold, Community College
of Baltimore County, Maryland
Julio Maldonado-Garcia, Canada
College, California
Shamil Mirzoev, Rochester Community
& Technical College, Minnesota
Promise Olomo, Prince George's
Community College, Maryland
Sally Rodriguez, Seminole Community
College, Florida
Edward J. Sawyer, Northern Virginia Community
College, Virginia
Monirath Siv, Cerritos College, California
Neida
Soto, Andrew College, Georgia
Xiwen Wang, Mount San Antonio
College, California
Brian M. Watson, Mississippi Gulf Coast
Community College, Mississippi
Victoria White, Georgia Perimeter
College, Georgia
John M. Windham, Pima County Community College
District, Arizona
Richael Young, College of San Mateo, California
Kiro
Yovkov, Florida Keys Community College, Florida
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.
