LARGEST SCHOLARSHIP FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS AND RECENT ALUMNI OFFERED

2009-11-02

DONNA ORACION, 6242-7403

The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation has opened the nominations process for the largest scholarships available to students and recent alumni from community colleges. Through the Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship program, the private foundation will award up to $30,000 annually per recipient to help students and recent alumni from community and two-year institutions pursue four-year degrees at any accredited college or university in the United States and abroad. Last year, the Foundation received over 480 nominations for these awards. Interested ENMU-Roswell students should have application packets in by the deadline of January 4, 2010. For more information, students should contact Mike Jimenez at 624-7157 or by email at mike.jimenez@roswell.enmu.edu The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation scholarships can provide funding for tuition, room and board, required fees, and books for the length of the undergraduate degree, generally two years. Each award can total up to $30,000 annually, although the amounts will vary based on such factors as the cost of the institution each recipient attends. The Foundation plans to award approximately 30 scholarships through this program in spring 2010. Awards will be renewed each year based on student performance. Current students are eligible, as are alumni who earned a degree from a community or two-year institution since spring 2005, and have not transferred to a four-year college. All candidates for the scholarship must be nominated by the faculty representative at their institution. The deadline for nominations is January 26, 2010. The list of faculty representatives and application materials and information is available at the Foundation’s website, www.jkcf.org