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December 16, 2008
Local Community College Students and Recent Alumni Eligible to Apply for Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Transfer Scholarships
Nominees may include exceptional Calhoun Community College students with financial need
The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation has opened the nomination process for the largest scholarships available to students and recent alumni from community colleges. Through the initiative, called 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 600 nominations for these awards.
While 45 percent of all college students in the US attend community colleges, few private funds are available to help top community college students transfer to four-year institutions, in spite of their high levels of ability and need. 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, though the amounts will vary based on such factors as the cost of the institution each recipient attends.
The Foundation plans to award approximately 50 scholarships through this program in spring 2009. The Foundation will renew awards each year based upon student performance. Current students are eligible, as are alumni who earned a degree from a community or two-year institution since spring 2004 and have not since transferred to a four-year college.
The application deadline is January 20, 2009. All candidates for the scholarship must be nominated by the faculty representative at their community or two-year institution. The faculty representative for Calhoun Community College is Dr. Kermit Carter, Dean of Student Affairs, 256-306-2613 or klc@calhoun.edu. The list of faculty representatives from other institutions as well as application materials is available on the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation website at www.jkck.org.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Janet Kincherlow-Martin
Director of Public Relations
(256) 306-2561
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