Srista Tripathi Henrico High School Cady Gibbs Lone Star College System Victoria Aderibigbe Essex County College The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation announced today the semifinalists for its highly competitive. Kenneth Black Jr. Carver Early College Every year, around 60 students are chosen for the scholarship. Ali Khan Stephen T. Mather High School Jasleen Sihota Venture Academy Eva Tsitohay Montgomery College Anna Zhao Josiah Quincy Upper School, Zaharaa Altwaij Crestwood High School Salamot Balogun Thornridge High School 44 states and the District of Columbia, according to the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation. Yara Abazah Bergen Community College Kimberly Munoz Bard High School Early College II Daniella Clayborn Alpharetta High School Victoria Ignacio Cypress College Nick Jimenez William R Boone High School Tammy Le Wilson Central High School La Ramos Rachel Carson High School for Coastal Studies Jialin Jiang Independence High School Tara Aiache Reynaud Santa Monica College Maia Roothaan Evanston Township High School drive these students have exhibited during such an unprecedented year.. Ashlee Tan Bard High School Early College II Patricia Bessie Hilltop High School Yasir Mahboba Northern Virginia Community College Christopher Hughes Jackson High School The Foundation has also provided $119.5 million in grants to organizations that serve such students. Since 2000, the Foundation has awarded over $222 million in scholarships to over 2,800 students from 8th grade through graduate school, along with comprehensive educational advising and other support services. Harshal Bharatia Plano Senior High School Brandon Rios Miami Dade College Umang Bhojani Washtenaw Community College Dania Taki San Diego Miramar College Ronaldo Atiencia Malverne High School Paige Gonzales Truman High School Shekinah Glory Peter Mba East Orange Campus High School Kai Lyn Weaver Lacordaire Academy Secondary Division, Hawthorn Bolger-Witherspoon Bosque School Paloma Del Valle Santa Teresa High School Kieu Dao Cape Coral High School Leena Seyam Northern Virginia Community College Minjae Eum Loveless Academic Magnet Program High School Ash Anders South Sumter High School Anna Peeples Alabama School of Mathematics and Science, Alexis Aguirre Tucson Magnet High School Jason Chen Kingston High School Suhaah Nadir Cypress Creek High School Julia Anelli City University of New York: Borough of Manhattan Community College Ian Song Cleveland High School Belem Oseguera College of DuPage Pahola Mercedes Nova City Colleges of Chicago: Wilbur Wright College Isa Alvarado Coral Reef Senior High School Cristine Chen L & N STEM Academy Isaac Yoo Creekview High School Students applied from all 50 states, as well as the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, Northern Marianas,the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa. Eunice Chon Howard High School Jeff Cervantes Mendoza Reynolds High School The Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship seeks to increase the number of community college students completing their education at top four-year institutions. Sihle Mthethwa Orange County High School Ava Quasney Munster High School Angel Obiorah Community College of Baltimore County Kha Hoai Bao Vu Middlesex County College Jessica Gao Ruben S Ayala High School Raj Pabari Classical Academy High School Dani Mejia Aguilar John F Kennedy High School Hema Patel John P Stevens High School Madelyn Moore Irving High School Franklyn Johnson Prince Georges Community College Giannka Picache California Academy of Mathematics and Science Marisol Chavez Alliance Heritage College-Ready Academy High School Geneva Tackie Northern Virginia Community College 9 Wright College Students Are Named. Research. Neville Scott Dallas College Mountain View Campus Chela Cunningham Severn School Halona Dantes Fayetteville Technical Community College Rebekah Withrow Germanna Community College Citlali Salas Mater Lakes Academy High School Payne Graves Houlka Attendance Center The Foundation has also provided $115 million in grants to organizations that serve such students. Sonia Barbosa Ibarra Irving High School Mikayla Merin Springside Chestnut Hill Academy The 2021 Cooke College Scholarship recipients will be announced in April. Helen Cala Guerra Sarasota High School Graciana Doster Enterprise High School Paola Calleyro Miami Dade College Trevor Fortier Archbishop Hannan High School 17 additional Cooke College Scholar Semifinalists did not opt into publicity. Diana Ochoa-Chavez Salinas High School Muna Al Haj Ali Waubonsee Community College, Heather Merrill Marshalltown Community College Paola Reyes Thomas Jefferson High School Cooke Transfer Scholars are selected based on their exceptional academic ability and achievement, financial need, persistence, service, and leadership. Emmanuella Osei Wilde Lake High School Good luck to our semi-finalists! Alexia Guevara Prince Georges Community College Karley Yung Washtenaw International High School, Edward Adams Blake School Northrup Campus Sukya Williams Medgar Evers College Preparatory High School The Kailey Morand Clear Springs High School Amanda Suarez Hialeah Gardens High School Rachel Okrey Red Rocks Community College, Tran Long Doan Manchester Community College, Maram Baider Northern Virginia Community College, Noah MacDonald Broward College Daisy Jimenez Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School Yerahm Hong North Oconee High School Isaiah DeLeon Jersey Village High School Deidre Mitchell Grand Rapids Community College Virginia Hunt Hume-Fogg Academic High School Ilona Demura-Gregory Walters State Community College, Kaothar Olateju Dallas College Brookhaven Campus Rocio Diarte Ortiz City University of New York: Borough of Manhattan Community College Conrad Ontimara Slidell High School Kayle Orantes Woods Cross High School Lyric Larson Caldwell Early College High School Djine Mentor New Visons Charter High School Advanced Math & Science II Fardouza Farah Owatonna High School Fayeze Salih Lincoln Park High School Melanie Gonzalez TERRA Environmental Research Institute Learn more: jkcf.org Kylah Cain-Ward Edgewood Senior High School Anisha Tasfia Los Angeles Valley College Article By: Staff Naomy Noguez Valencia College www.jkcf.org, Media Contact: Julia Nelson, 571-799-8067, media@jkcf.org. Dezirae Rodriguez Tarrant County College Miguel Graupera Coral Reef Senior High School Jamison Costolnick John P Stevens High School in April. Luis Garcia Chavez, Omar Garcia, Andres Reyna, and McKenzie Russell are among 406 semifinalists across 398 community colleges in 44 states and the District of Columbia. Ethan Garcia Santa Teresa High School Kevin Keyser Davidson County Community College The Foundation has also provided $115 million in grants to organizations that serve such students. David Han Arnold O. Beckman High School Michelle Andrade Heritage High School Marbella Deininger Alexander W. Dreyfoos School Of The Arts Mohammad Muntakim Cass Technical High School Jessi Yu Lowell High School Sarah Rad Baltimore City College Preston Hong Saddleback College Imaan Chaudhry Saint Catharine Academy Yet, at the nations top colleges, only five percent have transferred from a community college. Michael Fuentes North Babylon High School Imani Ackerman Suffolk County Community College Davidson High School Mamadou Diallo City University of New York: Borough of Manhattan Community College Shea Linton Cheraw High School Research commissioned by the Foundation found that community college students who transfer to selective institutions have equal to or higher graduation rates as students who enrolled directly from high school or transferred from four-year institutions. Carlos Oros Gaston College Cindy Liu Fiorello H Laguardia High School of Music, Art and Performing Arts Andrea De Freitas Doral Academy Charter High School Dechen Cohen Georgia Cyber Academy Alexsovan Hory Lamar Consolidated High School Noah Nguyen Shoreline Community College Mishel Almaleh South Broward High School Craig Jacobson-Immelt La Lumiere School Aug 2020 - Present2 years 8 months. Zahra Virani Clear Brook High School Talia Fragoso Miami Dade College Sabirah Mahmud Academy At Palumbo Abshir Mohamed North Hennepin Community College, Diana Salinas Itawamba Community College Zoe Groh Biloxi High School Graci Buxton-Netterville Lumberton High School Samiha Syed College of DuPage Mechack Bakana Phoenix College, Rafael Valdovinos Allan Hancock College Bagul Mammedova Jamestown Community College February 2023 Newsletter. The final Jack Kent Cooke scholars will be announced in April. Xiwei Huang Brooklyn Latin School Nino Sikharulidze Brooklyn Technical High School Through this award, the Foundation supports exceptionally talented community college students seeking to complete their bachelors degrees. Joel Castro Herbert Hoover High School Bereket Birbo White Station High School Kevin Tran Central High School Eric Zhong Cypress Bay High School, George Adae-Mensah Archer High School Yuliana Chavez El Rancho High School Sandra Quintana East Stroudsburg Area High School North Melissa Rodriguez Garcia Essex County College semifinalists for prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarships Adoum Allamine Hudson County Community College Byron Hall Livingston Collegiate Academy Tina Huang Phillips Exeter Academy Jeongmin Lee Prospect High School Maria Leal Baton Rouge Magnet High School Lauryn Castano Northside Health Careers High School Keidy Palma Ramirez El Dorado High School All rights reserved. Cecilia Wu Franklin High School, Rinnah Acquaye West Catholic Prepartory High School In addition to financial award, Transfer Scholars have access to comprehensive academic Auria Lee South Eugene High School Melissa Fonseca Nightingale-Bamford School Loam Shin Georgia Perimeter College Rosa Sanchez Hartnell College Asonme Fozong City Colleges of Chicago: Wilbur Wright College Sheidy Rios-Vazquez Walter M Williams High School The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation is dedicated to advancing the education of exceptionally promising students who have financial need. Leah Santiago Gateway Regional High School, Ronny Abdullah Edsel B. Ford High School Since 2000, the Foundation has awarded over $230 million in scholarships to more than 2,930 students from 8th grade through graduate school, along with comprehensive educational advising and other support services. Moh Suufi Peachtree Ridge High School Resources for current scholars and alumni to thrive together. Fizza Afreen Lone Star College System Caileb Duval Pamlico County High School Elizabeth Hitchcock Wharton County Junior College, Jose Organista Salt Lake Community College, Brendan Grimes Blue Ridge Community College Jan 5 There's still time to submit your application for the Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship! Yuliia Lane Oakland Community College Katie Peters Los Angeles Valley College Abdoul-hanane Gbadamassi City University of New York: Borough of Manhattan Community College Jayden Huynh-Vuong Glen Allen High School Orlagh Bewley Long Beach City College Mariana Gracia Leon Lone Star College System Juan Guerrero City Colleges of Chicago: Harold Washington College Amaree Walker Central Gwinnett High School Ashis Dhakal East High School, Olvin Abrego Ayala Herndon High School Allen Lin Carol Martin Gatton Academy of Math and Science in Kentucky Jasmine Mace MAST at FIU Biscayne Bay Campus Fabio Quezada Alliance Susan & Eric Smidt Technology High School Amidu Jalloh Valencia College Hayden Nguyen Lone Star College System Student selected as semifinalist for Jack Kent Cooke Transfer Scholarship Morehead City, N.C. (March 3, 2022) - Carteret Community College is proud to announce Associate in Science student, Brittney Moore was selected as a semifinalist for the Jack Kent Cooke Transfer Scholarship. Rehab Jadallah Fordson High School Lansdowne, VA The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation announced the selection of 411 high school seniors as semifinalists for the prestigious Cooke College Scholarship. Cecilia Bachmann Pasadena City College Sydney Jackson Saint Philips College Early College High School Victor Attah Manlius-Pebble Hill School Marcos Montoya Andrade Mount Vernon High School Belinda Kumi Blessed Trinity Catholic High School Azeez Richardson Science Park High School Grace Humble Georgetown Junior-Senior High School Grace Pena Walter Payton College Preparatory High School Nancy Zoria Jericho Senior High School, Jaylen Adams Olympic High School Eliza George Clear Horizons Early College High School Allaura Osborne North Raleigh Christian Academy Paul Calvo Fresno City College Isabela Contreras San Marcos High School Carmen Granell School for Advanced Studies Wolfson Natalia Serrano-Chavez John C Fremont High School Rosa Mendoza City Colleges of Chicago: Olive-Harvey College Eric Kim Stuyvesant High School Saw Kay E3 Civic High This highly selective scholarship provides high-achieving students with financial need up to $55,000 annually for four years of college, to enable them to attend a top college or university. Glorietta Arthoro Ocoee High School Yuttichai Sommala Rio Rancho High School, Esmeralda Abreu Jerez Saint Vincent Ferrer High School Jennifer Phung Durham School Of The Arts Wenny Cheng Mineola High School Grace Dossou North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics Florence Onyiuke Seminole High School Jesse Smit Harrisburg Area Community College Mia Hurts Phillis Wheatley High School Blanca Gonzalez Contra Costa College Fernando Rodriguez Leal NYC iSchool Jakey Mawas College of the Desert Aidan Taylor Alexander W Dreyfoos School Of The Arts Over the past two decades, the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation has supported thousands of students with financial need by providing scholarship dollars so they can reach their educational goals. Bridgette Adu-Wadier T C Williams High School Daymara Ayala Calhoun Community College Sophie Hull Cleveland School of Architecture and Design at John Hay Campus Karla Vasquez Hawthorne High School Midechelle Avril Miami Lakes Educational Center Christopher Burroughs MiraCosta College Sonia Green Hillside High School Hanna Regassa Stonewall Jackson High School Eric Wang Central High School, Faith Anderson Our Lady Academy Mu Hsi Smyrna High School Duc Ngan Chau Wyoming High School Tricia Namubiru Los Angeles Pierce College Brayan Lopez Llamas Cathedral City High School Yeabsira Hawaz Springbrook High School Today, nearly half of postsecondary students begin their college journey at a two-year institution. Carolina Alcocer-Salas Northeast Texas Community College They are among just 406 chosen from more than 1,500 applicants at Cooke College Scholars are selected based on exceptional academic ability and achievement, financial need, persistence, and leadership. Joey Tan City Colleges of Chicago: Wilbur Wright College Afnan Abu Sarar Georgia Perimeter College A list of the semifinalists can be found below. Angela Edwards Hampton High School Javier Alcantar Thornton Fractional South High School The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation is dedicated to advancing the education of exceptionally promising students who have financial need. Wolfang Rugeles Miami Dade College Starting in sales, Cooke was very successful, eventually becoming a partner in a network of radio stations and newspapers in Canada. Hannah Gartrell Eaton High School Alejandra Merino-Barajas Mesa Community College Catherine Chung W.P. Med Coulibaly Manhattan Hunter College High School of Science Primera Hour Discovery High School Madison Brown West Clermont High School Melangelo Pride Upperman High School Asher Montgomery Hillsborough High School Xavier Dong Mount San Antonio College, Gabby Coltrane College of Southern Maryland Leah Shvedova Washington-Lee High School Merlin Dsouza Casa Grande Union High School Vivian Garcia Jacob dos Reis Valencia College Morgan Maier Turtle Lake High School Bridget Egan Clear Creek High School Coby Yang Ocoee High School Savannah Hagen Ohbi Asheville High School Ana Ramos De Jesus Manhattan Hunter College High School of Science Kingsborough chemistry major, Victoria Flores-Almazan, was named a semifinalist for the highly-competitive Jack Kent Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship. Vina Tran Lawndale High School Swetha Ananth John S Davidson Fine Arts Magnet School Mia Ginsberg Gulf Coast High School Altrim Mamuti City University of New York: Borough of Manhattan Community College Jonathan Chung Smithtown High School Eastern Campus We see this Anthony Flores-Alvarez Manual Arts Senior High School Olivia Han Adlai E Stevenson High School Carl Pierre Evans High School Jack Kent Cooke Foundation announces latest cohort of college scholars April 12, 2022 The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation in Lansdowne, Virginia, has announced the 100 recipients of its 2022 Cooke College scholarships, which are awarded to high-achieving high school seniors. Dianna Garzon City Colleges of Chicago: Wilbur Wright College Alexa Figueroa Northwestern High School Hang Chen Midwood High School at Brooklyn College Joel Deville San Augustine High School Rohan Joshi Coral Reef Senior High School Lansdowne, VA (January 25, 2021) - The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation announced, today, the selection of 496 high school seniors as semifinalists for the prestigious Cooke College Scholarship Program. Alina Dau Alfred M Barbe High School Isabella Garcia Westchester Academy for International Studies Jia Lin Conestoga High School Eight students at Georgia State University's Perimeter College recently were named as semifinalists for the 2021 Jack Kent Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship.Finalists will be announced later this spring. Erick Ramirez Woodrow Wilson High School Kelvin Tieku Manhattan Center for Science and Math Tony Wang Central High School Kennedy Odiboh Shiloh High School Cynthia Manley Los Angeles Valley College Andrik Garcia Roma High School Deqa Muse Thomas Jefferson High School This highly competitive scholarship will offer selected finalists as much as $40,000 per year for up to three years to . Vanessa Iwuoha Essex County Vocational School Yazmin Rocha Delgadillo Contra Costa College Barbara Moreno Madison Area Technical College Mardet Mulugeta Wakefield High School Danna Chacon Elizabeth High School Lauren Kraft Evans High School Nicole Giraldo-Meneses Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush High School Karla Tirado San Diego Mesa College Faridoon Azizi Diablo Valley College Julia McEvily City College of San Francisco Francisco Garcia Roma High School This highly selective scholarship provides exceptionally talented students who have financial need with up to $40,000 annually for four years of college, to enable them to attend a top-performing college or university. Bobbie Schreiner Prairie School, Jonathan Brown The Connecticut International Baccalaureate Academy Bryant Simmons Wallace State Community College at Hanceville, Gennesee Peabody Chandler-Gilbert Community College Jeongsoo Lee Massachusetts Bay Community College Since 2000, the Foundation has awarded over $222 million in scholarships to over 2,800 students from 8th grade through graduate school, along with comprehensive. 88% of 2021 Jack Kent Cooke Scholars are PTK We are thrilled to congratulate the 2021 Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholars! Sanjana Butala Middlesex County College Saddy Khakimova San Jacinto College Wisdom High School Kidus Sebsibe Howard Community College Searita Chen Sycamore High School Alex Skoraczewski Drummond High School Pedro Moranchel Hudson County Community College Olivia Ye David Douglas High School, Cydney Brown Abington Friends School This year's Cooke Undergraduate Transfer 406 semifinalists were chosen from a pool of over 1,500 applicants attending 398 community colleges in 44 states and the District of Columbia. Pasadena, California, United States. Stephany Pineda Cardoso City University of New York: Borough of Manhattan Community College Mariana Valencia Advantages Online Private School Eduardo Pinto Sheridan Technical High School Alyssa Makena Valley High School, Sharon Mabasa Wichita Collegiate School, Graciela Alfaro Atherton High School The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation announced on Feb. 22 the semifinalists for its highly competitive Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship . were chosen from a pool of more than 1,500 applicants at 398 community colleges in Kristina Soiland Loudoun Valley High School Students must be current high school seniors residing in the United States. Anees Mitri Atherton High School, Phillip Dinh Patrick F Taylor Science and Technology Academy Claudia Quintana East Stroudsburg Area High School North Awa Cisse Georgia Perimeter College Nahed Elberry Hayfield Secondary School Radwan Azim Central Dauphin East High School The email says it is part of the selection process and each student will be asked to speak briefly. Dedicated to advancing the education of exceptionally promising students who have financial need. Alaya Kiser West Branch High School Edward Kang Adlai E Stevenson High School Maame Forson Mount Vernon STEAM Academy Prateek Sunder College of Marin Mahia Rahman Washington-Liberty High School Ahmed Mashaal Union County College, Johann Smith City University of New York: Borough of Manhattan Community College Julie Trinh Clear Horizons Early College High School Khea Archer Georgia Perimeter College Davian Rodriguez Boston Latin School Merit Onyekwere Bear Creek High School Michelle Nguyen Paul Vi Catholic High School Julie Chen Kingston High School Veshal Konnar Northeast High School, Sonora Halili Thomas Jefferson School Helen Menendez Miami Dade College Melanie Charron Klein High School Luis Garcia Chavez Fullerton College Chevonne Lewis City University of New York: Borough of Manhattan Community College Victoria Perez Giannone Bunker Hill Community College The Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship recipients will be announced in early May. Danae Kimmel Blanco High School The semifinalists were chosen from a pool of 5,860. represent 428 different high schools. Sammi Zhu Douglas County High School, Lela DeVine Waiakea High School The Foundation has also provided $115 million in grants to organizations that serve such students. Jenny Soleman School of Science and Technology Christian Tamez Del Rio High School Amna Khamosh Thornton High School Marlon Merida Garcia Nimitz Senior High School Akliesia Teshome Paint Branch High School Diem-mi Tra Central Piedmont Community College Victoria Flores-Almazan City University of New York: Kingsborough Community College Annalie Sandor Blue Valley Northwest High School Farkhonda Lali J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College Anne Benie Montgomery College Madison Petersen Legacy Charter School Elsa Osmani Palm Beach State College Mia Johnson Irvin High School Michael Nath Stuyvesant High School