2023 Jack Kent Cooke Foundation. Alexander Nguyen Springbrook High School Maria Herrera Mesquite High School Ryland Russell Olton High School Joel Coria Reyes Diablo Valley College Elise Chouinard Lone Star College System Laura Santos Miami Dade College Khalil Garrett General Douglas MacArthur High School Angel Rabadi Alan B. Shepard High School Allaura Osborne North Raleigh Christian Academy Sal Amezcua Hernandez San Juan Hills High School Sophie Amidi Tallahassee Community College Cindy Ren Hillsborough High School Paula-Marie Brown Science Park High School Jayant Namdhari Plano East Senior High School 88% of 2021 Jack Kent Cooke Scholars are PTK We are thrilled to congratulate the 2021 Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholars! Abdoul-hanane Gbadamassi City University of New York: Borough of Manhattan Community College In the midst of these challenging times, we remain deeply committed to ensuring that students have the opportunity to access an education and reach their fullest potential. Jenai Funk Southwestern College Maria Ramirez Mount Zion High School Jorge Martinez Vanguard Academy DaMone Payne University High School Academy Lauren Kraft Evans High School Paloma Del Valle Santa Teresa High School Nina Noble Isaac Bear Early College High School Miria Bowers Santa Monica College The Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship recipients will be announced in April. Ilona Demura-Gregory Walters State Community College, Kaothar Olateju Dallas College Brookhaven Campus Daelyn Pena Williamsburg Charter High School Undergraduate Transfer Scholars will additionally receive opportunities for internships, study abroad, and graduate school funding, as well as connection to a thriving network of over 2,800 fellow Cooke Scholars and Alumni. Feb 03, 2022, 19:50 ET. Natalie Torres Weeki Wachee High School Lex Monogioudis Bellaire High School Tu Kha Bui Berkeley City College Savannah Stover Volunteer State Community College Gashon Hussein Smoky Hill High School Jennifer Phung Durham School Of The Arts Maia Roothaan Evanston Township High School Payne Graves Houlka Attendance Center A list of the semifinalists can be found below. Elias Marcet Miami Dade College Amna Khamosh Thornton High School The email says it is part of the selection process and each student will be asked to speak briefly. . Sheidy Rios-Vazquez Walter M Williams High School Gael Colmenares Southwest High School Shaafat Sadaquee Newtown High School Deadline: January 12 at midnight in your local time zone. Faridoon Azizi Diablo Valley College Thyra Cobbs Los Medanos College Rufino Perea Los Angeles City College Marcus Lo Monterey Peninsula College educational advising and other support services. Pratik Shah Mountain View High School Cat Cespedes Bell High School Anna De La Cuesta Victory Early College High School Kaitlin Wachter Frederick Community College Dien Nguyen Glendale Community College Azeez Richardson Science Park High School Krisna Panchal PreEngineering Academies At Englewood Pedro Moranchel Hudson County Community College Jose Gonzalez Dover High School Fardowsa Shidad Rufus King International School: High School Campus. Erica Hughes Fort Payne High School ability and achievement, service, leadership, persistence, and financial need. Cesar De Oleo High School of Computers and Technology Daymara Ayala Calhoun Community College Zoe Groh Biloxi High School Rigo Gonzalez Tarrant County College Erick Ramirez Woodrow Wilson High School Darryl Clark City Colleges of Chicago: Kennedy-King College Swetha Ananth John S Davidson Fine Arts Magnet School Talia Fragoso Miami Dade College Noah Nihiser Terry Sanford Senior High School Christina Greenwood Victor Valley College, Isabella Sharpensteen Colorado Mountain College Rayquan Blake Miami Dade College Basilia Oferbia Science Technology Research High School at Erasmus Jayden Galvan Gregory-Portland High School Yeng Shao Perth Amboy High School Joey Tan City Colleges of Chicago: Wilbur Wright College Moeen Razzaque International School Of The Americas Dalin Eap City Colleges of Chicago: Wilbur Wright College Trevor Knight Eastern Technical High School Jia Lin Conestoga High School Liv DeNicholas Portland Community College Maria Lizza Dela Pea Atlantic City High School Ilyne Castellanos Hartnell College Tiary Gonzalez Northern Essex Community College, Jailynn Sprewer Gogebic Community College Sulaiman Oyekunle Meade Senior High School Allison Martinez Martinez Miami Dade College Kaci Williams Chisum High School Tsegazeab Beteselassie Wheaton High School Annaliese Dominguez Glen Burnie High School Jewel Cox Saint Marys Academy Ana Abreu City University of New York: Bronx Community College Anita Bassey Paulding County High School Duy Ho Cerritos College Donangelo Marshall Gainesville High School Eric Kim Stuyvesant High School Ana Ramos De Jesus Manhattan Hunter College High School of Science Noah Jenkins Saint Cloud High School Rolando Sanchez-Suarez McGregor High School Audrey Vargas Sweetwater High School Aaraa Brown Prince Georges Community College Jishnu Basu Plano Senior High School Deborah Bong Cedar Ridge High School David Sun Skyline High School, Jenna Montgomery Concha Rutland High School, Bill Chen West Springfield High School Sophie Hull Cleveland School of Architecture and Design at John Hay Campus All rights reserved. Nina Velasco Etowah High School Rebecca Shaw Mount Saint Mary Academy The Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship recipients will be announced in April. Javier Alcantar Thornton Fractional South High School Olivia Kocot Von Steuben Metropolitan Science Center Fayeze Salih Lincoln Park High School Kimberly Marti Cardinal OHara High School, Leonardo Zambrano-Tapia Escuela Secundaria Especializada en CIMATEC, Ashanti Gonzalez Juanita Sanchez Educational Complex, Rheem Abbas West Ashley High School This highly competitive scholarship through the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation awards each recipient up to $55,000 . 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. Dedicated to advancing the education of exceptionally promising students who have financial need. Eunice Chon Howard High School Jeongmin Lee Prospect High School Isaidy Medina All City Leadership Secondary School Jonathan Chung Smithtown High School Eastern Campus Leo deJong Chapel Hill High School Edwyn Lozano University Pathways Medical Magnet Academy Emani Stanton North Atlanta High School James Crawford Mount San Jacinto College Brayan Gutierrez Lone Star College System Gabrielle Rodgers Valencia College Santiago Finol Valencia College Jennifer Haggerty Lincoln Land Community College Venezia Garza Orange County High School of the Arts Eddie Rodriguez Carnegie Vanguard High School Sidra Hassan M.L. Jesse Smit Harrisburg Area Community College Marcus Zimmerman Ulysses S Grant High School, Jessica Aggrey Green Valley Ranch High School DSST Yixin Lao Walter Johnson High School Abshir Mohamed North Hennepin Community College, Diana Salinas Itawamba Community College Med Coulibaly Manhattan Hunter College High School of Science Anna Peeples Alabama School of Mathematics and Science, Alexis Aguirre Tucson Magnet High School Katie Peters Los Angeles Valley College Imani Myers Olympia High School Mu Hsi Smyrna High School 2023 Jack Kent Cooke Foundation. Haleema Aslam Community College of Baltimore County Jesse Bishop Washtenaw Community College Every year, around 60 students are chosen for the scholarship. Gideon Kortenhoven Grand Rapids Community College Nathan Dimmer Clarkston Senior High School Fardowsa Hassan Georgia Perimeter College Georgina Younes Brockton High School Blanca Gonzalez Contra Costa College Danish Bajwa Hilliard Davidson High School Victoria Perez Giannone Bunker Hill Community College Cesar Hernandez City Colleges of Chicago: Richard J. Daley College Sorina Szakacs Los Angeles City College Annalie Sandor Blue Valley Northwest High School Elizabeth Hitchcock Wharton County Junior College, Jose Organista Salt Lake Community College, Brendan Grimes Blue Ridge Community College The 2022 Cooke College Scholars will be announced in April. Shekinah Glory Peter Mba East Orange Campus High School Brandy Henderson North Shore Community College Wenny Cheng Mineola High School DeShona Jernigan Tyler Junior College Bradley Gartner Lakeland Community College, Katie Hughes Oklahoma City Community College, Anastasiia Leshchenko Chemeketa Community College Ethan Nava Maldonado Westside High School Rosie Spratt Basehor-Linwood High School, Ahmad Ateyeh Carol Martin Gatton Academy of Math and Science in Kentucky Danna Chacon Elizabeth High School Brian Giraud Calderon School for Advanced Studies South Angela Edwards Hampton High School Tatiana Butte San Diego City College She is one of only 406 semifinalists chosen from a pool of over 1,500 community college applicants nationwide. Alaya Kiser West Branch High School Grace Dossou North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics Leslie Gordon Highline College We are especially impressed by the incredible perseverance and drive these students have exhibited during such an unprecedented year.. Merit Onyekwere Bear Creek High School Mariam Aljuboory Chicago Mathematics and Science Academy Mara Bravo-Santos El Cerrito High School Melanie Oduro Reservoir High School Kylie Cianciolo Cuyahoga Community College Juan Briseno Saddleback High School Alan De Loera Southwest High School Ajhane Kindle Muskegon Community College Kevin Yang-Li Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Kent Brought Camden County High School Nicole Torres School for Advanced Studies South Sukya Williams Medgar Evers College Preparatory High School Victor Albanez Southwest High School 2023 Jack Kent Cooke Foundation. Laura Sandoval MAST at FIU Biscayne Bay Campus Jessica Burgos Central Piedmont Community College Adelyn Pettie Rainier Beach High School, Biak Tha Hlawn Ronald Wilson Reagan College Preparatory High School Faeven Mussie Chabot College Trinity Land Sikeston Senior High School The Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship seeks to increase the number of community college students completing their education at top four-year institutions. Hadassah Johnson Onondaga Community College Lisa Choe Buckeye Valley High School Precious Taiwo City Colleges of Chicago: Harry S. Truman College Lalan Mujica Skyline High School Students must be current high school seniors residing in the United States. Kaming Leung City Colleges of Chicago: Harold Washington College Paulina Pimentel-Mora Citrus College Julia Kienzler Lincoln Land Community College Learn more: jkcf.org Jaslin Aguirre Saint Saviour High School Graciana Doster Enterprise High School Kingsborough chemistry major, Victoria Flores-Almazan, was named a semifinalist for the highly-competitive Jack Kent Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship. Genesis Capellan Bergen Community College Alora Orr May River High School Jessica Gao Ruben S Ayala High School Any Zelaya Delgado W H Adamson High School, Angie De La Cruz West High School 2021. This year again holds great promise because a record five Hartnell students have been selected as semi-finalists for 2021. Zahra Virani Clear Brook High School Sara Abuhijleh John Tyler Community College Fatima Sarfraz Eastern Technical High School Emily Chmiel Charter School of Wilmington Gideon Melvin Georgia Perimeter College Sean Galloway Community College of Philadelphia Rosa Mendoza City Colleges of Chicago: Olive-Harvey College Luke Taylor Lake Travis High School Manraj Gill Rajinder Singh College of San Mateo Kyle Simpson Pearl River Community College Sydney Hass Grafton High School in our applicant pool every year, and are excited to recognize this group of semifinalists Perhaps just as important as the financial support our Scholars receive, however, is the thriving network of more than 3,000 Cooke . Diana Gonzalez Miami Dade College Yara Abazah Bergen Community College A list of this years Cooke Transfer Scholar Semifinalists, their community colleges, and their state of residence is below. Jasleen Sihota Venture Academy Michelle Chen Smithfield-Selma High School Kennedy Anderson Loomis Chaffee School Kaelee Rowan Homeschooled Tarrah Brewsaugh Howard Community College Thang Ho Crawford High School Mohtashin Talukder Justice High School, Kisanet Gabreselassie Edmonds eLearning Academy Jenny Soleman School of Science and Technology www.jkcf.org, Media Contact: Julia Florence, 571-799-8067, media@jkcf.org. Paola Reyes Thomas Jefferson High School Hang Xu Foothill College Norzin Lhadon Holy Names High School The finalists will . 5 SDCCD students selected as semifinalists for prestigious scholarships. Sonia Green Hillside High School Katie Garcia Kings Ridge Christian School Eric Zhu Orange County High School of the Arts, Mursheda Abdulatif The Denver School of Science and Technology Mohammad Muntakim Cass Technical High School Lethzeylee Gutierrez Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy Yuttichai Sommala Rio Rancho High School, Esmeralda Abreu Jerez Saint Vincent Ferrer High School Debra Owens Gateway to College Sihle Mthethwa Orange County High School Tammy Le Wilson Central High School Dorinda Kyeremateng Carnegie Vanguard High School The Foundation has also provided $115 million in grants to organizations that serve such students. Nathan Kim Alabama School of Mathematics and Science, Marlissa Archie Hot Springs World Class High School Ashlee Tan Bard High School Early College II Junior Tchapdieu Montgomery College Eric Zhong Cypress Bay High School, George Adae-Mensah Archer High School Nancy Zoria Jericho Senior High School, Jaylen Adams Olympic High School Lauryn Marshall Southern Union State Community College Isabella Garcia Westchester Academy for International Studies Nimra Iqbal Community College of Denver Nanati Safawo Oregon Episcopal School Justus Wilhoit Indian Trail High School And Academy. Alexsovan Hory Lamar Consolidated High School Janelle Ariel Chan East Los Angeles College Bagul Mammedova Jamestown Community College Jack Kent Cooke College Scholar . The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation announced on Feb. 22 the semifinalists for its highly competitive Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship . Jenny Stinehour Early College High School Chalina Morgan-Lopez Sanderson High School Saw Kay E3 Civic High Karla Avalos Los Angeles Pierce College David Han Arnold O. Beckman High School This years semifinalists should be particularly proud of their success in the face of a challenging year, said Executive Director Seppy Basili. Mikayla Merin Springside Chestnut Hill Academy Michelle Li CAM Academy Alexis Spencer Cumberland County Technical Education Center Bekim Bruka Bergen Community College Christian Tamez Del Rio High School Katy Shin Golden Valley High School Catherine Chung W.P. Ariela Asllani Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy For further information on this announcement, please contact Libby Sears, coordinator of special awards, at esears@nvcc.edu. Janah Richardson Walter Payton College Preparatory High School Katherrin Billordo Northside College Preparatory High School The Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship seeks to increase the number of community college students completing their education at top four-year institutions. Rocio Diarte Ortiz City University of New York: Borough of Manhattan Community College Akliesia Teshome Paint Branch High School Jasmine Velasco University Heights High School Natalie Guerra South High School 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. Malaica Ashley Lincoln Park Academy Juan Escamilla Vargas Valor College Prep Karen Smith Lake Michigan College Oumy Camara Columbus International High School 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. Ketty Nguyen L C Anderson High School www.jkcf.org, Media Contact: Julia Nelson, 571-799-8067,media@jkcf.org. Thalia Vincent Metro Academic and Classical High School, Angel Ndubisi Advanced Technologies Academy Students applied from all 50 states, as well as the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, Northern Marianas,the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa. Alexander Stone West Boca Raton Community High School Mia Roach-Valandra Todd County Junior-Senior High School, Pacifique Bavugameshi West High School Stephanie Dybiec Columbus State Community College Students must be current high school seniors residing in the United States. The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation is dedicated to advancing the education of exceptionally promising students who have financial need. Kathy Li Arroyo High School Gabriela Lopez-Salgado Everett High School Rohan Joshi Coral Reef Senior High School Danae Kimmel Blanco High School Helen Menendez Miami Dade College Srista Tripathi Henrico High School Manuel Cepeda Miami Dade College Aleyda Bonilla West Brook Senior High School Jamison Costolnick John P Stevens High School Yeabsira Moges Wheaton High School Nakia Alexander School for Advanced Studies Wolfson Susie Cray Linn-Benton Community College Kenneth Nguyen Gretchen Whitney High School Javi Rodriguez Carnegie Vanguard High School Pahola Mercedes Nova City Colleges of Chicago: Wilbur Wright College John Ponce Atlantic Community High School Julia Anelli City University of New York: Borough of Manhattan Community College Paulo Zepeda Grand Rapids Community College Shayla Dodge Lake-Sumter State College Tracy Zhang Central High School, Michael Ochoa Bishop Hendricken High School, Shon Green Scotts Branch High School Diana Zamarripa The Energy Institute High School, Sophie Christensen Orem High School Michael Nath Stuyvesant High School Djine Mentor New Visons Charter High School Advanced Math & Science II Rosie Bui Ball High School Kylah Cain-Ward Edgewood Senior High School Semester of Excellence for 2021 Dean's List Students. Estefano Reyes Miami Dade College Mariana Rios Rockdale Magnet School for Science and Technology Angela Chow Sacramento City College Yazmin Rocha Delgadillo Contra Costa College William Jim Miami Dade College This scholarship provides selected students with up to $40,000 a year to complete their bachelor's degrees. Eduardo Pinto Sheridan Technical High School Deidre Mitchell Grand Rapids Community College drive these students have exhibited during such an unprecedented year.. The Fatima Roy MiraCosta College Fatima Jalloh Paxon School for Advanced Studies Sonia Molinero Martinez Hartnell College Magali Romero Lopez Instituto Health Sciences Career Academy Dilan Desir State College of Florida Collegiate School Scholarships are awarded without respect to religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, geographic region, race or ethnicity. Students applied from all 50 states, as well as Washington, DC, Puerto Rico, Guam, Virgin Islands, and American Samoa, and represented 378 different high schools. Nino Sikharulidze Brooklyn Technical High School Juliana Bodhert Fort Myers High School Alexia Guevara Prince Georges Community College Luis Gomez gorgonio Houston Community College System La Ramos Rachel Carson High School for Coastal Studies Mya Johnson University School of Milwaukee Seif Alyosef Freedom High School Ferdinando Castro Gonzalez Dallas College Richland Campus Giovanna Da Silva Rodrigues Freedom High School Alejandro Sanchez Ogden International School of Chicago Alexis Hernandez School for Advanced Studies Homestead Jorge Tadeo Cantu Yes Prep North Central Hadley Kronick University Laboratory School Esteban Cifuentes Coyoy Park View High School 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. A list of the semifinalists can be found below, Cooke College Scholars are selected based on exceptional academic ability and achievement, financial need, persistence, and leadership. Kanmi Oludare City Colleges of Chicago: Olive-Harvey College Justin Dominic Loyola High School Erick Torres North Salinas High School Ava Quasney Munster High School Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Announces Semifinalists for High-Achieving Four-Year College Scholarship Posted February 3, 2022 | By Julia Florence Lansdowne, VA - The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation announced the selection of 411 high school seniors as semifinalists for the prestigious Cooke College Scholarship. Lazarus Blacksmith Keene Central School executive director. Shams Khurram Lake Worth Community High School Gianni Tipan Mater Lakes Academy High School The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation is dedicated to advancing the education of exceptionally promising students who have financial need.