Scholarships for Community College Students

Landsdowne, VA – The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation has opened the nominations
process for the Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship Program. The Jack Kent
Cooke Foundation will award up to $30,000 annually per recipient to help
students from community colleges pursue four year degrees at any accredited
college or university in the United States or abroad. Last year, the
Foundation received nearly 700 nominations nationwide for these awards. 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 nationally for the
Spring 2007 . It will renew each award in subsequent years based upon student
performance.
Minimum Eligibility:
Nominees must, at a minimum, meet all of the following eligibility
requirements:
• Nominees must be current students and enrolled at //// County College at
the time of nomination and have completed 32 college credits or more by
December 31, 2006.
• Nominees must plan to pursue baccalaureate degrees full-time at four-year
institutions starting in Fall 2007.
• Nominees must currently have a cumulative college GPA of 3.50 or better on
a 4.0 scale. This cumulative GPA must include all college-level courses.
• Nominees must have unmet financial need.
• Nominees must not have previously been nominated for the Jack Kent Cooke
Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship.
Interested students should visit the Foundation's website
www.jackkentcookefoundation.org for complete information and application
materials.