Congratulations to Minn-Kota undergraduate students who were selected as semi-finalists for the prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship.

Semi-finalists from the Minn-Kota Region:

Sarah Brakebill-Hacke, Rochester Community and Technical College

Shuhan Gao, Century College

Tanner Garity, Rochester Community and Technical College

Sommer Meyer, Inver Hills Community College

Nathan Onstad, Minnesota State Community and Technical College

New Century Workforce Pathway Scholar:

Kara Roberts 

Jack Kent Cooke Foundation’s Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship is the largest private scholarship in the United States for community college transfer students. Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholars will be selected in April.

The scholarship is worth up to $40,000 per year, and 55 scholarships will be awarded in spring 2017. If you think it’s out of reach, don’t. Of the 75 scholarships awarded in 2016, 66 went to Phi Theta Kappa members.

Read more about the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation here:

http://www.jkcf.org/scholarship-programs/undergraduate-transfer/

The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation has selected 534 high-achieving community college students from across the U.S. as semifinalists to compete for its Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship, from a pool of nearly 2,500 applicants. This highly competitive scholarship will offer selected finalists as much as $40,000 per year for up to three years to complete their bachelor's degrees at selective four-year colleges and universities.

Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholars will be selected in April, based on their academic performance, leadership, perseverance, and service to others. "Community colleges hold many of the nation’s most gifted students,” said Harold O. Levy, Executive Director of the Cooke Foundation. “Yet too often these students are denied the opportunity to fulfill their potential due to lack of adequate resources and support. Our scholarships help to remove these barriers so that talented students with financial need have a chance to complete their college education and pursue their goals and dreams.”

Cooke Scholarships fund the costs of attending college not covered by other financial aid, plus intensive academic advising, stipends for internships, study abroad opportunities, and the ability to network with other Cooke Scholars and alumni. After earning a bachelor’s degree, these Cooke Scholars will also be eligible to apply for a scholarship for graduate school worth up to a total of $75,000.