Press Release
September 12, 2011
Largest scholarship for community college students and recent alumni offered
The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation has opened the nomination process for
the largest scholarship 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 colleges
and two-year institutions pursue four-year degrees at any accredited
college or university in the United States.
The deadline for nominations is Dec. 6.
Former Cowley College student Susan Hogue was one of only 25 community
college students nationwide to receive the prestigious Jack Kent Cooke
Scholarship in 2005.
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 60 scholarships through this
program in spring, 2012. It 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 2007 and
have not since transferred to a four-year college. All candidates for
the scholarship must be nominated by the faculty representative at their
community or two-year institution.
Application materials are available on the Foundation’s website, www.jkcf.org.