LCCC students, graduates are invited to apply for scholarships
The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation has opened the nominations process for the largest scholarships available to students and recent alumni from community colleges, including Lehigh Carbon Community College.
Through the initiative, called the Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship Program, the private foundation will award up to $40,000 annually per recipient to help students and recent alumni from community and two-year institutions pursue four-year degrees at any accredited college or university in the United States and abroad.Founded in 2000, the foundation has awarded $147 million in scholarships to nearly 2,000 students and over $88 million in grants.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, for up to three years of study.To be eligible, applicants must be current students at accredited U.S. community colleges or two-year institutions with sophomore status or have graduated within the past five years. They must have a cumulative college GPA of 3.5 or above, plan to transfer to a four-year college or university to begin studies in the coming fall and demonstrate unmet financial need.Applications are reviewed by a distinguished panel of university faculty and admissions professionals. Selection criteria focus on exceptional academic ability and achievements, financial need, persistence, leadership and a desire to help others.The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation is a private, independent foundation established in 2000 to help young people of exceptional promise reach their full potential through education.Cooke was a businessman and philanthropist who owned such professional sports teams as the Los Angeles Lakers and the Washington Redskins as well as the Chrysler Building in New York City.The deadline for nominations for LCCC students and graduates is Dec. 15.For more information about the nomination process and eligibility, see the foundation's website at
www.jkcf.org or contact Virginia Mihalik, LCCC transfer counselor and Jack Kent Cooke Foundation faculty representative at 610-799-1178 or
vmihalik@lccc.edu.Additional information is also available at