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The program will begin at 6:30 p.m.
Nearly $150,000 in awards will be presented to high school and college students selected to receive 91 scholarships in all. It is the largest amount in scholarships since the Foundation began its yearly awards program, says Channing Cornell, Foundation Board member and chair of the Scholarship Committee.
A total of 37 recipients will be awarded Mendocino College Foundation scholarships in the amount of $1,700 each. The foundation contributes 80 percent of the total dollars awarded to students every year. In addition, local organizations, businesses, and individuals are among the other contributors to scholarship funding.
Donors who make the awards possible will also be acknowledged during the ceremony as Foundation members make the presentations and discuss the importance of the scholarship funds and donations.
Scholarships and awards that honor gifts from individuals’ trusts, estates and donations include the Evelyn R. Foote Scholarship, the Thomas M. Evans Sr. Scholarship, the George R. Szanik Scholarship, the Jim Meyer Scholarship, the Carl J. Ehmann Scholarship and the Mary Oosting Scholarship.
In addition, nursing students are selected for special scholarships, one in memory of Karen L. Atkinson and another honoring the memory of Heidi Marie Daniel. Three students interested in in-home care will receive the Kathleen Kohn Fetzer Foundation Nursing Scholarships.
Under the Directors/Trustees Annual Fund Scholarship, six students will be awarded $1,000 each. The funds are made possible by personal contributions from the Mendocino College Foundation directors and College trustees.
Five more $1,000 awards are made possible from the Bernard Osher Foundation Scholarship. The Osher Foundation donated $25 million to the Foundation for California Community Colleges to establish an endowment for permanent scholarship support.
This year’s number of awards and total award amount represents an increase of approximately 5 percent more than last year’s totals. The Mendocino College Foundation allows for an increase in the scholarship dollars in its budget each fiscal year.
