Watkins one of five Jack Kent Cooke Foundation scholarship semi-finalists

By STAFF REPORTS

The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation recently named five students at Northeast Texas Community College as semi-finalists for their highly competitive and elite Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship. Cassidy Watkins, Alicia Cantrell, Brenda Godoy, Rachel Jordan, and Adriana Rodriquez were included in the list.

Their applications were among more than 2,800 submitted by students across the nation. Only 20 percent of applicants made it to semifinalist status. Jack Kent Cooke winners, who receive scholarships of $40,000 per year for up to thr ee years, will be announced in April.

This is the first time NTCC has had this many students named as semi-finalists. According to Dr. Melissa Fulgham, lead advisor for the Alpha Mu Chi chapter of Phi Theta Kappa and Honors Professor, it is a testament to the high quality of applicants NTCC fielded this year. All five have taken advantage of the many opportunities NTCC has to offer, as well as the strong mentorship from faculty available at the community college level.

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