Chattahoochee Tech Foundation Recognizes 98 Scholarship Award Recipients
The Chattahoochee Tech Foundation honored the recipients of 98 different scholarships at its annual scholarship reception held Friday, March 30, on the North Metro Campus in Acworth. Representing a wide variety of programs offered at Chattahoochee Technical College, the 98 students were awarded scholarships amounting to $103,000 – a 23 percent increase over last year’s awarded amount.
The scholarship award recipients competed against more than 1,000 applicants from Chattahoochee Technical College for scholarship awards ranging from $500 to $2,500. After being scored by the college’s Board of Trustees, the top applicants were matched with the appropriate scholarship. In addition to meeting the specific criteria for certain scholarships, applicants must meet specific GPA requirements, demonstrate financial need and be enrolled for a required number of credit hours.
“The mission of the Chattahoochee Tech Foundation is to provide financial support to the college, its students, and programs,” Foundation Chair Don Barbour said. “We are able to accomplish our mission with the help of donors who generously give to the Foundation to make education an affordable reality for our students.”
Charitable support of the Chattahoochee Tech Foundation from alumni, friends, foundations, and corporations in the community during the 2017 fiscal year allowed the Foundation to provide over $80,000 in student scholarships and over $10,000 in emergency grant funds to students at risk of not continuing their education due to unforeseen financial dilemmas. The Foundation also awarded $20,000 in faculty and staff grants for professional development.
“Our mission at Chattahoochee Tech is to strengthen both individuals and businesses through workforce training,” said Dr. Ron Newcomb, President of Chattahoochee Technical College. “We are very grateful to the Chattahoochee Tech Foundation donors and to our community partners for their generosity in helping our students fund the educational training they need to launch successful careers and build productive lives. We also are very proud of the fact that Chattahoochee Tech produces graduates who are meeting the increasing demand from today’s employers for highly skilled workers to fill well-paid jobs available in our community.”
Chattahoochee Tech Foundation scholarship award recipients, pictured here, were honored at an awards reception held at the Chattahoochee Tech North Metro Campus in Acworth on Friday, March 30.
Paulding County scholarship recipients:
- Sunday Anderson – Craig & Glinda Douglass Endowed Scholarship
- Shadree Bachan – Robert and Cheryl Moultrie Endowed Scholarship
- Camille Blevins – Rotary Club of Paulding Scholarship
- Stacy Carter-Khaalid – Georgia Power Endowed Scholarship
- Breanna Cooper – Rotary Club of Paulding Scholarship
- Ami Eho – Robert and Cheryl Moultrie Endowed Scholarship
- Rafael Garate – Rotary Club of Paulding Scholarship
- Jeason Jaddoo – Tim B. Clower/GreyStone Power Scholarship
- Sylvia Kirechu – Debbie Daly Memorial Scholarship
- Charisa Mackey – Rotary Club of Paulding Scholarship
- Meagan Maughon – Brooke Melton Memorial Scholarship
- Julie Mullenix – Craig & Glinda Douglass Endowed Scholarship
- Ifeyinwa Okonkwo – Cleo Ingram Scholarship of Nursing
- Sara Stansell – Robert and Cheryl Moultrie Endowed Scholarship
About Chattahoochee Technical College:
A unit of the Technical College System of Georgia, Chattahoochee Technical College is the largest technical college in the state with more than 14,000 students enrolled in the past academic year. The college has eight campus locations serving the counties of Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Gilmer, Paulding, and Pickens. CTC provides a high quality, easily accessible college education at a fraction of the cost of other area colleges and universities. Chattahoochee Technical College awards more than 70 certificates, diplomas and associate degrees in 45 programs of study through traditional classroom courses as well as online training. The college also provides the community with learning opportunities, including customized workforce training, adult literacy and continuing education programs. For more information, visit www.ChattahoocheeTech.edu.
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