{"id":45941,"date":"2023-03-20T19:42:54","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T19:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=45941"},"modified":"2023-05-02T18:34:58","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T18:34:58","slug":"acc-students-named-semifinalists-for-prestigious-jack-kent-cooke-foundation-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2023\/03\/20\/acc-students-named-semifinalists-for-prestigious-jack-kent-cooke-foundation-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"ACC students named semifinalists for prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Foundation scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Four Austin Community College District (ACC) students are semifinalists for the prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Foundation\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jkcf.org\/our-stories\/transfer-semifinalists-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship. <\/a>The highly competitive national scholarship provides transfer students with up to $55,000 a year to complete their bachelor\u2019s degrees.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2023\/03\/Jack_Kent_Cooke_Foundation_logo.svg_-1024x236.png\" alt=\"Jack Kent Cooke Foundation\" class=\"wp-image-45942\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2023\/03\/Jack_Kent_Cooke_Foundation_logo.svg_-1024x236.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2023\/03\/Jack_Kent_Cooke_Foundation_logo.svg_-300x69.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2023\/03\/Jack_Kent_Cooke_Foundation_logo.svg_-768x177.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2023\/03\/Jack_Kent_Cooke_Foundation_logo.svg_-1536x354.png 1536w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2023\/03\/Jack_Kent_Cooke_Foundation_logo.svg_-2048x472.png 2048w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2023\/03\/Jack_Kent_Cooke_Foundation_logo.svg_-150x35.png 150w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2023\/03\/Jack_Kent_Cooke_Foundation_logo.svg_-1320x304.png 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Out of more than 1,700 applicants, 459 students were named semifinalists, including four ACC students:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Benjamin Baker<\/li>\n<li>Yashavene Sin Li<\/li>\n<li>Isaiah Smith<\/li>\n<li>Amber Traylor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;ACC has offered me the opportunity to pursue my education without assuming irrecoverable debts. Now that I am transferring to a four-year university with the intent to one day pursues my doctorate in chemistry, I face the reality of not being able to afford my education. The Jack Kent Cooke scholarship would change that,\u201d says Traylor. \u201cBeing announced as a semifinalist has given me hope that I can pay for one of the many ivy league colleges I have applied to. Words cannot express my gratitude to Cooke Foundation and the late Jack Kent Cooke for believing in the success of students like me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation awards its scholarship to deserving community college students based on demonstrated exceptional academic ability, leadership, service, and a determination to complete their bachelor\u2019s degrees at top four-year institutions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBy lifting the financial burden of pursuing a four-year degree off their shoulders, our goal is to help students take full advantage of a four-year college experience without taking on student debt,\u201d said Seppy Basili, Executive Director of the Cooke Foundation. \u201cThis year\u2019s selected semifinalists reflect the deep bench of talent across our community colleges today, and we\u2019re looking forward to getting to know them better in our final application review process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to the generous financial support, the Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship offers access to opportunities for internships, study abroad, graduate school funding, and the incomparable connection to a robust network of more than 3,000 fellow Cooke Scholars and Alumni.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Winners will be announced in April. The Foundation will evaluate each submission based on students\u2019 academic ability and achievement, financial need, persistence, and leadership.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jkcf.org\/our-stories\/transfer-semifinalists-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here for a full list of semifinalists.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Applications are now open for ACC scholarships. All ACC students are encouraged to apply. The priority deadline to apply for ACC scholarships is May 1. For more information and to apply, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/austincc.edu\/scholarships.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">austincc.edu\/scholarships.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four Austin Community College District (ACC) students are semifinalists for the prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Foundation\u2019s Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship. The highly competitive national scholarship provides transfer students with up to $55,000 a year to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2023\/03\/20\/acc-students-named-semifinalists-for-prestigious-jack-kent-cooke-foundation-scholarship\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3930,"featured_media":45942,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[2093,2095,1977,100,115,2094],"class_list":["post-45941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-announcements","tag-jack-kent-cooke-foundation","tag-jack-kent-cooke-scholarship","tag-ptk","tag-scholarships","tag-transfer","tag-transfer-scholarship"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3930"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}