Kellogg Community College is proud to announce 14 recipients of the KCC Foundation’s Gold Key Scholarship, the college’s most prestigious scholarship.
The scholarships are awarded to full-time freshmen to recognize and encourage outstanding academic and personal achievement. The fully funded scholarships total $6,000, including a $2,500 award each year for two years and $1,000 awarded if the student continues their educational pursuits after completing a two-year degree program at KCC.
Applicants for the Gold Key Scholarships must be recent high school graduates entering KCC as full-time freshmen with fewer than 24 completed college credit hours, a cumulative high school GPA of 3.2 or higher and an ACT score of 20 or higher. They must also demonstrate leadership experience, community and service activity and involvement in school activities.
Ginger Cutsinger, executive director of the KCC Foundation said this year’s students will be looked to as leaders on campus for the next two years.
“These stellar students have already demonstrated that they are role models among their peers,” Cutsinger said. “We are very fortunate to have each one join our campus community for this next phase of their education.”
This year’s Gold Key Scholars are:
- Rath M. Barrios, of Union City High School. Barrios has a 3.52 high school GPA and plans to study computer programming. He was awarded the Robert L. & Lois H. Brenner Gold Key Scholarship.
- Connor J. Bauserman, of Harper Creek High School. Bauserman has a 3.67 high school GPA and plans to study education. He was awarded the Firekeepers Local Revenue Sharing Board (FLRSB) Gold Key Scholarship. The FireKeepers Local Revenue Sharing Board consists of six members, each representing one of six entities: Art Kale, Calhoun County; Chuck Heinrich, Emmett Township; Ken Tsuchiyama, City of Battle Creek; Jim Dyer, City of Marshall; Greg Moore, Athens Township; and Jamie Stuck, Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi.
- Zachary W. Chaffin, of Marshall High School. Chaffin has a 3.63 high school GPA and plans to study mechanical engineering. He was awarded the Emmett Herrington Gold Key Scholarship.
- Cadis W. Chase, of Manhattan High School in Manhattan, Mont. Chase has a 3.82 high school GPA and plans to study sports journalism. He was awarded the Kim R. Cortright Gold Key Scholarship.
- Justin T. Gorton, of Harper Creek High School. Gorton has a 3.91 high school GPA and plans to study mechanical/manufacturing engineering. He was awarded the Frank & Elizabeth Zanetti Gold Key Scholarship.
- Alivia M. Johncock, of Maple Valley High School. Johncock has a 3.90 high school GPA and plans to study nursing or dental hygiene. She was awarded the Richard T. Groos Gold Key Scholarship.
- Jasmine N. McIntosh, of Union City High School. McIntosh has a 3.64 high school GPA and plans to study social work. She was awarded the Leonard W. & Dorotha C. Dott Gold Key Scholarship.
- Jonathan J. Penrod, of Battle Creek Academy. Penrod has a 3.95 high school GPA and plans to study mechanical engineering. He was awarded the Arthur J. & Lucille B. Finley Gold Key Scholarship.
- Bethany L. Perry, of Lakeview High School. Perry has a 4.00 high school GPA and plans to study elementary education. She was awarded the Virginia M. Hensley Gold Key Scholarship.
- Britney N. Reid, of Bellevue High School. Reid has a 3.88 high school GPA and plans to study speech/language pathology. She was awarded the Robert L. & Lois H. Brenner Gold Key Scholarship.
- Alexa E.L. Rieger, of Union City High School. Rieger has a 3.79 high school GPA and plans to study nursing. She was awarded the Edward P. & Kathryn M. Bellas Gold Key Scholarship.
- Farrah J. Scears, of Climax-Scotts High School. Scears has a 3.86 high school GPA and plans to study food chemistry. She was awarded the Leonard W. & Dorotha C. Dott Gold Key Scholarship.
- Mitchell A. Tortelli, of Harper Creek High School. Tortelli has a 3.58 high school GPA and plans to study business administration/management. He was awarded the Bertha Smith Gold Key Scholarship.
- Katherine M. Williams, of Harper Creek High School. Williams has a 3.89 high school GPA and plans to study literature/education. She was awarded the Binda Gold Key Scholarship.
For more information about the KCC Foundation or Gold Key Scholarships or to contribute to scholarships, please contact Ginger Cutsinger at 269-965-4161 or visit www.kellogg.edu/foundation.
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