The Kellogg Community College Foundation is pleased to announce Emma Berning as the 2021 recipient of the Foundation’s prestigious Robert F. Hites Family Transfer Scholarship, awarding the recipient $3,000 each year for up to two years.
Berning, of Battle Creek, is a 2018 graduate of Harper Creek High School and also received the KCC Foundation’s prestigious Kim R. Cortright Gold Key Scholarship as a student entering KCC. She will graduate from KCC later this summer with an Associate in General Studies degree.
While a student at KCC, Berning, a standout cross-country runner for the Bruins, earned several athletic and academic awards. In 2021, Berning was selected as the College’s Outstanding Female Scholar Athlete and earned Academic All-Conference and Academic All-MCCAA awards from the Michigan Community College Athletic Association and 1st Team NJCAA Academic Award honors from the National Junior College Athletic Association.
She also led the Bruins to a runner-up finish at the NJCAA Division III National Championship last fall, finishing second in the nation individually and earning NJCAA First Team All-American honors.
Berning was a member of the Phi Theta Kappa international honor society and was involved in numerous community service projects while at KCC, including Bruins Give Back volunteer events, the annual Bruin Boo community Halloween event and the KCC Foundation’s annual golf outing, and she was the student coordinator for Red Cross blood drives at KCC during her time at the College.
She currently works as a physical therapy technician at Muscle & Spine Rehabilitation Center in Battle Creek and will be studying business management at Western Michigan University when she begins her studies there this fall.
The Robert F. Hites Family Transfer Scholarship recognizes outstanding academic and personal achievement, and is awarded to graduating KCC students transferring to a baccalaureate degree granting institution of higher learning seeking a bachelor’s degree. Successful applicants must be graduating from KCC with an associate degree in the year of application submission; be transferring to a baccalaureate degree-granting institution as a full-time student seeking a bachelor’s degree; achieve a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher; and demonstrate leadership experience, community and service activity and school involvement.
For more information about the Robert F. Hites Family Transfer Scholarship or other KCC Foundation scholarships, please contact KCC Foundation Executive Director Teresa Durham at 269-965-4161 or visit www.kellogg.edu/foundation.
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