Coos Bay, OR – The Southwestern Oregon Community College Foundation is proud to congratulate their 2020-21 scholarship recipients. Thanks to generous donors, the organization awarded 107 scholarships totaling more than $160,000 for students attending Southwestern for the upcoming academic year.
“Our students need scholarships more than ever during this challenging year and we owe a huge thanks to our donors for providing them,” said Elise Hamner, Southwestern Foundation Executive Director. “These awards do so much more than just help financially. Students tell us all the time how receiving a scholarship inspires them to achieve their goals and give back to our local community.”
The Southwestern Foundation was established as a scholarship organization in 1962, the year after the college started. Since then, thousands of students have attended the college using Foundation scholarships. Donors who contribute to these scholarships allow students to focus on achieving a college education and high-skill technical training they might not otherwise have the ability to pursue.
In addition to Foundation scholarships, the college reminds families that any 2020 high school graduate with a cumulative high school GPA of 3.75 or higher is potentially eligible for a free two-year tuition waiver worth nearly $9,000 to attend Southwestern. This past year, 31 students from high schools in our college district took advantage of this opportunity. In total, they saved their families $134,000 in tuition costs.
If you are interested in donating to Southwestern Foundation scholarships visit www.socc.edu/foundation/give/ or call 541-888-7209 for additional information.
Southwestern Foundation 2020-21 Scholarship Recipients:
Alexander Ewing Scholarship: Alyssa Hutchings
Andy Toribio Scholarship: Uriel Barrios-Gonzales
Ann Lansing Scholarship: Abbi Myers
Art and Toni Poole Scholarship: Danny Hawthorne, Kara Klietz
Barbara Dodrill Scholarship: Carissa Pefley
Barbara Emily Knudson Scholarship: Stephanie Higgins
Baughman Memorial Apprenticeship Scholarship: Victoria Wallace
Bay Area Sportsman’s Association (BASA) Scholarship: Quinn Allen
Bechtold-Laird Health Care Scholarship: Jake Gerhardt, Sky Solis
Bezzerides Scholarship: Jessica Ambler
Bi-Mart Scholarship: Nathan James
Caddy McKeown Scholarship: Nicholas Turner
Coos Bay Vision Center Scholarship: Imogen Snively
Coos Bay-North Bend Rotary Scholarship: Emily Treskey
Coquille Indian Tribe Scholarship: Miles Wheeler
Dean Muffett Memorial Scholarship: Joshua Olson
DeArmond CTE Scholarship: Emma Bouchat, Taryn Hunt, Skylar Lucas, Lawrence Winowiecki
Dennis and Janet Beetham Family Scholarship: Zachary Warner
Dorothy Heagy Education Scholarship: Chelsea Hendrickson
Ernest L. Frye-Keizer Memorial Scholarship: Caitlin McCullough
Estella Morgan Memorial: Amelia Harvey
Flaxel Family Scholarship: Trenton McGahan
Floyd Ingram Scholarship: Amy Annaloro, Dominque Madison
Hales Family Scholarship: Kayleana Green, Benjamin Hallmark, Logan Jones, Cayanne McKinley, Kristine Reasor
Hedian Swanson Nursing Scholarship: Jaden Justice, Mandy McCaffree
Henry F. and Elva H. Hansen Memorial Scholarship: Mikaela Bjorn
Jack & Margaret S. Dean Scholarship: Hollie Jurkowski
James Reed VanDuzer IV Scholarship: Sean Esperance
John W. Burles Memorial Scholarship: Erica Londagin
Keiser Scholarship for Culinary Excellence: Catherine Brown, Kaitlyn McElroy, Shane Wilder, Jason Wilhite
Kyle Trust Scholarship: Jason Fadely
Laker Legacy Alumni Scholarship: Joseph Greer
Leonard C. Farr Community Service Scholarship: Jasmine Herrera
Linda L. Kallgren Nursing Scholarship: DeAnne Cole
Lisa G. Wampole Memorial Scholarship in Criminal Justice: Aracely Santiago Hernandez
Martin and Suzy Callery Scholarship: Ashlee Imhoff
Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship: Jalen Haener
May Virginia Smith VanDuzer Scholarship: Julie Smith
Maybelle M. Olson Scholarship: Rylie Houck
Menasha Legacy Fund Scholarship: Jesus Castillo, Amelia Harvey, Evan Johnson, James Lucero, Cooper Lynn, Helen Respi
Metzger Family Culinary Scholarship: Isaiah Speroni
Metzger Family Nursing Scholarship: Kaila Tripp
Mike Groben Scholarship: Jonel Martinez
Monica Schreiber “Gramma Mo” Scholarship: Maritza Millan-Figueroa
Nature’s Coastal Holiday Ambassador Scholarship: Jason Liddell, Karen Schaefer, April Talbot
Nolan Science and Engineering Scholarship: Bethany Beer
Pacific Orchid Society Scholarship: Kelli Long
Patricia Benetti Memorial Scholarship: Phillip Brazille
Patricia D. and William B. Smullin Scholarship: Kathleen Forrester, Austin Fox
Presbyterian Church of Coos Bay Memorial Scholarship: Eden Chereek, Kaitlyn McElroy
Pringle Scholarship for Curry Student: Sarah Cameron
Randy Carpenter Memorial Foundation Scholarship: Jeremy Potter
Richard and Mary Bateman Scholarship: Mercedes Allen
Roderick H. Morris Scholarship: Jason Wilhite
Sharon Barnett Scholarship: Ashley Watkins
Sheryl Rosenbaum Memorial Scholarship: Jessica Hennick
Shirley Barton Nursing Scholarship: Vera Bernhardt
Sickels Family Rural College Technology Scholarship: Breno Coutinho
Slaney Family Human Services Scholarship: Darrell Donhoff
Slaney Family Scholarship: Shayonna Tripp
Southwestern Foundation Culinary General Scholarship: Sasha Arzner, Owen Baty, Thomas Rogers
Southwestern Foundation General Scholarship: Alyssa Neves, Bethany Rowe
Southwestern Foundation – Curry Campus General Scholarship: Adriann Bracken, Natasha Holmes, Caren Vastine
Southwestern Foundation – Early Bird Scholarship: Dannielle Acosta
Stephens Family Scholarship: Jordan Houck
Student of the Year Scholarship: Jaime Flores-Garcia
SWOCC Classified Scholarship: Kaitlyn Garrett
Ted Ellingson Forestry Scholarship: Quinn Allen
TymByr Culinary Scholarship: Hannah Miner, Brianna Raterman
Uncorking Opportunity! Al Peirce Co. Scholarship: Jesus Castillo
Uncorking Opportunity! Child Care Scholarship: Karli Kinney, Crystal Parry, Oaren Wraye
Uncorking Opportunity! The Mill Casino Scholarship: Maria Carreno
Vernon Brecke Rainbow Bridge Memorial Scholarship: Kaitlyn Heitman
William Lansing Scholarship: Joshua Olson
Woolridge Myrtle Point Scholarship: Kaleen Skinner
Yellow Cab Taxi Scholarship: Micah Tardie
