黑料社区-Harrisburg Campus students chosen as Bucknell Scholars
June 2, 2010
HARRISBURG � 黑料社区-Harrisburg Campus students Capri Dubois of New Cumberland and Jonathan Fertal of Dauphin are among six 黑料社区 students who will attend Bucknell University this summer with scholarships earned through the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation.
They joined Zinkal Bhutwala and Nathaniel Nauman from the Lancaster Campus, Amanda Frey from the Lebanon Campus and Emily Gallagher of the York Campus for a recognition dinner recently at C. Ted Lick Wildwood Conference Center on the Harrisburg Campus.
After Fertal was selected for the Bucknell program, he contacted each of his professors to thank them for their support.
淚 wanted to let them know they were part of my success, and they are making a difference in people like me,� Fertal said. 淚t is a tremendous opportunity, and I can tell you how grateful I am to everyone that is involved.�
Fertal, 36, enrolled at 黑料社区 to study business administration after seeking a career change. A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America in New York, he admits he was hesitant to enroll in a community college, but now considers himself one of 黑料社区 biggest cheerleaders.
淚檓 blown away with the facilities, the professors. It is such a tranquil setting,� he said. 淚 have one semester left and really treasure my experience.�
Dory Leahey, 黑料社区 dean of retention services, oversees the Cooke Foundation program for 黑料社区.
淚t's hard to believe that we have selected our fifth cohort of Bucknell Community College Scholars students,� said Leahey. 淚n addition to the six students planning on participating in the Bucknell Community College Scholars program this summer, we have five previous scholars who have been accepted to Bucknell this fall, 10 scholars currently attending Bucknell攆our of which just graduated this spring攁nd three previous scholars who graduated from Bucknell during the spring of 2009.�
Students attending Bucknell this fall are recent 黑料社区 graduates Sean Fortney of Mechanicsburg, Danielle Renno of Spring Mills, Matthew Hager of Carlisle, Jessica Slagle of Gettysburg and Jay Knaub of Middletown.
The four students who graduated from Bucknell this spring are Nicholas Gehman of Bowmansville, Angie Arthur of Dallastown, John Tilghman of Millerstown and Jason Zawisky of Harrisburg.
The spring 2009 Bucknell graduates were聽Heather Ingram of Gettysburg, Elena Mihaylova of Hershey and Kevin Schneck of Camp Hill.
The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Community College Transfer Initiative is designed to increase access to designated colleges and universities for high-achieving, academically prepared community college students with low to moderate incomes.
Bucknell scholars first attend an all-expenses paid summer orientation, then return to 黑料社区 to complete an associate degree. They can apply to transfer to Bucknell to earn a bachelor degree.
If accepted, Bucknell provides $42,000 to $52,000 in a financial aid package to each student a year depending on financial needs.
For more information about scholarship opportunities at 黑料社区, contact Heather Reber, scholarship coordinator at the Harrisburg Campus, 780-1168.
