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| Among students receiving supplemental grant aid scholarships through Southwestern Community College’s student support services department are, front row, from left: Yesenia Navarro of Cullowhee, Jenny May (Waynesville) and Gabrielle Beam (Bryson City). Second row: Laurie Butler, SCC’s tutor coordinator and health sciences advisor; Sandi Matson (Waynesville) and Adam Elders (Cullowhee). Back row: Herbert Waldroop (Franklin), Andrew Lytle (Franklin), LaVelle Dixon (Asheville), Peter Buck, counselor and career technologies advisor; and Cheryl Contino-Conner, executive director of student success at SCC. Not pictured are scholarship recipients Nichole Arevalo, Daniel LeQuire and Lenny Perino of Macon County; Amanda Gregory and Arlicia Zimmerman of Swain County; Elvin Peace of Jackson County; Pamela Lamb of Graham County and Heather Whitaker of Clay County. |
Sixteen Southwestern Community College students recently received supplemental grant aid scholarships through the student support services department.
The scholarships help students achieve their goal of graduating from SCC and, when appropriate, transfer to a university. Each student received a $750 scholarship that will be used to supplement tuition, fees, transportation costs as well as necessary school supplies.
Half the money is received in the fall while the second installment comes during the spring semester.
“It is our hope the scholarship dollars will lighten the financial burden students incur while attending SCC, making their education journey a bit less stressful and their goal of graduation achievable,” said Cheryl Contino-Conner, executive director of student success at SCC. “We have solid data telling us that money worries are a huge factor in student persistence.”
For more information about SCC and the programs it provides, visit southwesterncc.edu.
