Broward College Student Receives Prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship

  • News | 28 April 2014 | less than a minute

paul harvelHonors Student Paul Harvel is Broward College's 13th recipient of the nation's most competitive and prestigious scholarship, the Jack Kent Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship.

This scholarship is awarded to the most outstanding community college students, allowing them to complete their bachelor's degrees at an accredited four-year college or university. This year, 85 scholars were selected from 3,705 applicants from 737 community colleges.

Broward College also honored outstanding academic achievement by students at the Robert "Bob" Elmore Honors College Convocation Ceremony last month.

"The Honors Convocation gives students the chance to be recognized for their special accomplishments", said Dr. Tai Houser, Honors College director.

Awardees honored included:
Bocchino Family Scholarship Award: Cordette Vanzant
Barry Goldwater Scholar Award: Francisco Encalada
Director’s Award: Thomas Kent
Academic Dean’s Award – Central: Nucleus Shelton; North: My Ford Noel; South: Jesus Rodriguez
Campus President’s Award – Central: Bethany Bowra; North: Simoni Kunharski; South: Juan Villata
Coordinator Service Awards – Central: Tara Mayer; North: Franklin Fronek; South: Bonnie Bhounphob
Biology Award – North: Amanda Brack
Chemistry Award – North: Michael Brown
Computer Science Award – North: Gillian Williams
English Award – North: Niccole Lacy; South: Janeli Gourzong
Geography Award – Central: Valerie Hurtado
History Award – Central Campus: Fernando Soler-Casanova; South: Juan Villata
Interdisciplinary Honors Award – Central: Alice Lopez
International Relations Award – Central; Campus: Fernanda Pegado Catergiani
Mathematics – South: Allen McDonadl
Philosophy Award – Central: Elizabeth Breder
Political Science Award – Central: Yekaterina Lobuzova
Psychology – South Campus: Bethany Bowra
Religion Award – Central: Christian Andres Castello
Sociology – South: Mickerlange Augustin
Speech Communications Award – North: Franklin Fronek
Visual & Performing Arts Award – Central: Cinthia Nunez

For more information, call Tai Houser, Ph.D., at 954-201-7646 or thouser@broward.edu