KCC Foundation’s Trustee Scholarship deadline is Thursday

Gold Key Scholarship recipient Makenzie Farmer.

Gold Key Scholarship recipient Makenzie Farmer.

The deadline for graduating high school seniors to apply for a Kellogg Community College Foundation Trustee Scholarship for the 2013-14 academic year at KCC is 5 p.m. Thursday, March 28.

The KCC Trustee Scholarship, which equals the cost of tuition and fees for four semesters for up to 64 credits at the college, is available to graduating high school seniors from within the college’s district. Applicants must be nominated by a representative from their high school administrative or counseling department and approved by the KCC Foundation’s Board of Directors.

Eligible students must have a cumulative high school GPA of 3.2 or higher and must be a graduating senior from one of the following area high schools: Albion, Athens, Battle Creek Academy, Battle Creek Central, Calhoun Christian School, Calhoun Community High School, Harper Creek, Homer, Lakeview, Mar Lee, Marshall, Marshall Academy, Pennfield, St. Philip Catholic Central, Tekonsha or Union City.

More information about Trustee Scholarship criteria and application guidelines can be found on the KCC Foundation website at www.kellogg.edu/foundation/schTrustee.html.

Applications for the scholarship are not available online, as they are provided only to those students who have been nominated for the award by their participating school. Students who would like to be nominated are encouraged to contact their high school administrative and/or counseling departments.

For more information or to contribute to KCC Foundation scholarships, please contact Ginger Cutsinger, KCC Foundation executive director, at 269-965-4161.

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KCC Foundation and transfer scholarship deadline is March 1

Dr. Ed Haring, former KCC president, listens during the KCC Foundation's annual Scholarship Dinner held this past fall.

Dr. Ed Haring, former KCC president, listens during the KCC Foundation’s annual Scholarship Dinner held this past fall.

The deadline for students to apply for a Kellogg Community College Foundation Scholarship or transfer scholarship for the 2013-14 academic year at Kellogg Community College is 5 p.m. Friday, March 1, 2013.

There are more than 100 KCC Foundation Scholarships offered each year, each funded by different donors and with different qualification criteria for recipients. Award amounts vary by scholarship, with recipients determined by selection committees that consider students for all scholarships for which they are eligible.

Transfer scholarships – including the Walter and Lucille Harper Scholarship, the Virginia M. Hensley Education or Health Care Two-Year Scholarship, and the Robert F. Hites Family Scholarship – are awarded to students exhibiting outstanding academic and personal achievement who are graduating from KCC and transferring to a baccalaureate-degree granting institution.

Transfer scholarship applicants must graduate during the 2012-13 academic year and provide an acceptance letter from the institution to which they will transfer to qualify for the scholarship. A selection committee will review each applicant’s academic records along with their school, community and service activities, and if they are awarded the scholarship the award will be sent directly to the student’s transfer institution.

March 1 also is the deadline for students to apply for KCC’s new Aspiring Journalist Fund and the Stetler Scholarship for Non-Traditional Students.

Application forms for all KCC Foundation and transfer scholarships can be found online at www.kellogg.edu/foundation. KCC Foundation Scholarship application booklets for 2013-14 are available at area high school counseling departments in addition to the KCC Foundation office and other locations on campus at 450 North Ave., Battle Creek.

For more information or to contribute to scholarships, please contact Ginger Cutsinger, KCC Foundation executive director, at 269-965-4161.

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KCC creates scholarship for aspiring journalists

The Aspiring Journalist Fund at KCC will award a scholarship of at least $250 each semester to a second-year KCC student who has at least a 2.0 GPA and an interest in pursuing a journalism degree.

The Aspiring Journalist Fund at KCC will be awarded each semester to a second-year student who has at least a 2.0 GPA and an interest in pursuing a journalism degree.

Future journalists are invited to apply for a new scholarship at Kellogg Community College, which added the new fund this month to its already long list of scholarship opportunities for students.

The Aspiring Journalist Fund at KCC will award a scholarship of at least $250 each semester, beginning in August 2013, to a second-year KCC student who has at least a 2.0 GPA and an interest in pursuing a journalism degree.

KCC faculty will nominate potential recipients each semester and a committee at the KCC Foundation, which administers scholarships for the college, will make the final selections. Although KCC doesn’t offer a journalism degree, the scholarship would defray costs in a student’s second year as he or she prepares to transfer to another school.

The Aspiring Journalist Fund was created by Eric Greene, who worked for 19 years as a reporter, photographer, columnist, blogger and editor at five newspapers in Michigan and Montana. Greene left his job as managing editor of the Battle Creek Enquirer in 2012 to become director of the Public Information and Marketing Department at KCC.

“Excellent journalism, because it is devoted to providing people with meaningful information and objective analysis of current events, is crucial to the future of this community and to our society,” Greene said. “After devoting most of my writing career to this worthy and necessary profession, I am delighted to set up a scholarship to help aspiring journalists pursue their goals.”

To apply for a scholarship from the Aspiring Journalist Fund for the 2013-14 academic year, students must submit an application by March 1, 2013, which is the deadline for most scholarships offered through the KCC Foundation. The exceptions are the Gold Key Scholarship, which has a deadline of Jan. 25, 2013, and the Trustee Scholarship, which has a deadline of March 28, 2013. Application forms for all scholarships can be found at www.kellogg.edu/foundation.

For more information or to contribute to the Aspiring Journalist Fund, contact the KCC Foundation at 269-965-4161.

For more news about Kellogg Community College, view our latest press releases online at www.kellogg.edu/daily/category/press-releases.

KCC’s Gold Key Scholarship application deadline is Jan. 25

Gold Key Scholarship recipient Makenzie Farmer.

Gold Key Scholarship recipient Makenzie Farmer.

The deadline for students to apply for a Gold Key Scholarship for the 2013-14 academic year at Kellogg Community College is Jan. 25, 2013.

Gold Key Scholarships, among KCC’s most prestigious awards, recognize outstanding academics and leadership potential as students begin their college careers. A Gold Key provides $6,000 to recipients, who are awarded $2,500 annually for two years, plus an additional $1,000 for continuing their education after completing a two-year program at KCC.

Gold Key application forms and detailed instructions are available at www.kellogg.edu/foundation.  To be considered, applications must be delivered to the KCC Foundation or postmarked no later than 5 p.m. Jan. 25.

The first Gold Key Scholarships were inspired by Mrs. Elizabeth H. Binda, a former KCC trustee and KCC Foundation board director emeritus. This past academic year, the KCC Foundation awarded 13 Gold Key Scholarships.

The application deadline for other KCC Foundation scholarships is March 1, 2013, with the exception of the Trustee Scholarship, which has a deadline of March 28, 2013. For more information, please call the KCC Foundation at 269-965-4161.

Also, KCC Foundation Scholarship application booklets for 2013-14 are available at area high school counseling departments in addition to the KCC Foundation office and other locations on campus at 450 North Ave., Battle Creek.

The KCC Foundation was founded by the college in 1998 to seek private funding to assist students.  A non-governmental, nonprofit 501(c)(3) with its own funds, the KCC Foundation is managed by a volunteer Board of Directors.

For additional information or to contribute to scholarships, please contact Ginger Cutsinger, KCC Foundation executive director, at 269-965-4161.

For more news about Kellogg Community College, view our latest press releases online at www.kellogg.edu/daily/category/press-releases.

Bruin Open golf event raises record $91,000 for scholarships

A record amount of more than $91,000 in scholarship money was raised for Kellogg Community College students at the annual Bruin Scholarship Open golf event on Friday, Sept. 7.

The annual fundraiser, now in its 15th year, continues to grow in terms of participation — 244 people played Friday — and the amount of scholarship money raised by players and sponsors. About $80,000 was raised in 2011.

Ginger Cutsinger, executive director of the Kellogg Community College Foundation and chief organizer of the event, said this year’s outing at Binder Park Golf Course was a tremendous success.

“It takes a ton of planning and an army of volunteers to put the Bruin Scholarship Open together, but it’s worth every ounce of energy because the money we raise helps local students go to college,” Cutsinger said.

Funds raised this year will pay for about 30 student scholarships.

“We’re especially grateful for our sponsors and players from across the area who donated money, prizes and time for the Bruin Scholarship Open,” Cutsinger said.

In addition to 18 holes of golf, players could enter contests on the course, including “longest drive” and “on the green,” and they could enter a raffle to win dozens of prizes, including a large-screen television, patio furniture and tablet computers.

Major sponsors of the event included CSM Group, Inc.; IBEW 445 LMMC; Current Electric; Motor Shop Electric Construction; Union Electric; Omni Facilities Service; Battle Creek Community Foundation, The Brickman Group, Schroeder DeGraw, PLLC; Schweitzer, Inc.; Skanska USA; and Worgess Insurance.

The winning teams of the 2012 Bruin Scholarship Open, by division and pictured above, were:

  • Men’s: Skanska USA, comprised by Kevin Carson, Jason Kopp, Terry Parrott and Tony Carson.
  • Mixed: A team comprised by Dennis Bona, Linda Morrison, Annette Devereaux and Chris Sargent.
  • Women’s: Ralston, comprised by Sue Norrod, Angie Hubbard, Theresa Johnson and Ann Marie Lemon.

View photo galleries featuring images from the Bruin Scholarship Open on the Kellogg Community College Facebook page at www.facebook.com/KelloggCommunityCollege/photos.

See more Bruin Open photos on KCC’s Facebook page

We’ve posted two more photo galleries including more than 100 additional images from the Kellogg Community College Foundation’s Bruin Scholarship Open on the Kellogg Community College Facebook page, which you can view online at www.facebook.com/KelloggCommunityCollege/photos.

The daylong event — held Friday at Binder Park Golf Course in Battle Creek – is the principal fundraising event for the Kellogg Community College Foundation, which provides scholarships to students and grants to Kellogg Community College departments to enhance educational initiatives at the college.

Shortly after the event on Friday afternoon we posted a photo gallery of more than 50 images featuring the teams that participated in this year’s event, which can also be viewed through the Facebook link above.

We’ll post more about the event over the course of the next few days, including final fundraising tallies. Last year’s Bruin Open provided 25 student scholarships through money raised from golfers and sponsorship donations from area businesses and organizations.

Pictured above, a team checks their phones after a day of golf.

See Bruin Scholarship Open photos on KCC’s Facebook page

The Kellogg Community College Foundation’s Bruin Scholarship Open was held today at Binder Park Golf Course in Battle Creek. The daylong event is the principal fundraising event for the organization, which provides scholarships to students and grants to Kellogg Community College departments to enhance educational initiatives at the college.

This afternoon we posted a photo gallery of more than 50 images featuring the teams that participated in this year’s event to Kellogg Community College’s Facebook page. The team pictured above includes KCC Athletics Director Tom Shaw (far left) and the college’s head baseball coach Eric Laskovy (second from the right).

Click here to view the gallery on Kellogg Community College’s Facebook page.

We’ll post more about the event over the course of the next few days, including many more photos taken throughout the day.

Last year’s Bruin Open provided 25 student scholarships through money raised from golfers and sponsorship donations from area businesses and organizations.