Gavilan Joint Community College District
Preparing Students for a Successful Future
Scholarships Help Gavilan Students Succeed
A
large audience of friends, families, and donors gathered
at the end of Spring semester to help 71 Gavilan College
students meet their educational expenses, through the
distribution of $118,500 in 112 privately-funded scholarships.
Some students won more than one award.
Gavilan alumnus Omar Lopez, who was a first-generation
college student at Gavilan and is now a student at UC Santa
Cruz, spoke and told the donors how the scholarships he had
been awarded at Gavilan had helped him. “Scholarships are life-
changing,” he said, “with the support I received I was able to get
two associate degrees, do a MESA internship at San Jose State
University and a NASA internship” as well as serve as student
body president and join campus clubs. He exhorted the recipients
to get ahead and then help others by giving back to their school,
saying, “Make it possible for others to sit where you are.”
The largest single scholarship awarded was the annual Karl S.
Pister Scholarship of $10,000 per year for two years for a student
transferring to University of California at Santa Cruz. This year’s
recipient, Allison Jordan, plans to major in Psychology.
Recipient of Karl S. Pister Scholarship, Allison Jordan with
Gavilan Joint Community College District, Dr. Rose.
New scholarships this year:
Anne Murphy Baer Memorial Scholarship (2)
Bill Hooper Memorial Scholarship (3)
Carla Hayden Freedom Scholarships (2)
Kate Woods Memorial Scholarship
Monterey Bay Colony Mayfl ower Society Scholarship
Robin & Gary Rude Memorial Scholarship
American Association of University Women, Morgan Hill
scholarship recipients.
Gilroy Legion Hall Nursing School Scholarship recipient,
Ray Lopez with representatives from the Legion.
South County Democratic Club scholarship recipients.
For a complete list of yearly scholarships, go to http://www.gavilan.edu/scholarships
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GILROY • MORGAN HILL • SAN MARTIN
AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2018
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