Scholarships Celebration Event Program[22]

Seattle Colleges Foundation 2021-22 SCHOLARSHIP CELEBRATION Tonight, we celebrate the achievements of our nearly 400 scholarship recipients They hail from all around the globe and range in age from 17 to 65 Their diversity is extraordinary, but they share a desire to improve their lives through education They continue to make us proud each day We also celebrate the donors who made these scholarships possible It’s heartening and uplifting to think that because of your generosity, each year we award over $1M in scholarships Your contribution transforms and inspires these students by catalyzing change within themselves, their families, their communities, and the world Finally, a special thank you to the volunteer reviewers who collectively devoted hundreds of hours to evaluating scholarship applications Your labor of love will echo for years to come in the lives of those selected Tonight’s Program The evening will begin at 5:30 and run approximately 40 minutes Here are the people you’ll hear from (in order): Sahra Ali South Seattle College Student Dr Rosie Rimando-Chareunsap President, South Seattle College Kerry Howell Vice Chancellor for Advancement, Seattle Colleges CEO, Seattle Colleges Foundation Najwa Alsheikh Seattle Central College Alum Dr Yoshiko Harden Acting President, Seattle Central College Dr Chemene Crawford President, North Seattle College Mokish Farzan Seattle Central College Student Lakeisha Jones North Seattle College Student Dr Shouan Pan Chancellor, Seattle Colleges FEATURED GUEST Angela Jones, J.D Director, Washington State Initiative, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 2021-22 SCHOLARSHIPS IN BRIEF Awards from 539 407 120 Scholarship awards Recipients scholarship funds This year’s Seattle Colleges Scholars * Indicates a scholar/scholarship supported by partners at the South Seattle College Foundation Academic Achievement in Business Endowed Scholarship Che Wei Lee Markus Ronnie Airborne Express Endowed Scholarship *Adrianna Chagdes *Jerold Paet Guofang Li Helen Mehari Akhtar Cohansedgh Endowed Scholarship Bao Tran Vo *Anna C Mason Endowed Scholarship Alexander Como Jr Elijah Garrett Antique and Classic Boat Society Scholarship TBD Bank of America Endowed Scholarship *Eilane Guzman Qiutrina Miller Nahum Yanez *Bayview Memorial Adopt Scholarship Anne Monroe Colbi Kubo *Bayview Memorial Endowed Scholarship Joshua Rodriguez-Peiser *Beardsley Family Foundation Adopt Scholarship Camille Barrat Dong Kim Ben Bridge Scholarship Endowment for Horology Grant Choi Evan Embrey Russell Fox Jeffry Williams Biella Foundation Adopt Scholarship *Vanna Bun *Tupou Fifita *Gillian Williams Amanda Capella Rachel Drake Gabriela Greco Jagshakti Jhelumi Emery Rwigamba Thuan Vo Bill Morgan Endowed Scholarship Alessandra Roque Bob & Evelyn Reutimann Endowed Scholarship Mozaia Walton Broadway High School Alumni Foundation Endowed Scholarship Christiana Akaeke Nahom Alemu Ana Carmela Bungag Ricardo Franca Seble Haile Sidney Hauser Leon Ipaso Hsiaohua Kuan Gelma Mile Eden Okubagebriel Charles Stebbins Sasha Somer Mekdes Teka Ileana Martinez Villada Aracely Viveros Campos Alyssa Williams Kemer Yeman Frezer Yimer Broadway High School Alumni Foundation Endowed – Anne Moldrom Scholarship for Transfer Students Chala Ahmed Broadway High School Alumni Foundation Endowed - Florence Lundquist Scholarship for Transfer Students Rosalia Antonio Caiping Zhu Broadway High School Alumni Foundation Endowed – Stuart Oles Scholarship for Transfer Students Uyen Nguyen Broadway High School Alumni Foundation Endowed - William Wilton Scholarship for Transfer Students Andrew Tettamanti Bruce McKenna Memorial Scholarship Thomas Davis Kelly Mitchell *Budd Gould and Joey & Vera Ing Endowed Scholarship Tung Nguyen *Carl M & Louise C Lovested Endowed Scholarship Jasmeen Kaur Josephine Kiser Chancellor Jill Wakefield Endowed Scholarship Fund Emily Stifter *Charles Hauck Jr Endowed Scholarship Gillian Williams Commitment Scholarship (Central) Ryan Burke Meghan Cornaby Haley Jacobs Edfranz James Leano Tressa Martin Ruby Myers Thinh Nguyen Mike Sampaga Belul Tesfamariam Peiwen Wu Completion Scholarship Central Abdiweli Abdi Celia Berk James Brooker Samuel Gaspar Lar-Mone’t Harris Asha Hassan James Higuera Earmias Hishe Daynon Jackson Joanne Jones Semyung Kim Denis Leclech Semhar Sereke Han Tang North Rehana Ali Christopher Barnett Channing Campbell Mebrat Gebrehiwot Siem Ghebreslase Paul Hernandez Socorro Hinojosa Sergei Lewis Nellie Matewere Calvin Olds Stephanie Schmid Lauren Thompson Zoe Reynolds Tuan Vo Edward Zuniga *Corrinne & Perry Wing Endowed Scholarship Ibrahim Dineh Costco Diversity Scholarship Fatima Abidar Asha Ahmed Kiros Ballay Saray Carrada Lopez Kibrome Feleke Jacob Gakuo Chin-Erdene Gantulga Hamdi Garmela Remi Hall Zahra Hassan Kathryn Hoppins Paola Jaime Lakeisha Jones Lydia King Lydia Mekonnen Sophia Mohnani Amina Nadif Minh-Thanh Nguyen Maina Njie Islam Nurdin Uulu Jennifer Ocampo Rupak Pawar Juana Perez-Guzman Judith Petumpenyi Reichelle Anne Robles Alexander Rystrom Connie Samuels Valentina Salai Nicolaus Seni Dolma Sherpa Derreck Smith Alessandra Souza Lima Alex Torres Muna Yasin Craig & Carol Corcoran Memorial Endowed Scholarship Tam Huynh *Mussie Tsegay Ellisandra Zellaney *David & Edgar Mitchell Endowed Scholarship Mansa-Khaliq El Bey Deloitte Scholarship Sanfan Ridhirong Phung Vong *Deloitte & Touche Endowed Scholarship Christian Pena Desmond Jackson Memorial Scholarship Romelle Bradford Loren Pleasant Mussie Tsegay Christopher Wilson Dler Ismael Memorial Endowed Scholarship Thuy Pham Dorthea Pennington Memorial Endowed Scholarship Adrian Tunney Romelle Bradford Dr Charles H Mitchell Fund for Excellence Scholarship Winifred Abah Natalie Avent-Metcalf Ebrima Banda Reshonna Booker Xiaoru Chen Jonalyn Demirbag Abraham Desta Lauren Dutton Denisse Elvir Zavala Rabia Friedman Gadise Geleta Eric Ortiz Gomez Edwin Guevara Anh Ha Madina Hassani Racab Kebede Natalie La Hue Diego Moreira Alves Faith Mutuku Veronika Pshenytska June Rapisura Mohamed Samael Zerihun Sime Edip Ulucay Caelan West-Morga Minghua Yi Zacharias Lerner Beatriz Muniz Kenneth Schumacher Emily Stifter Chikara Sugiyama Wyatt Youngquist Jahan Zaib Ellisandra Zellaney Dr Margaret Rust Women’s Diversity Scholarship Soliha Ma Eleanor Nazarenus/Nelson Mandela Endowed Scholarship Doris Beamon Sadia Kalicha Emery Rwigamba Yorsalem Teweldemedhin Dr Peter Ku Endowed Scholarship Nichole Eidsmoe Dr Ron LaFayette Endowed Scholarship TingTing Kim Drs Mildred & Henry Ollée Memorial Endowed Scholarship Hawa Jagana Drs Warren & Rachel Brown President’s Endowed Scholarship Eftu Wakjira *Earl & Virginia Cruzen Endowed Scholarship Anthony Franklin Education Fund Scholarship (General Student Support) - North Seattle Rafal Albadri Robert Ayotte Desirae Brownlee Christie Butler Amanda Capella Grant Choi Mariann Colonna Dagmawi Demissie Stephanie Driver Melanie Escalante Florian Ewing Russell Fox Betelehem Gedefaw Hayley Glantz * Elmer & Joan Lindseth Endowed Scholarship Josephine Kiser *Ernie Pino Memorial Adopt Scholarship Leandra Dicken ET Kessler Memorial Endowment Scholarship TBD *Fayette Krause Adopt Scholarship Christine PoorBear Filipino American Education Endowment Scholarship Jamaica Ramos Florence E Galbraith Endowed Scholarship *Claire Chanard *Rachael Hanks *Lemrabott Lemrabott *Austin Moungchanh Abdiweli Ali Abdi Lily Kerson Anna Segler Hilda Torres Kendrick Ung Victoria Yuen Food Services of America Endowed Scholarship David Baker Foster Pepper Endowed Scholarship Ibrahim Hussain Franklin Micah Wood Endowed Scholarship Gabriela Greco Future Leaders Scholarship for Property Management Scholarship Tongzhen Chen Shun Ng Taneshaa Prince Gary Kunis Cisco Network Design Endowed Scholarship Myron Curry General Scholarships - Seattle Central Abdiweli Ali Abdi Lisa Batiste Mikayla Boykin-Clark Xarah Bracho Richard Bryant Michael Dunn Samantha Franchini Senait Gebrihwet Elisa Gutierrez Thi Kim Hang Nguyen Morgan Hemphill Ibrahim Hussain Tam Huynh Lilian Kambuni Alyssa Kellar Nathanael Kramer Alexis Lowe Melodie Marina Helen Mehari Qiutrina Miller Freddy Montiel Elizabeth Nicodemus Bach My Tien Nguyen Eden Okubagebriel Marquetta Patterson 10 Thuy Pham Jamaica Ramos Camila Rivera Sanchez Laurice Slaughter Bailey Starkey Loan Tran Amanda Whisler General Scholarships – North Seattle Rafal Albadri Robert Ayotte Desirae Brownlee Christie Butler Amanda Capella Grant Choi Mariann Colonna Dagmawi Demissie Stephanie Driver Melanie Escalante Florian Ewing Russell Fox Betelehem Gedefaw Hayley Glantz Zacharias Lerner Beatriz Muniz Kenneth Schumacher Chikara Sugiyama Emily Stifter Wyatt Youngquist Jahan Zaib Ellisandra Zellaney General Scholarships - South Seattle Timothy Anderson Christina Molina Valentina Salai Jermaine Smith Samantha Smiley George & Cleo Corcoran Endowed Scholarship Kyndra Millsap George & Irene Neiswanger Business Division Scholarship Kenneth Schumacher George T Lewis Scholarship Evan Embrey *Glen Cullor Endowed Scholarship Denise Mitchell Hugh S Cannon Foundation Scholarship Samantha Franchini Alexis Lowe Marquetta Patterson *Group Health Cooperative Endowed Scholarship Ridwan Hussien Inspire Our Future: Cohen Family Scholarship Laurice Slaughter *Hailey Gray Memorial Adopt Scholarship Dea Jackson *James C Douglas Endowed Scholarship Peikadae Doeum Sok *Helen Jean Malmo Endowed Scholarship Michael Ballentine Jennifer Bermudez Antuoan Jackson Ayanna Lee Jerold Paet *Henry F Dambacher Endowed Scholarship Fernando Alves de Pontes Nhung Ngo James D Hoyt Memorial Scholarship Alice Cao Paula Mejia Echeverri Nichole Eidsmoe Amanda Elzea-sanderson Amanda Ereth Andrea Henneman-luglio Susan Huynh Hannah James Teri Mitchell Megashree Sengar Daniel Snoozy Emily Un Herman Sarkowsky Endowed Scholarship for Business & Information Technology Jagshakti Jhelumi Jennifer Hanson Endowed Nursing Program Fund Assoumahu Diallo Hisako Nakaya Apparel Design Endowed Scholarship Elizabeth Nicodemus *Jerry & Linda Hermanson Endowed Scholarship Ayanna Lee Ream Phou Holt W Webster Memorial Endowed Scholarship Rachel Drake *Jerry M Brockey Endowed Scholarship Ezra Bolotin Ross Reynolds Horst & Ruby Peschel Family Endowed Scholarship Jarrett Scott *Jerry M Brockey Endowed Scholarship Ezra Bolotin *Jill Wakefield Endowed Scholarship Ariel Doyle 11 Jim R Medley Endowed Student Scholarship Ameer Kiani Laura Scudder Nursing Scholarship Asma Daud Maza Kelbessa McLennaghan Education Fund Scholarship TBD John A Barton Endowed Scholarship for Science Jahan Zaib Laurie McCutcheon Memorial Endowed Scholarship Richard Bryant Mary Easterwood Melvin Choate Endowed Scholarship Yulia Mazur *John E Lein Endowed Scholarship Jihun Yoon John Cephas Martin Scholarship Endowment Dennis Wei Nathanael Engen John & Mary Ann Mangels Endowed Scholarship Wyatt Youngquist John R Sarich, Jr Memorial Scholarship Jane Hall *Joseph L Goodwin Endowed Scholarship Briana Brinson Les Dames d’Escoffier Endowed Scholarship Hailey Unland *Lois Tice, Art is Life Endowed Scholarship Jodie Gurley Lovett Keiko Moriguchi International Business Scholarship Dennis Wei Joy Gulmon-Huri Endowed Scholarship Derrick Knight Lu Jiang Women Empowerment Endowed Scholarship Xarah Bracho *Judy Gray Endowed Scholarship Chau Luong Peikadae Doeum Sok Mano a Mano Endowed Scholarship Camila Rivera Sanchez Julia Seelye Memorial Scholarship Lilian Kambuni Marjorie I & Michael D Alhadeff Endowed Scholarship Asmaa Al-awadi Miranda Cox *Keith G & Helen B Massart Endowed Scholarship Stephanie Sandino-Chang *Laura Remington Parkins Endowed Scholarship Luckson Lukau Laura Scudder Business Scholarship Phan Ngoc Tuyen Chau Elena Martinez 12 Leona Hickman Educational Trust Teresa Shagoury Evelyn Berger Lisa Batiste Marcus & Mildred Mayer Horology Scholarship Tyler Thompson Martin Luther King School Dream Foundation Endowed Fund Scholarship Egeljin Myagmarsuren Michiko Prehn Endowed Scholarship * Hannah Hill Morgan Hemphill Mona Mohamed * Mitchelli Family Restaurants Endowed Scholarship Ana Urias Phyllis Gutierrez Kenney Scholarship Dagmawi Demissie Phyllis A Mayo Memorial Fund Scholarship Amanda Rogers Joseph Supples Marina Cazares *Plumb, Level, & Square Endowed Scholarship Camille Barrat President John K Aldrich Endowed Scholarship Brandon Dombrowsky Mollie V Pepper Apparel Design Endowed Scholarship Bailey Starkey Professor Sami H Abulhosn Scholarship Robert Ayotte Muckleshoot Indian Tribe Scholarship Henry Leach Rachel Hidaka Fund Scholarship Roberta Arnold Muckleshoot Tribal Council Endowed Scholarship Roman Marquez-Twisdale Ray W Strand Endowed Scholarship Elisa Gutierrez *Norman & Betty Beers Endowed Scholarship Asia Ahmed Pat Hills Finlayson Endowed Scholarship Brandon Dombrowsky Pathways Scholarship Christie Butler Patricia Fleck MacKay Memorial Endowed Scholarship Sean Landis Lena Klarnet *Philip J LeDuc, Jr Endowed Scholarship Haley Barnes Rev Samuel McKinney Scholarship Kiros Ballay Rex Ovena Endowed Scholarship Maria Cristina Bonifacio Richard & Martha Weiland Endowed Scholarship for Apparel Design Laurel Munn Richard E & Margaret K Baldwin Endowed Scholarship Melodie Marina Hoda Mohamud Richard & Minnie A Collins Scholarship Shaneisha Miller Afizedin Kedir 13 Rick Barry Fellowship Endowed Scholarship *Anthony Franklin Kyllie Davis Amanda Elzea-Sanderson Diana Kang Elena Martinez Laura Newton Boris Slyusar Bao Tran Vo Robert & Evelyn Reutimann Endowed Scholarship Mozaia Walton Seattle Colleges Scholarship for Nursing Chelsea Collier Kadijatou Dukureh Kenia Figueroa Feven Ghide Habiba Idow Aynalem Mengeste Helen Obiechina Loan Tran Roger M Walters Endowed Scholarship in Woodworking Oscar Hemmert Ronald E Ames Scholarship Autumn Causey Roy Flores Memorial Endowed Scholarship Betelehem Gedefaw Safeco Business & Finance Scholarship Endowment Ndeye Diouf Blaine Marc Relatado Safeco Insurance Foundation Endowed Scholarship *Christian Pena *Ibrahim Dineh *Nannaphat Kaewngam Michael Dunn Sarkowsky Family Endowed Scholarship Fund Nathanael Kramer Wendy Bu Seattle Colleges Foundation (SCF) Scholarship Lisa Batiste Romelle Bradford Desirae Brownlee Assoumahu Diallo Gabriela Greco Hawa Jagana 14 Seattle Security Traders Association Endowed Scholarship Mary Nguyen *Serena G Lee and Ida S Mar Memorial Endowed Scholarship Stephanie Sandino-Chang *Services Group of America Endowed Scholarship Jennifer Bermudez Shari D Behnke Endowed Scholarship Desirae Beedle Shiao-Yen Wu Endowment Scholarship Tongzhen Chen Sinegal Family Foundation Endowed Scholarship Haruna Abe Soaring Heart Endowed Scholarship Jaleesa Johnson *South Seattle College Foundation (SSCF) Adopt Scholarship Tarekegn Aboye Asia Ahmed Asmaa Al-Awadi Sahra Ali Desalegn Asrat Boubacar Bah Miranda Cox Kimberly Dean Mansa-Khaliq El Bey Eilane Guzman Patrick Hayes Ridwan Hussien Dea Jackson Sanguk Jeon Dohoon Kwon Jooyoung Lee Denise Mitchell Bee Moua Nhung Ngo Tung Nguyen Mara Palmer Hanifah Phu Jessamine Pride Juhwan Roh Kristopher Samaniego Phuong To Hien Vo *Stephen and Laurie Sparks Endowed Scholarship David Baker *Stephen K Rockwood Endowed Scholarship Briana Brinson Stepping Stones Scholarship Mu Reng Chen Shih-Tao Cho Student Government Leadership Scholarship Endowment Chikara Sugiyama Student Leadership Endowed Scholarship Thi Kim Hang Nguyen The Alice Gautsch Foreman Endowed Scholarship Derrick Knight The Boeing Adopt Scholarship James Mahlmeister The Boeing Company Endowed Scholarship Abdinajib Adan Gada Ahmed Rehana Ali Diego Cano Yin Chan Mokish Farzan Omar Garmela Aleksandra Gibler Pedro Hernandez Boi Hoa Tran Shengjian Lin Yulia Mazur Miri Park Truong Minh Ngoc Pham Tyhrona Townsel Nathan Truong Eftu Wakjira *The Boeing Endowed Scholarship Desalegn Asrat Michael Ballentine Christopher Brazell Errle Dustin Bautista Patrick Hayes Ngoc Hua Sanguk Jeon Byungwoo Lee Matthew Moulton Enocka Samuel John Wangui The Bruce Lee Foundation Scholarship Bach My Tien Nguyen 15 Seattle College Foundation Board of Directors The International News-Mike Alesko Apparel Design Endowed Scholarship Tristan Sokol The June & Henry Chen District Endowment Fund Scholarship Vien Klett The Space Needle Endowed Culinary Arts Scholarship Jarrett Scott The Tommy Fotheringham Memorial Endowed Scholarship Freddy Montiel Thomas Tellini Memorial Scholarship Alison Booth Gribas Sabryna McNally *Titus, John & Kusumam Endowed Scholarship Errle Dustin Bautista *Uber Adopt-A-Student Scholarship Tarekegn Aboye Boubacar Bah Kimberly Dean Mara Palmer Kristopher Samaniego Hien Vo *United Student Association Endowed Scholarship Zulika Ararso *Vern Gambriell Endowed Scholarship Syrosslyod Bendico Ashley French Michael Ghebremariam Alicia Jarrett Colisha Shibly Anthony Thomas Michael Vincent 16 Wayne & Jean Tice Endowed Scholarship Mikayla Boykin-Clark Senait Gebrihwet Alyssa Kellar Maya Suzumura Amanda Whisler Welding Equity Scholarship Wendy Campbell *Willard R Rhodes Endowed Scholarship Christine PoorBear *William & Margaret Hamilton Endowed Scholarship Jihun Yoon These Seattle Colleges leaders give tirelessly of their time, talents, and resources as volunteer members of our Board of Directors CHAIR Barbara Dingfield Community Volunteer VICE CHAIR Jon Fine Former President and CEO United Way of King County SECRETARY *Wunder Family Endowed Scholarship Ezra Bolotin Wyckoff Allied Health Scholarship Fund Vianca Aceves Guerra Biezawit Araya Stephanie Bazan Liya Berhe Abdullah Bilal Anna Budai Taryn Ciardi Helen Fsehatsion Esmeralda Garcia Miguel Garcia Jade Gruhn Jade Gruhn Cherece Holmes Sara Kebede Hasan Mikayilov Madison Miller Ismahan Mohamud Yared Nega Erekpoebinimi Onochie Jennifer Rabang Kevin Rivera Abdirizak Sebrie Genet Tekle Thuan Vo Hao Lin Wang Nasira Yarrow Sarah Jane Gunter Technical Advisor, Worldwide Consumer Business, Amazon TREASURER Richard Locke Principal and Founder, DataWeb, Inc Rick Davis Community Volunteer Will Rance Vice President of Community Relations, WSECU Shiao Yen Wu Owner and CEO, WPI Real Estate EX OFFICIO Mike Hughes Former President, Safeco Louise Chernin Trustee, Seattle Colleges Marc Mora, M.D SVP, Resource Stewardship and Network Management, Kaiser Permanente and the Washington Permanente Medical Group Dr Shouan Pan Chancellor, Seattle Colleges Megan Ackaert Managing Director, JP Morgan Chase & Co Dr Yoshiko Harden President, Seattle Central College Melba Bartels Senior Vice President of Finance and CFO, BECU Rahim Rajan Deputy Director for Postsecondary Education, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Dr Chemene Crawford President, North Seattle College Dr Rosie Rimando-Chareunsap President, South Seattle College Kerry Howell Vice Chancellor for Advancement, Seattle Colleges 17 Special Thanks Angela Jones, J.D Featured speaker Najwa Alsheikh, J.D Guest speaker South Seattle College Foundation Scholarship underwriting and administration Seattle Colleges faculty and staff Scholarship references Scholarship application reviewers Volunteers from area companies and others Jesse Hernandez, Seattle Central College Online experience consultant Ty Swenson, South Seattle College Communications support Sam Lunsford, Seattle Central College Logistical support Seattle Central College Office of Strategic Partnerships Advisory help Cameron Karsten, Sam McJunkin and Brad Curran Videography Audrey Nezer | Artifex Graphic design 18 ... celebrate the donors who made these scholarships possible It’s heartening and uplifting to think that because of your generosity, each year we award over $1M in scholarships Your contribution transforms... Angela Jones, J.D Director, Washington State Initiative, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 2021-22 SCHOLARSHIPS IN BRIEF Awards from 539 407 120 Scholarship awards Recipients scholarship funds This... Shun Ng Taneshaa Prince Gary Kunis Cisco Network Design Endowed Scholarship Myron Curry General Scholarships - Seattle Central Abdiweli Ali Abdi Lisa Batiste Mikayla Boykin-Clark Xarah Bracho