Category: Jack Kent Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship
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Amir Noormohammad
As an engineering student with a fascination for math, Amir Noormohammad immediately started calculating the probability that he could win the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation’s prestigious Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship when he heard about the opportunity. While the odds seemed highly competitive just looking at the numbers, Amir came to Truman College looking for opportunities, so…
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Dalin Eap
When Dalin Eap, a soon-to-be graduate of Wright College, learned about the Star Scholarship while attending Mather High School in Chicago’s West Ridge neighborhood, she thought, “I have to take this,” calling it an incredible opportunity. Now it turns out that earning her first two years of college tuition-free was a preview for the next…
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Precious Taiwo
Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, Precious Taiwo has watched as health care workers, including those in her own family, have made selfless sacrifices to protect our communities. Now, she says, it’s her turn to do the same by pursuing a career as a nurse. According to Precious, “nursing is the backbone to the…
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Kaming Leung
For Kaming Leung, Harold Washington College’s 2021 Valedictorian, getting into the University of Michigan to study civil engineering was a dream come true – he was quite literally having dreams about it. The only piece left to figure out was the funding aspect – but good news followed shortly after his U-M acceptance. Kaming found…
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Huan Phan
When he was 14 years old and living in Vietnam, Huan Phan, now a soon-to-be graduate of Wright College, started experimenting with the breaker box at his family’s home. While his family temporarily lost their electricity, Huan recalls feeling like “a kid in an electrical candy store” during the experience. The power came back on…