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EAST CEN TR Al COMMUNITY COLLEGE ECCC students, aluntni ntay qualify for Cooke Scholarship East Central Communi–

required fees and books for the length of the undergraduate degree, generally two years. Each award can total up to $30,000 annually, though the amounts will vary based on such factors as the cost of the institution each recipient attends. The Foundation plans to award approximately . 30 scholarships through this program in the spring of 2006 for use during the 2006-07 aca– demic year. It will renew each award in subse– quent years based upon student performance. Current students are eligible. as are alumni w)lo earned a degree f:iom a communny or rwo-year instituuon m _ !a 2001 and ha\-e n smce earned bache- 1 ~ credl•c; All ....u.LJ............. :es fi r th be no:nlinat

able on the Foundation's website, \-.-ww.jackkent– cookefoundation.org, or by calling 1-800-498-6478. (The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation is a private, independent foundation established in 2000 by Cooke's estate to help young people of excep– tional promise to reach their full potential through education. Cooke was a businessman and philanthropist who owned such professional sports teams as the Los Angeles Lakers and the Washington Redskins as well as the Chrysler Building in New York Cit)~ When he died in 1997, he left mo~t of his fonune to establish the Foundation. Besides the Undergraduate Transfer Program, the Founda- u n s programs for out- tanding students with fman ial need al o m ude full scholarships C: r student attending– graduate and professional ool as well as scholar- hips to help high-achiev– ) uth de\ elop their ........'"".·..., and abilities · ughout high school.)

ty College students and recent graduates might qualify for up to $30,000 in scholarships from the Jack Kent Cooke Founda– tion. Through the initiative - the Unc!erm-aduate Trans– fer Sch 1larship Program– the pri':ate foundation will award up to $30,000annually per recip– ient to help 5tUdents and recent alumni of commu– nity and two-year institu– tions pursue four-year deg~ at an) accredited college or unn rsity in the l nited States and abroad. Last y~ the Foundau n recen-ed near- ly 800 nomma f1 thesP a\\ ards.. \\'bile 45 peroezr an college stud m th U.S. attend commWlm colleges. f~m p :ate fund!: are a\·'lilabl to help StU- dents transfer t fj -:-ear institutions m their high le\ " and need. acco Foundation spo:..·~~ ...... ~n. The Jack Kent Foundation .. chnl~~"'''""

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