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Allan Hancock College
Foundation
Awards $200,000 In Scholarship Funds
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The Allan
Hancock College Foundation awarded 253 scholarships totaling
$200,720 to 181 top students on Thursday, May 27. Nearly 1,000
students, relatives, friends, donors and community members attended
the college’s 35th annual scholarship ceremony at the Allan Hancock
College Sports Pavilion. Scholarships ranging in amounts up to
$10,000 were awarded to students from all parts of the Central
Coast, from Solvang to the Five Cities area.
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In keeping with
tradition, the Allan Hancock College Associated Student Body
Government hosted the evening’s event.
The theme for the annual scholarship event was “Community Supporting
Community.”
A total of 130 donors from the community awarded scholarships to
both returning and transferring students through the Allan Hancock
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The top scholarship winner was Jennifer Abby Oehler of Santa
Maria, who received the prestigious $5,000 Marian Hancock
Scholarship. The scholarship is named for Marian Hancock, the wife
of Capt. G. Allan Hancock, for whom the college is named. During her
life, Mrs. Hancock was a staunch supporter of the college and the
scholarship program. |
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Oehler (pictured left with Dr. Ann Foxworthy) is
a 33-year-old reentry student, graduating with an A.A. degree in
biology. Her goal is to earn a Ph.D. in biological research. She has
been accepted at UCSB and will transfer in the fall. In her
scholarship application she explained that she found her inspiration
in her first semester at Allan Hancock College in a marine biology
course taught by Tammy Brannon. She wrote, “It was an experience
that sparked an interest in me stronger than I have ever known. Now
I find myself riveted by scientific learning…(and) while I have
enjoyed all of my classes, and been inspired by many of them, my
biology classes have set a career course for me that I know will
enlarge my life and enable me to make an impact.” She added that
“wherever I go I will fondly remember Hancock as my springboard to
great things.”
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A full-time student, Oehler works three jobs, including tutoring on
campus. Last summer she was chosen to participate in a prestigious
science internship at UCSB where she performed lab work as part of
the University’s Nanosystem Science, Engineering and Technology
program.
A member of the Dean’s List every semester at Hancock, Oehler was a
founding member of the campus’ Math, Chemistry and Life Science
Club, formed as a way to bring together other motivated students who
share similar interests. |
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Another featured scholarship winner was Santa Maria resident
Samantha Howell (pictured right with Dr. Ann Foxworthy).
She was awarded the $10,000 O’Neill Law Enforcement Scholarship.
The award is disbursed over two years. Edwin O’Neill was a pioneer
in methods of scientific detection in law enforcement in the 1930s
and worked for many years at the crime detection laboratory at
Northwestern University and later at the Chicago Police Department.
O’Neill, a longtime resident of Santa Maria who passed away in 1993,
selected Allan Hancock College to continue his legacy of excellence
in law enforcement. Howell will transfer to CSU Fresno with a goal
of obtaining a bachelor’s degree to work as a forensic chemist for
the Federal Bureau of Investigation. |
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The following new
scholarships were established and awarded this year:
* Bonipak (Betteravia Farms, Bonita Packing Company, Oceano Farming
Company) – 3 @ $1,000
* Chapter WZ, P.E.O. Sisterhood – 1 @ $250
* Dr. Domenico Maceri – 1 @ $500
* Flying Goat Cellars – 1 @ $500
* Hansen Engineering Scholarship – 1 @ $1,000
* Fred Haynes Memorial Scholarship – 1 @ $1,250
* Howard Family Scholarship – 1 @ $1,000
* MJH Scholarship – 1 @ $1,000
* Robert Moss, M.D., F.A.C.S. – 2 @ $500
* Kathryne Ann Rich Scholarship – 1 @ $500
* Santa Maria Kiwanis ~ Fred Homann Scholarship for Music – 1 @ $500
* Dorothy “Bonnie” Stephens Memorial – 1 @ $500
* Santa Maria Valley Chamber of Commerce/Coast Hills Scholarship – 1 @
$500
* David “Pete” Warren Scholarship – 1 @ $250 |
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The following new endowed scholarships were
established this year, and funded scholarships will begin to be
awarded in May 2005.
* Hansen Engineering Scholarship Endowment
* George E. Howard, Jr. Memorial Scholarship
* Holdsambeck/Franzman Endowment
* DeGasparis Family Scholarship Endowment
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| News releases and other AHC information may be accessed from our Web site at
www.hancock.cc.ca.us. |
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Last updated
6/16/04
Allan Hancock
College Foundation
P.O. Box 5170, 936 So. College Drive, Santa Maria Ca 93456
Phone: (805) 925-2004 Fax: (805) 739-1064
Questions: contact ahcfoundation@hancockcollege.edu
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Copyright 2001
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