For immediate release — July 31, 2009
(DALLAS) — Student leaders from the Dallas County Community College District are reaching out to their schools and communities, helping hearing-impaired youngsters; providing musical comfort to the terminally ill; teaching responsibility through karate; mentoring a younger sister so that she will stay in school; and providing thousands of hours of community service. Those students are role models, and they also inspire other students, as well DCCCD faculty, staff and administrators who serve them.
Eight high school and college students from throughout the Dallas metroplex have been named 2009-2010 LeCroy Scholarship recipients by the DCCCD Foundation for their outstanding leadership and academic achievements. The program honors DCCCD’s former chancellor, Dr. R. Jan LeCroy, who served in that capacity from 1981 to 1988. Each LeCroy Scholar receives up to $4,000 ($1,000 per semester, with a maximum of four semesters) to attend any of DCCCD’s seven colleges: Brookhaven, Cedar Valley, Eastfield, El Centro, Mountain View, North Lake or Richland.
The LeCroy Scholars fund was made possible by a grant established in 1988 by Mike A. Myers and the Mike Myers Foundation. A longtime Dallas business and civic leader, he provided funds to recognize LeCroy’s leadership; the program was the first major student recognition and incentive scholarship created for DCCCD. Myers currently is chairman and president of the Myers Financial Corporation.
The scholarship recipients, the colleges they attend and their chosen fields of study are:
- Taylor Alexandria Eubanks of Coppell, North Lake College, business or sociology
- Alexander Nelson of Royce City, Eastfield College, business
- Benjamin Nystrom of Lewisville, Brookhaven College, political science
- Hilda Rodriguez of Rowlett, Eastfield College, early childhood education
- Melody Sadjadi of Dallas, Brookhaven College, nursing
- Hannah Smith of Farmers Branch, Brookhaven College, business
- Bianca Marie Teniente of Dallas, Brookhaven College, education
- Alicia Warren of Grapevine, North Lake College, sports psychology
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See biographical sketches of the new LeCroy Scholars.
One other DCCCD student is a returning 2008-2009 LeCroy Scholar:
- Rachael Halsdorf of Forney, Eastfield College, mathematics
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Visit the DCCCD Foundation Web site for information about how to apply for a DCCCD LeCroy Scholarship.
For more information, contact Kathye Hammontree in the DCCCD Foundation office at (214) 378-1536.
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Press contact: Ann Hatch
214-378-1819; ahatch@dcccd.edu
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Kathye Hammontree
214-378-1536; khammontree@dcccd.edu
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