Aug. 18, 2017
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MCC awards Board of Governors scholarships at reception
OMAHA, Neb. — Metropolitan Community College’s Board of Governors awarded scholarships to outstanding high school seniors in MCC’s four-county area last night at a reception held at the Fort Omaha Campus. Students in Dodge, Douglas, Sarpy and Washington counties were selected to receive the scholarships based on academic excellence.
Recipients displayed academic success in cumulative GPA or by high class rank. This MCC award covers tuition charges for two years (eight consecutive quarters) for up to 18 credits per quarter.
Accelere program
Titeeanna Worthington
Bellevue East High School
Dustin Carlson, Emma Hauenstein, Christian Howell, Kasey Mallow and Kevin Ponec
Bennington High School
Mikaela Housh and Emily Jenkins
Benson High School Magnet
Matthew Tatschl
Blair High School
Sara Arens, Madison Bolton, Cody Camenzind, Kaden Lawson, Lindsay Oppliger and Bailey Quick
Boys Town High School
Felicia Lassek
Burke High School
Alexandria Heng, Eric Roman-Salgado and Brooklyn Solatka
Central High School
Cintyha Espinoza-Romero, Jordan Gulley, Amanda Halvorson and Jared Murphy
Creighton Preparatory School
Michael Flynn
Gross Catholic High School
Andrew Galardi
Douglas County West High School
Jeff Allen
Elkhorn High School
Ryan Feldman
Fremont High School
Cameran Jensen, Isabela Peralta and Jeremy Young
Gretna High School
Shelby Hawkins, Stephen Ortlieb, Haroon Rahmanzai and Kyle Rowin
Homeschool
Elisabeth Barton, Brandon Batchelor, Abigail Johnson, Karsten Miller, Breanne Moench, Abigail Moran, Mercy Roberts, Emma Swanson and Hannah Vogltanz
Logan View High School
Nathan Mostek
Millard West High School
Masood Rahmanzai
Omaha North High Magnet School
Travis Andrews, Dawson Brodine and Jacob Kaczmarek
Omaha South High Magnet School
Victoria Alvarado Contreras, Layla Cepeda, Victoria Cruz, Htoo Day, Kelly Enriquez, Luis Noche, Lorena Ortega, Celeste Salazar and Christian Valdovinos
Northwest High School
Joey Beverly and Seth Glover
Papillion-La Vista High School
Makayla Thompson
Papillion-La Vista South High School
Caleb Harris and Joshua Rothe
Platteview High School
Jaden Doering and Audrey Schram
Ralston High School
Rachelle Bentley, Ryan Garcia, Nick Madison and Yasmine Tchabode-Tchaagbeleou
Roncalli Catholic High School
Bryan Erixon
Westside High School
Luke Esola, Ben Fischer and Emily Newton
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Metropolitan Community College, accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, is a comprehensive, public community college that offers affordable, quality education to all residents of Dodge, Douglas, Sarpy and Washington counties. Founded in 1974, MCC has the largest enrollment out of six community colleges in Nebraska and is the second largest postsecondary institution in the state. MCC serves more than 40,000 unique credit and noncredit students.