From left, Zachary Hedges, Corinne Chaulk, Darleen Castanon, Alice Bourdykina-Jelobniouk, Kelley Boss, Fujun Bernie, Amanda Andersen, and Sara Adams received Mendocino College Foundation Academic Excellence Scholarships. Courtesy photo.

UKIAH – Mendocino College Foundation recently presented nearly $123,000 in scholarships to high school and college students planning to continue their education at Mendocino College.

Foundation board members, college trustees, faculty, and staff honored the recipients during the annual scholarships awards ceremony at the college’s Ukiah campus.

This year 85 awards were presented and included a new scholarship that was made possible by a December 2009 donation from retired school teacher Hulda Weger to the foundation.

Tommy Thornhill, chair of the foundation’s scholarship committee congratulated the recipients and concluded the ceremony by asking everyone in attendance to “give a hand to the people who pushed you here,” referring to family, friends and people in their lives who helped and encouraged them to continue their education.

Students receiving the Mendocino College Foundation Academic Excellence Scholarships in the amount of $1,500 each include Sara Adams, Amanda Andersen, Ignacio Ayala-Aguilar, Fujun Bernie, Kelley Boss, Alice Bourdykina-Jelobniouk, Darleen Castanon, Corinne Chaulk, Krisy Fletcher, Christine Hawley, Zachary Hedges, Veronica Hernandez-Clow, Alondra Herrera, Monica Jimenez-Covarrubias, Sarah Johnson, Jane Khoury, Victor Macias, Susan Madison, Ryan McCartney, Cristianne McElhenie, Barbara McKey, Daniel O’Connor, Rachana Panchal, Rachel Parmenter, Connie Patterson, Katharine Payne, Alexandro Reyes Murrillo, Silvia Sanchez, Laura Smith, Karen West, Pamla Wood and Christine Zurcher.

Mary Oosting Fine Arts Scholarship recipient Vernida Brown receives her award from Mendocino College Foundation Board member Paul Conrado. Courtesy photo.

Recipients of the Foundation’s $1,500 Evelyn R. Foote Scholarships are Laura Alexander, Ana Alvarez-Magana, Rebekah Carlson, Monica Ceja, Shelley Christensen, Holly Cochran, Kirsty Cordell, Tarabeth Dufour, Joe Ann Dvornik, Lezlie Elmer, Ivette Fernandez, Jesus Fonseca, Nayley Garcia, April Hildbrand-Ford, Emily Houghton, Nicole Ibrahim, Tawna Jamison, Darlene Klaiber, Jonelle Sornes, Michael Teller, Rolinda Want and Rachelanne Weiss.

Additional award winners include Mariam Ballaho, the Thomas M. Evans Scholarship in the amount of $2,500; Erika Lund, the George R. Szanik Scholarship, $2,500; Rachel Reichard, the Jim Meyer Scholarship, $2,000; Natasha Jelen, the Carl J. Ehmann Scholarship, $2,000; Deidre Hallman, the Hulda and Alfred Weger Scholarship, $1,000; and Vernida Brown, the Mary Oosting Fine Arts Scholarship, $1,000.

For the Nursing Program, recipients include Iana Lima and Ashtin Salisbury, the Karen L. Atkinson Nursing Scholarship, $1,250 each; Erika Lund and Julie Pulse, the Heidi Marie Daniel Nursing Scholarship, $500 each; Anthony Burich, Jacqueline Graumann, and Barbara McKey, the Kathleen Kohn Fetzer Family Foundation Nursing Scholarship, $2,500 each.

Recipients of the Bernard Osher Foundation Scholarships, also $1,000 each, are Scott Diebold, Veva Garcia, Luz Gutierrez, Stacy Holden, and Jennifer Tovar.

Mariam Ballaho received the Thomas M. Evans Scholarship, presented to her by Mendocino College Foundation Board member Gary Smith. Courtesy photo.

Selected to receive the Directors/Trustees Annual Fund Scholarships in the amount of $1,000 each, jointly presented by Mendocino College Board of Trustees President Janet Chaniot and Mendocino College Foundation President Channing Cornell, are students Brian Cahill, Ariana Foster, Megan Gardner, Willow Karlsson-Champion, Ryan Maidrand and Janine Rose.

The foundation’s annual awards are made possible by donations and perpetual scholarship contributions.

For more information about Mendocino College Foundation and ways to contribute, call the foundation office, 707-467-1018.

Kathleen Fetzer (far right) presented the Kathleen Kohn Fetzer Family Foundation Nursing Scholarship awards to (from left) Anthony Burich, Jacqueline Graumann, and Barbara McKey. Courtesy photo.