Hopkinsville Community College and the HCC Foundation resumed the tradition of their annual scholarship recipient and donor celebration Monday night, where they celebrated the generosity of donors whose gifts provided over $348,000 in scholarship support to HCC students in the current academic year.
President Dr. Alissa Young also announced that the HCC Foundation would provide up to $4,000 in scholarships for the 2022-2023 academic year to students who are considered ‘undocumented’.
She added, “There are many people in our community who are ambitious, talented and bright, and who have graduated from local high schools, but because of circumstances surrounding their citizenship status, they are unable to apply for financial aid to pursue post-secondary education. That group of folks have been referred to as Dreamers or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals students.”
HCC Chief Institutional Advancement Officer Yvette Eastham says initial funding for this new scholarship will be provided by a general endowment held by the HCC Foundation.
She says HCC will be working in the coming months and years to grow a recurring fund to support DACA students who want to attend Hopkinsville Community College.
To apply for the DACA scholarship, students and family members can reach out to Eastham at yvette.eastham@kctcs.edu or by phone at (270) 707-3731.