1 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:26,580 Dr. Julius Sokenu: Hi, everyone, my name is Julius Sokenu, the Moorpark 2 00:00:26,580 --> 00:00:30,030 College President. Welcome to our scholarship 3 00:00:30,030 --> 00:00:33,240 ceremony this afternoon. It is a pleasure to have 4 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:36,510 you here with us. Whether you're a student or 5 00:00:36,510 --> 00:00:38,160 you're one of our faculty, staff and 6 00:00:38,160 --> 00:00:40,530 administrators, or you're one of our generous 7 00:00:40,530 --> 00:00:44,430 donors, or a community partner, today, we're here 8 00:00:44,430 --> 00:00:47,430 to celebrate the recipients of the various 9 00:00:47,430 --> 00:00:50,070 scholarships that will be awarded. Moorpark 10 00:00:50,070 --> 00:00:52,440 College students have been resilient and they have 11 00:00:52,440 --> 00:00:55,830 thrived during this Covid-19 pandemic, and we know 12 00:00:55,830 --> 00:00:59,340 it has not been easy. Moorpark College supports 13 00:00:59,340 --> 00:01:01,530 students by providing direct emergency 14 00:01:04,800 --> 00:01:08,400 funds, low cost food and numerous other 15 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:11,490 supports. Our faculty, staff and administrators 16 00:01:11,490 --> 00:01:14,520 have risen to the challenge. You are our donors and 17 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:16,530 you are committee members have risen to the 18 00:01:16,530 --> 00:01:19,620 challenge. Today, we are awarded 19 00:01:19,620 --> 00:01:22,260 $181,766 20 00:01:22,260 --> 00:01:25,320 with 87 scholarship awards to 21 00:01:25,320 --> 00:01:28,890 227 recipients. Kudos to 22 00:01:28,890 --> 00:01:32,610 our donors. Our donors give because they believe 23 00:01:32,610 --> 00:01:36,360 in the power of education to transform lives. They 24 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:39,060 know that Moorpark College builds pathways to 25 00:01:39,060 --> 00:01:42,840 prosperity. They give because they are alums. They 26 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:44,940 give because they were inspired by a faculty 27 00:01:44,940 --> 00:01:48,030 member, or staff member, or an administrator, or a 28 00:01:48,030 --> 00:01:49,560 peer of theirs while they were here at our 29 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:52,710 institution. They give in memory of a loved one, 30 00:01:52,890 --> 00:01:56,850 and in so doing, empower others to thrive. They 31 00:01:56,850 --> 00:01:59,610 give because as industry partners, they are 32 00:01:59,610 --> 00:02:02,190 beneficiaries of the high quality, student 33 00:02:02,190 --> 00:02:06,360 centered learning that is responsive to workplace 34 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:10,380 needs. Our donors give because they believe in equity, 35 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:13,020 they believe in inclusion, and they know that we 36 00:02:13,020 --> 00:02:16,440 are stronger when we embrace our diversity. Your 37 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:19,530 generosity has made Moorpark College among the 38 00:02:19,530 --> 00:02:24,120 best of its peers, in the state and national and 39 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:27,060 internationally. Moorpark College has received 40 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:29,910 numerous accolades, which you all should be proud 41 00:02:29,910 --> 00:02:33,110 of. We're an Aspen 150 42 00:02:33,110 --> 00:02:37,520 college. We're actually an Aspen 30 college. Out of 150 best 43 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:40,070 colleges in the country, we're narrowed down to the top 44 00:02:40,070 --> 00:02:43,880 30, according to the Aspen Institute. We're also a 45 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:48,170 champion of higher education awarded to us by the 46 00:02:48,170 --> 00:02:50,570 Campaign for College Opportunity, which is an 47 00:02:50,570 --> 00:02:53,780 organization that looks at how well colleges 48 00:02:53,960 --> 00:02:56,090 prepare students not only for education and for 49 00:02:56,210 --> 00:02:59,750 transfer and careers, but how well they prepare 50 00:02:59,750 --> 00:03:02,980 diverse populations of that to do that work. We're 51 00:03:02,990 --> 00:03:05,000 best community college as identified by 52 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:08,540 intelligent.com by college value. And our 53 00:03:08,540 --> 00:03:11,390 nursing students pass the NCLEX at a 100 54 00:03:11,390 --> 00:03:14,630 percent success rate. So do our rad techs by 55 00:03:14,630 --> 00:03:18,590 the way, and our Child Development Center is NAEYC 56 00:03:18,590 --> 00:03:21,860 accredited. I am proud to tell you that this year, 57 00:03:21,980 --> 00:03:24,410 one of our students, Gerald Richardson the Third 58 00:03:24,530 --> 00:03:27,680 is a Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship Award winner. 59 00:03:27,980 --> 00:03:31,280 Gerald gets $40,000 to attend any 60 00:03:31,280 --> 00:03:35,000 four year institution he wants. And Gerald was a 61 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:39,410 recipient of a scholarship from you previously. We 62 00:03:39,410 --> 00:03:42,050 do all of this work in partnership with our 63 00:03:42,050 --> 00:03:44,930 faculty, with our administrators, with the students, 64 00:03:45,110 --> 00:03:48,230 and you our donors, and most importantly, we do 65 00:03:48,230 --> 00:03:50,360 all of this work with the Moorpark College 66 00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:53,390 Foundation. The Moorpark College Foundation are 67 00:03:53,420 --> 00:03:56,120 advocates for the work that we do. The Moorpark 68 00:03:56,120 --> 00:03:59,840 College Foundation is ably represented by board 69 00:03:59,840 --> 00:04:04,640 members who you will see announcing and bestowing 70 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:08,720 awards this afternoon. On behalf of our foundation 71 00:04:08,930 --> 00:04:13,400 is Board Chair Jill Haney. No one, no one is a better 72 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:16,820 advocate for Moorpark College than Jill. College 73 00:04:16,820 --> 00:04:19,700 presidents get a couple of benefits and gifts as 74 00:04:19,700 --> 00:04:22,010 they take on their responsibilities, and one of 75 00:04:22,010 --> 00:04:24,890 them is to have a Foundation Chair, who not only 76 00:04:24,890 --> 00:04:26,990 believes in the work that we do, not only has 77 00:04:26,990 --> 00:04:30,050 experience the work that we do, but continues to 78 00:04:30,050 --> 00:04:33,440 work towards making us better. Please help me to 79 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:36,520 welcome our Board Chair Ms. Jill Haney. 80 00:04:44,450 --> 00:04:47,690 Jill Haney: Thank you, Julius. I'm very honored to serve as 81 00:04:47,690 --> 00:04:50,390 Board Chair and to work with you and the rest of 82 00:04:50,390 --> 00:04:53,660 the board at the Foundation. Right now, I'd 83 00:04:53,660 --> 00:04:56,120 like to welcome everyone to the 2021 84 00:04:56,120 --> 00:04:58,400 Moorpark College Foundation Scholarship Awards 85 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:01,340 Ceremony. We're happy to have you all here to join 86 00:05:01,340 --> 00:05:03,350 us in the celebration of the students that have 87 00:05:03,350 --> 00:05:05,930 been granted scholarships for the coming year. 88 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:08,840 These scholarship awards are in four categories. 89 00:05:09,230 --> 00:05:11,990 Gifts and grants from community organizations, 90 00:05:12,170 --> 00:05:15,200 memorial gifts, awards from the Moorpark College 91 00:05:15,200 --> 00:05:18,230 organizations and departments, and Moorpark College 92 00:05:18,230 --> 00:05:21,140 Foundation awards. The scholarships that are being 93 00:05:21,140 --> 00:05:23,240 awarded today have come through the Moorpark 94 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:25,550 College Foundation in the form of gifts from our 95 00:05:25,550 --> 00:05:28,520 generous donors, grants from local, state and 96 00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:31,760 public organizations, and from our dedicated, local 97 00:05:31,760 --> 00:05:34,730 industry and community partners. None of this 98 00:05:34,730 --> 00:05:36,800 would have been possible without the continued and 99 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:39,470 ever-growing commitment to Moorpark College 100 00:05:39,470 --> 00:05:42,530 students. This year we are especially appreciative 101 00:05:42,530 --> 00:05:44,600 to all of our supporters of the needs of our 102 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:47,120 students during this last year, Covid have grown 103 00:05:47,120 --> 00:05:50,150 significantly. The donors and community and 104 00:05:50,150 --> 00:05:52,220 college partners of the Moorpark College 105 00:05:52,220 --> 00:05:54,740 Foundation have weathered these troubled times as 106 00:05:54,740 --> 00:05:58,430 well, and yet they have empowered us to increase 107 00:05:58,430 --> 00:06:01,060 our annual giving to the Moorpark College students. 108 00:06:01,550 --> 00:06:03,710 We have donors that have increased both the number 109 00:06:03,710 --> 00:06:05,840 of scholarships they are offering, as well as 110 00:06:05,840 --> 00:06:08,240 increasing the dollar amount of their donations. 111 00:06:08,630 --> 00:06:11,630 In all cases, Moorpark College students are the 112 00:06:11,630 --> 00:06:15,410 beneficiaries. Before we begin, we would like to 113 00:06:15,410 --> 00:06:18,200 think Maria Perez Medeiros in our Scholarship 114 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:20,360 Office for all of her hard work this year, 115 00:06:20,360 --> 00:06:23,900 coordinating the applications, facilitating for 116 00:06:23,900 --> 00:06:26,290 all of the scholarship award committees, and for 117 00:06:26,300 --> 00:06:28,970 thoughtful correspondence with our donors. She 118 00:06:28,970 --> 00:06:31,460 works really, really hard behind the scenes and we 119 00:06:31,460 --> 00:06:34,010 would not be able to do this without her. We'd 120 00:06:34,010 --> 00:06:36,290 also like to thank Alicia Hoffman, our Foundation 121 00:06:36,290 --> 00:06:38,540 coordinator, for producing the slides for each 122 00:06:38,540 --> 00:06:40,970 award and for generating the program for this 123 00:06:40,970 --> 00:06:44,270 event. Our first category will be gifts and grants 124 00:06:44,270 --> 00:06:46,730 from community organizations. I'd like to 125 00:06:46,730 --> 00:06:49,190 introduce Moorpark College Foundation board member 126 00:06:49,190 --> 00:06:52,010 Tim Weaver, who will present these awards. Thank 127 00:06:52,010 --> 00:06:57,020 you. [Tim Weaver]: Thank you, Jill, and thank everyone. It is my 128 00:06:57,020 --> 00:07:00,770 pleasure to announce the scholarship recipient in 129 00:07:00,770 --> 00:07:03,530 the category of gifts and grants from community 130 00:07:03,530 --> 00:07:06,470 organizations. In all, we have had more than 131 00:07:06,470 --> 00:07:09,770 186 applicants in total for all 132 00:07:09,770 --> 00:07:13,250 awards in all categories. And this year we had 70 133 00:07:13,250 --> 00:07:16,190 scholarships review committees. We'd like to thank 134 00:07:16,190 --> 00:07:18,410 these students for their time and dedication to 135 00:07:18,420 --> 00:07:20,600 filling out those applications and the 136 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:23,720 participants on each of those 70 committees for 137 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:25,910 the time and commitment to the Moorpark College 138 00:07:26,060 --> 00:07:29,240 Foundation mission. New and increased gifts for 139 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:33,830 both the fall and spring semester in include AAUW 140 00:07:33,830 --> 00:07:36,320 of Thousand Oaks, which is also called the 141 00:07:36,320 --> 00:07:39,620 American Association of University Women, Alex and 142 00:07:39,620 --> 00:07:43,130 Sylvia Sullivan Scholarship, Caroline Esparza 143 00:07:43,130 --> 00:07:46,220 Nursing Scholarship and the Scherzer International 144 00:07:46,220 --> 00:07:48,980 Scholarships. These enhanced gifts are much 145 00:07:48,980 --> 00:07:51,770 appreciated and have allowed the Foundation to 146 00:07:51,770 --> 00:07:55,390 grant 39 new awards to deserving Moorpark 147 00:07:55,430 --> 00:07:59,570 College students. So without further delay, let's 148 00:07:59,870 --> 00:08:03,860 get to the awards. And these are the words from 149 00:08:03,860 --> 00:08:08,350 community organizations. The first one is the 150 00:08:08,660 --> 00:08:13,640 AAUW of Simi Valley. There's one recipient. 151 00:08:15,770 --> 00:08:19,880 And that recipient and by the way, AAUW of Simi 152 00:08:19,880 --> 00:08:25,160 Valley, has the mission to empower women and their 153 00:08:25,160 --> 00:08:29,390 families. And so that's the purpose of the AAUW of 154 00:08:29,390 --> 00:08:32,840 Simi Valley. The first recipient. Congratulations 155 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:38,890 to Ariana Leticia Vergara. The next category is 156 00:08:38,890 --> 00:08:42,250 AAUW of Thousand Oaks, by the way, there are three 157 00:08:42,250 --> 00:08:47,100 different chapters and there's one in 158 00:08:47,140 --> 00:08:51,280 Camarillo as well. And and the AAUW of Thousand 159 00:08:51,280 --> 00:08:55,300 Oaks really also wants to improve the lives of 160 00:08:55,300 --> 00:08:58,750 women and their families. And it's been a real 161 00:08:58,750 --> 00:09:01,060 help to students, as you'll see. We have two 162 00:09:01,060 --> 00:09:05,860 recipients of that award. The first recipient is 163 00:09:05,860 --> 00:09:12,260 Heryka Lima Ferreira. And the second recipient is 164 00:09:12,260 --> 00:09:15,610 Lindsay Riskey. Congratulations to the both of you. 165 00:09:17,240 --> 00:09:21,410 The next category is Altrusa International, Inc. 166 00:09:21,410 --> 00:09:25,850 Club of Oxnard, and you can see that they invite 167 00:09:25,880 --> 00:09:28,490 more than 500 clubs and common 168 00:09:28,490 --> 00:09:32,540 goal of community service, and the scholarship is 169 00:09:32,540 --> 00:09:36,080 designed to support student achievement. We have 170 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:39,710 two recipients of that scholarship fund. The 171 00:09:39,710 --> 00:09:44,480 first is Claire Jacqueline Alison. The second 172 00:09:44,480 --> 00:09:48,410 student is Lindsay Riskey. Congratulations to you 173 00:09:48,410 --> 00:09:52,550 two students. The next category is Jamee Pablo 174 00:09:52,550 --> 00:09:57,290 Ball Scholarship for single parents. And 175 00:09:57,680 --> 00:10:00,650 this scholarship is set up for single parents in 176 00:10:00,650 --> 00:10:04,490 the nursing program. We have one recipient of that 177 00:10:04,700 --> 00:10:10,490 award, and that's Ariana Leticia Vergara. 178 00:10:10,490 --> 00:10:13,820 The next scholarships category 179 00:10:13,820 --> 00:10:21,200 is Montobbio Benson. And you can see that Stan 180 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:23,570 and Joanne Bensen, consistent supporters of 181 00:10:23,570 --> 00:10:25,700 Moorpark College, established this scholarship 182 00:10:25,700 --> 00:10:29,270 designed to encourage and sustain Moorpark student to 183 00:10:29,270 --> 00:10:32,990 establish a record of academic strength. That 184 00:10:32,990 --> 00:10:37,140 recipient is Jeff Jung. Congratulations, Jeff. 185 00:10:37,970 --> 00:10:42,140 The next category is Caroline Esparza 186 00:10:42,140 --> 00:10:46,790 Nursing. This is the Adventist Health Simi Valley 187 00:10:46,790 --> 00:10:50,210 Hospital to honor Caroline Esparza, Chief 188 00:10:50,210 --> 00:10:53,540 Operating Officer. And as you can see, this has 189 00:10:53,540 --> 00:10:58,670 consistently been I mean, Caroline has been in the 190 00:10:58,670 --> 00:11:01,550 health care business for over 35 years. 191 00:11:01,880 --> 00:11:04,910 And there are five recipients 192 00:11:04,910 --> 00:11:07,850 of this scholarship fund. The first is 193 00:11:07,850 --> 00:11:12,470 Alexis Nicole Dunham. The next one is Katrin 194 00:11:12,470 --> 00:11:18,890 Lindsay. The third is Nicole Misicka. For Christeen 195 00:11:18,890 --> 00:11:23,020 Trina Rivera. And the last one is Samantha Simington. 196 00:11:23,210 --> 00:11:27,560 Congratulations to all five of you. The next 197 00:11:28,190 --> 00:11:32,090 scholarship category is Clarissa Dong, which is an 198 00:11:32,090 --> 00:11:35,800 anthropology multimedia. This is 199 00:11:35,830 --> 00:11:38,530 established by a former faculty member, 200 00:11:38,660 --> 00:11:41,900 Clarissa Dong. The scholarship recognizes a 201 00:11:41,900 --> 00:11:44,120 student who is passionate about 202 00:11:44,210 --> 00:11:48,680 anthropology and multimedia majors. One recipient 203 00:11:48,680 --> 00:11:52,970 and that recipient is Diana Hamideh. 204 00:11:52,970 --> 00:11:55,960 Congratulations to you, Diana. 205 00:11:56,630 --> 00:11:59,960 The next scholarship is Clean Power Alliance 206 00:11:59,960 --> 00:12:03,650 Voyager. Students pursuing this scholarship is for 207 00:12:03,650 --> 00:12:06,830 those students pursuing studies in energy related 208 00:12:06,830 --> 00:12:09,950 fields. As you know that California wants to 209 00:12:09,950 --> 00:12:17,120 become totally green by 1935, I 210 00:12:17,120 --> 00:12:19,460 believe. And so there's going to be a lot of 211 00:12:19,460 --> 00:12:21,830 studying in this particular area. There's four 212 00:12:21,830 --> 00:12:27,620 recipients of this. The first one is Brianna 213 00:12:27,620 --> 00:12:32,840 Mary Fernandez. The second recipient is 214 00:12:33,590 --> 00:12:39,080 Adailton Nali. The third is Shannon 215 00:12:39,410 --> 00:12:42,260 Noel O'Keefe. The last is Krista Tucker. 216 00:12:42,260 --> 00:12:46,170 Congratulations to the four of you. The next 217 00:12:46,170 --> 00:12:49,680 category is Field Hockey Federation. This was 218 00:12:49,680 --> 00:12:52,780 established by Tom Harris, and he has another one 219 00:12:52,780 --> 00:12:56,160 right after this. He is a Moorpark College 220 00:12:56,160 --> 00:12:59,370 existing Foundation member and also retired 221 00:12:59,370 --> 00:13:02,580 Moorpark College engineering professor. This 222 00:13:02,580 --> 00:13:06,030 scholarship is given to students who play or coach 223 00:13:06,030 --> 00:13:08,760 field hockey. And as you know, we have that field 224 00:13:08,760 --> 00:13:11,130 as you enter Moorpark College with the 225 00:13:11,130 --> 00:13:13,800 field hockey. We have one 226 00:13:13,800 --> 00:13:16,890 recipient and that recipient is Jaden Henry- 227 00:13:16,890 --> 00:13:21,540 Brooks. The next category is Tom Harris 228 00:13:21,540 --> 00:13:25,410 Engineering. And again, this was established by 229 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:29,400 Tom Harris. And this is a student majoring in 230 00:13:29,400 --> 00:13:32,310 engineering who are ready to transfer to a 231 00:13:32,310 --> 00:13:36,450 four year college or university in the fall 232 00:13:36,450 --> 00:13:39,510 semester. There's one recipient of that, and that 233 00:13:39,510 --> 00:13:43,120 name is Luke Makoto Takara Barrella. 234 00:13:43,410 --> 00:13:48,000 Congratulations to you, Luke. Next one is Invicta 235 00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:54,030 Nursing. And this is done from Kristine Mayor, 236 00:13:54,030 --> 00:13:57,750 an alumna of the Moorpark College Nursing 237 00:13:57,750 --> 00:14:00,750 Program, established the Invicta Scholarship. The 238 00:14:00,750 --> 00:14:03,450 scholarship is offered to students in the nursing 239 00:14:03,450 --> 00:14:05,790 program who are continuing their studies in the 240 00:14:05,790 --> 00:14:09,060 fall semester of 2021 Moorpark 241 00:14:09,060 --> 00:14:12,930 College and have completed at least 15 hours of 242 00:14:12,930 --> 00:14:16,130 community service hours. 243 00:14:16,140 --> 00:14:18,270 We have one recipient and that recipient is 244 00:14:18,270 --> 00:14:23,730 Lindsay Rickey. Congratulations, Lindsay. The next 245 00:14:23,730 --> 00:14:26,940 category is Moorpark Women's Fortnightly Club. 246 00:14:27,390 --> 00:14:31,050 This is the Lorraine Radabaugh Honorary 247 00:14:31,050 --> 00:14:34,670 Scholarship and we have two recipients of that. 248 00:14:34,680 --> 00:14:38,070 The first one is Marie Elizabeth Curtis. The second 249 00:14:38,070 --> 00:14:43,180 recipient is Sara Jo Ramsey. The next category is 250 00:14:43,180 --> 00:14:47,530 National Notary Foundation Communications. This is 251 00:14:47,560 --> 00:14:51,880 it's for 252 00:14:51,880 --> 00:14:55,450 communications majors. We have one recipient of 253 00:14:55,450 --> 00:14:59,080 that and that person is Anne Dilsizian. And 254 00:14:59,710 --> 00:15:06,010 congratulations, Annie. The next one is 255 00:15:06,010 --> 00:15:11,890 Non Nocere Nursing. This is one set up by Kristine 256 00:15:11,890 --> 00:15:14,590 Mayor, alumna of the Moorpark College Nursing 257 00:15:14,590 --> 00:15:18,220 Program, established a second category, as I said 258 00:15:18,220 --> 00:15:21,250 before. And this one also is offered to students 259 00:15:21,250 --> 00:15:24,040 in the nursing program. We have one 260 00:15:24,040 --> 00:15:29,620 recipient, Katrin Lindsay. The next category is 261 00:15:29,620 --> 00:15:35,620 NSDAR Don José De Ortega Chapter, Marcia Stower 262 00:15:35,620 --> 00:15:39,700 Scholarship. And this is for a nursing student and 263 00:15:39,700 --> 00:15:44,080 it is a $2,000 scholarship to a student 264 00:15:44,080 --> 00:15:46,570 in their second year of a two year nursing program. 265 00:15:46,780 --> 00:15:49,330 It's based on the academic record as well as 266 00:15:49,330 --> 00:15:52,240 extracurricular activities, including community 267 00:15:52,240 --> 00:15:55,060 service, as well as financial need. We have one 268 00:15:55,060 --> 00:16:01,060 student, Ariana Leticia Vergara. Next category is 269 00:16:01,060 --> 00:16:04,450 Sage Publications, English Department Writing 270 00:16:04,450 --> 00:16:08,020 Awards. Sage Publications is the only publisher in 271 00:16:08,020 --> 00:16:11,530 the Thousand Oaks area and they publish books 272 00:16:11,920 --> 00:16:15,520 worldwide. This scholarship is set up for English 273 00:16:16,030 --> 00:16:19,330 English department students with excellence in 274 00:16:19,330 --> 00:16:22,630 writing. And we have four students that are 275 00:16:22,630 --> 00:16:25,360 recipients of this award. The first is Kylie 276 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:29,640 Serman, Literary Analysis. The next student is 277 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:34,300 Isabelle Delman, Literary Research. Next is Kirk 278 00:16:34,300 --> 00:16:40,640 Seitz, Research, and the last one is Sawyer 279 00:16:40,660 --> 00:16:44,170 McNicoll, in Research. 280 00:16:44,470 --> 00:16:48,790 Congratulations to all of you. The next one I'm 281 00:16:48,790 --> 00:16:50,950 particularly proud of, is Scherzer 282 00:16:50,950 --> 00:16:54,280 International. These are for continuing students. 283 00:16:54,640 --> 00:16:59,230 These are scholarships set up for students in 284 00:16:59,230 --> 00:17:04,840 particular need, financial need. And we have 12 285 00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:09,040 recipients of this. All 12 that applied 286 00:17:09,040 --> 00:17:12,880 received scholarships. The first one is Karina 287 00:17:12,880 --> 00:17:17,890 Arteaga. The next is Abigail Katrina Austin- 288 00:17:17,890 --> 00:17:23,740 Wood. Kadin Bolton. Alyssa Brook. Alanah 289 00:17:23,740 --> 00:17:28,540 Elexis Cole. Rachel Coleman. Jessica Marie Collins. 290 00:17:28,870 --> 00:17:35,790 Ivoree Denisa Gerena. Marie Megrish. Chantal 291 00:17:35,790 --> 00:17:42,420 Nolli. Ethan John Pante. Krista Lew Uchimiya. 292 00:17:42,420 --> 00:17:46,800 Congratulations to all of you for getting 293 00:17:46,800 --> 00:17:50,860 this important scholarship. The next one is Simi 294 00:17:50,860 --> 00:17:54,790 Valley Education Foundation. This 295 00:17:54,790 --> 00:17:57,310 scholarship supports the continuing students of 296 00:17:57,310 --> 00:18:00,280 high achieving students who also live and do 297 00:18:00,280 --> 00:18:03,430 community service in Simi Valley. And we have two 298 00:18:03,430 --> 00:18:07,420 recipients of that award. Zachary Gwennap and 299 00:18:07,420 --> 00:18:11,410 Sahaiel Khan. Congratulations to the two of you. 300 00:18:12,820 --> 00:18:16,480 Next, we have a large scholarship. It's Southern 301 00:18:16,480 --> 00:18:20,080 California Edison. It's for STEM students in the 302 00:18:20,080 --> 00:18:23,560 program. This is their fifth year that Southern 303 00:18:23,560 --> 00:18:26,080 California Edison has provided this 304 00:18:26,080 --> 00:18:30,730 $25,000 grant. And their purpose is those 305 00:18:30,730 --> 00:18:33,400 students who change lives and families and 306 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:37,210 communities through education. The first student 307 00:18:37,210 --> 00:18:40,900 and we have 20 recipients is Luke Makoto Takara 308 00:18:40,900 --> 00:18:47,170 Barrella. Aylah Nusrat Chaudhary. Anthony 309 00:18:47,170 --> 00:18:53,170 Felix. Callum Guizar. Isaiah Marciano Huma. 310 00:18:53,620 --> 00:19:02,680 Simran Kang. Agnieszka Renata. Thi My Duyen Le. 311 00:19:03,220 --> 00:19:08,260 Victoria Nguyen. Shannon Noel O'Keefe. Lesly 312 00:19:08,260 --> 00:19:14,260 Ortiz. Alvaro Scott Perez. Jemina Claire Rivera. 313 00:19:14,950 --> 00:19:20,440 Eden Corey Rosales. Consuelo, Daniela Sandoval. 314 00:19:20,860 --> 00:19:27,440 Eliana Monique Sandoval Nali. Kamilla Jocelyn 315 00:19:27,580 --> 00:19:33,850 Scarano. Palak Sharma. Sydney 316 00:19:33,880 --> 00:19:39,520 Skorpen. Dylan Swanson. And that concludes the 317 00:19:39,520 --> 00:19:43,540 list. And congratulations to those 20 scholarship 318 00:19:43,540 --> 00:19:46,420 recipients. The next category is Southern 319 00:19:46,420 --> 00:19:50,600 California Kaiser Permanente. This is for 320 00:19:50,710 --> 00:19:54,610 radiologic technology students. We have 11 321 00:19:54,790 --> 00:19:57,880 scholarships in this category. The first one is 322 00:19:57,880 --> 00:20:03,520 Teresa Ceja. Wendy Del Rio. Alexa Gibson. 323 00:20:03,850 --> 00:20:09,850 Christian Lopez. Juan Lopez. Roberto Palomino. Mike 324 00:20:09,970 --> 00:20:16,660 Sabonjian. Salene Scamardo. Nicholette Swartley. 325 00:20:16,930 --> 00:20:22,060 Briana Tamayo. Sarah Williard. Congratulations to 326 00:20:22,060 --> 00:20:26,170 each of those radiologic technology 327 00:20:26,170 --> 00:20:30,730 student recipients. The next category is the Alex 328 00:20:30,730 --> 00:20:33,100 and Sylvia Sullivan Music Award. 329 00:20:35,920 --> 00:20:39,400 Sylvia is on the Moorpark College Foundation Board, 330 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:43,630 as well as being a retired faculty member of 331 00:20:43,630 --> 00:20:46,390 Moorpark College. And she has two other categories 332 00:20:46,390 --> 00:20:49,150 after this. One for nursing and theatre 333 00:20:49,150 --> 00:20:52,480 arts. But the first one is music. But she has been 334 00:20:52,480 --> 00:20:54,790 giving these scholarships for a long time. And 335 00:20:54,790 --> 00:21:00,880 this recipient is Emily Hernandez. In 336 00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:05,590 nursing is Claire Jacqueline Alison. Alexis Nicole 337 00:21:05,590 --> 00:21:10,090 Dunham. James Gallant. The next is Pedram 338 00:21:10,090 --> 00:21:14,740 Mohammadhossein. Next one is Jazmin Sionit. 339 00:21:15,790 --> 00:21:19,630 And the third is theatre arts, and that's Jasmine 340 00:21:19,630 --> 00:21:25,170 Brooke Glavey. The next category is to Takeda 341 00:21:25,230 --> 00:21:31,890 Thousand Oaks Biotechnology. And you can read 342 00:21:31,890 --> 00:21:35,580 the pertinent information with Takeda Thousand 343 00:21:35,580 --> 00:21:38,440 Oaks Biotechnology. The important thing is 344 00:21:38,460 --> 00:21:41,760 they were a sponsor of the last biotech 345 00:21:41,760 --> 00:21:45,360 job ready forum that we held on campus. One of 346 00:21:45,360 --> 00:21:49,890 their employees, Samantha Sale, is also a director 347 00:21:49,890 --> 00:21:53,790 of our Moorpark College Foundation, and she's one 348 00:21:53,790 --> 00:21:56,550 of our newest members. So we're looking forward to 349 00:21:56,550 --> 00:21:59,820 her assistance and support of Takeda Thousand 350 00:21:59,820 --> 00:22:03,300 Oaks Biotechnology. We have one recipient of 351 00:22:03,300 --> 00:22:06,240 that award, and it's Jemina Claire Rivera. 352 00:22:06,270 --> 00:22:10,110 Congratulations to you, Jemina. The next category 353 00:22:10,110 --> 00:22:14,280 is Van De Genachte Book Vouchers. And this 354 00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:17,040 scholarship was established due to the generosity 355 00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:21,090 of Romain Van De Genachte, his impact on the students 356 00:22:21,090 --> 00:22:23,400 in the Ventura Community College District is 357 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:26,970 significant and it will be perpetual. We have 12 358 00:22:26,970 --> 00:22:29,940 recipients of this award. The first is Will 359 00:22:30,270 --> 00:22:35,100 Wilbert Ac. Marissa Anaya. Jasmine Boyle. 360 00:22:35,220 --> 00:22:39,930 Krystal Delgado. Rizzo Farrow. Joel Gonzalez. 361 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:44,580 Jaden Henry-Brooks. Alexis Hernandez. Autumn 362 00:22:44,580 --> 00:22:51,560 Madrigal. Olivia McKnight. Emma Nguyen. Parsa Sadri. 363 00:22:51,660 --> 00:22:55,380 Congratulations to each of these award 364 00:22:55,380 --> 00:22:59,580 winners. The next category is the Mary Ann Walker 365 00:22:59,580 --> 00:23:03,450 Child Development Scholarship, which has legacies 366 00:23:03,450 --> 00:23:07,140 in leadership. This degree in early child 367 00:23:07,140 --> 00:23:14,120 education is funded by Senta Green and in 368 00:23:14,130 --> 00:23:17,970 support of Mary Ann Walker, the alumna. And we 369 00:23:17,970 --> 00:23:21,060 have two recipients of this award. The first one 370 00:23:21,060 --> 00:23:24,810 is Nicole Ballote. And the second is 371 00:23:24,810 --> 00:23:27,270 Beatriz Fontenla Lago. 372 00:23:29,940 --> 00:23:33,720 And that concludes my portion of the reading and 373 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:36,990 congratulations to all the student scholarship 374 00:23:36,990 --> 00:23:39,750 recipients in the gifts and grants from community 375 00:23:39,900 --> 00:23:43,170 organizations category. Next, I'll bring back our 376 00:23:43,230 --> 00:23:45,930 department chair, Jill Hainey, to present the 377 00:23:45,930 --> 00:23:52,890 memorial awards. Thank you. [Jill]: Thank you, Tim. Next 378 00:23:53,140 --> 00:23:56,370 memorial awards always hold a special place in my 379 00:23:56,370 --> 00:23:59,040 heart and I think everybody's hearts, because of the 380 00:23:59,040 --> 00:24:01,440 personal connections each of these scholarships 381 00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:04,560 have to the college. These awards are in 382 00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:08,040 loving memory of past faculty and staff members, 383 00:24:08,040 --> 00:24:10,530 students or the family members of the people that 384 00:24:10,530 --> 00:24:12,850 Moorpark College has touched throughout the years. 385 00:24:13,470 --> 00:24:15,870 We are honored that these memorial awards have 386 00:24:15,870 --> 00:24:17,970 found a home and Moorpark College and that our 387 00:24:17,970 --> 00:24:20,340 students are uplifted by the helping hands 388 00:24:20,340 --> 00:24:23,160 extended from these generous family members and 389 00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:27,120 legacy gifts. New memorial awards this year 390 00:24:27,510 --> 00:24:31,050 include the Lisa Ferguson Memorial Scholarship, 391 00:24:31,590 --> 00:24:34,380 the George Floyd Memorial African-American 392 00:24:34,380 --> 00:24:37,470 Scholarship, the Ignacio and Perez Health Care 393 00:24:37,470 --> 00:24:40,740 Scholarship, and the Michael Joseph Pielaet 394 00:24:40,770 --> 00:24:43,830 Scholarship. Here are this year's award winners. 395 00:24:48,330 --> 00:24:52,110 The first one is the Phyllis Arnold Art and Visual 396 00:24:54,490 --> 00:24:57,460 Art Scholarship. This scholarship was established 397 00:24:57,460 --> 00:24:59,950 by Phyllis Arnold's family to honor her love of the 398 00:24:59,950 --> 00:25:02,530 arts at the college and in the community. The 399 00:25:02,530 --> 00:25:04,480 students who apply for the scholarship are 400 00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:06,790 evaluated on a portfolio of their art and a 401 00:25:06,790 --> 00:25:11,500 personal essay. And we have one recipient. That is 402 00:25:11,500 --> 00:25:17,460 Carson Davis. Congratulations. Our next award is 403 00:25:17,460 --> 00:25:22,500 the Frank Bianchino Psychology Scholarship. Dr. 404 00:25:22,500 --> 00:25:25,440 Frank Bianchino served Moorpark College for over 30 405 00:25:25,440 --> 00:25:27,720 years as both a counselor and a psychology 406 00:25:27,720 --> 00:25:31,700 instructor. Inspired by his mentor, Vikto Frankl, 407 00:25:31,950 --> 00:25:34,650 Dr. Bianchino made people, especially children, a 408 00:25:34,650 --> 00:25:37,140 priority, always taking time to listen so he could 409 00:25:37,140 --> 00:25:39,990 honor their true, authentic selves. It is an honor 410 00:25:39,990 --> 00:25:43,470 to award a scholarship in his name, allowing his 411 00:25:43,470 --> 00:25:47,070 inspirational legacy to live on. We have two 412 00:25:47,070 --> 00:25:50,220 recipients for this award, Amanda Melody 413 00:25:50,220 --> 00:25:53,670 Goldwater and Lauren Perlmutter. Congratulations. 414 00:25:56,890 --> 00:26:02,590 Next, we have the Hugo Ekback Film Television Scholarship. The 415 00:26:02,590 --> 00:26:04,890 Hugo Ekback Scholarship was established by his 416 00:26:04,900 --> 00:26:07,640 family and friends in his memory. In the late 70s, 417 00:26:07,660 --> 00:26:10,780 Hugo created film studies at Moorpark College. The 418 00:26:10,780 --> 00:26:13,780 courses were so popular, University of California, 419 00:26:13,780 --> 00:26:16,330 Los Angeles and University of Southern California 420 00:26:16,330 --> 00:26:18,950 students came to Moorpark College to attend. 421 00:26:19,270 --> 00:26:21,670 He worked very hard to find film equipment so 422 00:26:21,670 --> 00:26:24,160 students could experience every aspect of making 423 00:26:24,160 --> 00:26:27,220 films. History of Motion Picture was one of his 424 00:26:27,220 --> 00:26:30,880 most popular courses. Professor Ekback was much 425 00:26:30,880 --> 00:26:34,240 loved. And we have two recipients of his award, 426 00:26:35,310 --> 00:26:37,260 his scholarship, I'm sorry. Bryan Christopher 427 00:26:37,260 --> 00:26:40,500 Page and Sherrie Lynn Richman. Congratulations. 428 00:26:43,230 --> 00:26:46,790 The next, we have the Lisa Ferguson EATM 429 00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:50,460 Scholarship. Established by extraordinary Thousand 430 00:26:50,460 --> 00:26:52,950 Oaks resident Nancy Ferguson in memory of her 431 00:26:52,950 --> 00:26:56,700 beloved daughter, Lisa Ferguson. Nancy honors her 432 00:26:57,360 --> 00:26:59,400 daughter by providing this scholarship to 433 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:02,400 deserving EATM student. Nancy has been a longtime fan 434 00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:05,400 of America's Teaching Zoo and continues to develop 435 00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:07,650 relationships with the students and animals during 436 00:27:07,650 --> 00:27:11,310 her monthly visits. We have three scholarship 437 00:27:11,310 --> 00:27:15,750 award winners, Clare Burke, Amanda Craig, and 438 00:27:15,750 --> 00:27:17,910 Yiwen Tsao. Congratulations. 439 00:27:22,390 --> 00:27:27,910 Next, we have the Jason Fleagane Scholarship. 440 00:27:28,390 --> 00:27:30,490 Established in memory of a Moorpark College 441 00:27:30,490 --> 00:27:33,190 student, Jason Fleagane, who is ready for his dream 442 00:27:33,190 --> 00:27:36,160 of completing studies at California State 443 00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:39,100 University Northridge. In his name and with the 444 00:27:39,100 --> 00:27:41,710 memory of his dream, his family supports any 445 00:27:41,710 --> 00:27:44,740 students who are willing to work hard and is 446 00:27:44,740 --> 00:27:47,250 transferring to a four year college or university. 447 00:27:47,260 --> 00:27:49,750 And we have four scholarship winners for this 448 00:27:49,750 --> 00:27:54,270 award. Baylee Ann Carroll, Alexis Nicole Dunham, 449 00:27:54,280 --> 00:27:58,240 Anthony Felix, and Simran Kang. Congratulations. 450 00:28:00,900 --> 00:28:03,810 Next, we have the George Floyd African-American 451 00:28:03,810 --> 00:28:06,720 scholarship. This scholarship was established in 452 00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:09,270 memory of George Floyd by a former dean and some 453 00:28:09,270 --> 00:28:11,670 of the Moorpark College African-American faculty 454 00:28:11,670 --> 00:28:14,430 members and is award to continuing 455 00:28:14,430 --> 00:28:17,010 Moorpark College students who have used their 456 00:28:17,010 --> 00:28:19,410 education to contribute to and uplift the 457 00:28:19,410 --> 00:28:21,540 African-American community or have worked to 458 00:28:21,540 --> 00:28:25,290 improve White and Black race relations. And we 459 00:28:25,290 --> 00:28:31,990 have one recipient. Stanley Opondo Ayieye 460 00:28:32,060 --> 00:28:33,410 Thank you. 461 00:28:36,550 --> 00:28:39,820 Next, we have The Haddad family, Osher Nursing 462 00:28:39,820 --> 00:28:42,820 Scholarship. Established by the family of Barbara 463 00:28:42,820 --> 00:28:45,160 Haddad. Barbara was a graduate of the Moorpark 464 00:28:45,160 --> 00:28:47,740 College Nursing Program. The scholarship is 465 00:28:47,740 --> 00:28:50,410 awarded to students continuing in the nursing 466 00:28:50,410 --> 00:28:54,670 program with a GPA of 3.0 or higher. And we have 467 00:28:54,670 --> 00:28:59,650 two scholarship winners, Ariana Leticia Vergara, 468 00:28:59,890 --> 00:29:03,740 and Kim Philip Laruga Pepito. Thank you. 469 00:29:04,300 --> 00:29:05,530 Congratulations. 470 00:29:08,500 --> 00:29:11,590 Our next scholarship is the Glenna Meadows Nursing 471 00:29:11,590 --> 00:29:14,740 Scholarship. The Glenna Meadows Memorial Nursing 472 00:29:14,740 --> 00:29:17,710 Scholarship was established by her family to honor 473 00:29:17,710 --> 00:29:19,690 Ms. Meadows' memory and her devotion to the 474 00:29:19,690 --> 00:29:22,870 nursing profession for over 30 years. We have one 475 00:29:22,870 --> 00:29:27,530 recipient. Allison Lopez. Congratulations. 476 00:29:29,770 --> 00:29:34,090 Our next award is the Dr. Gary L. Ogden Biological 477 00:29:34,480 --> 00:29:37,390 Sciences Scholarship. The scholarship honors 478 00:29:37,390 --> 00:29:41,110 former Moorpark College biology professor, Dr. Gary 479 00:29:41,320 --> 00:29:44,350 Ogden, who believed in using science to explain 480 00:29:44,350 --> 00:29:46,510 the world in keeping with his values. The 481 00:29:46,510 --> 00:29:49,300 scholarship is established for outstanding 482 00:29:49,300 --> 00:29:52,750 students majoring in biological sciences, either 483 00:29:52,750 --> 00:29:55,450 transferring to a secular university or continuing 484 00:29:55,450 --> 00:30:00,670 at Moorpark College. And we have two recipients at 485 00:30:00,670 --> 00:30:06,820 Edvina Agadjanova and Katharine Cassidy 486 00:30:06,820 --> 00:30:07,510 Sontag. 487 00:30:11,060 --> 00:30:14,030 Our next award is the Jean Osborne Music 488 00:30:14,030 --> 00:30:17,580 Scholarship. Established to honor Jean Osborn, a 489 00:30:17,590 --> 00:30:20,040 music teacher at Moorpark College, for many years. 490 00:30:20,550 --> 00:30:22,890 Keeping her memory and values alive, her family 491 00:30:22,890 --> 00:30:25,440 and friends support a student majoring in music or 492 00:30:25,440 --> 00:30:28,590 music education. And we have one recipient for the 493 00:30:28,590 --> 00:30:32,960 scholarship. Emily Hernandez. Congratulations. 494 00:30:36,720 --> 00:30:41,220 Our next award is the Myles David Penix Veteran 495 00:30:41,220 --> 00:30:44,970 Scholarship. Sergeant Myles Penix first served in the 496 00:30:44,970 --> 00:30:47,730 Navy as a Seabee. After an honorable discharge, he 497 00:30:47,730 --> 00:30:51,650 enlisted in the Army, where he had a thriving 498 00:30:51,650 --> 00:30:55,040 career and received several awards and medals and 499 00:30:55,040 --> 00:31:00,590 ribbons. He's also a proud of his leadership roles and 500 00:31:00,610 --> 00:31:03,660 assignments he served through NATO. Sergeant Penix 501 00:31:03,670 --> 00:31:06,850 planned on becoming a lawyer. The hope is that the 502 00:31:06,850 --> 00:31:09,790 recipient carries on his love of higher education 503 00:31:09,790 --> 00:31:12,640 in the US Armed Forces. And we have won 504 00:31:12,640 --> 00:31:16,030 scholarship recipient. Rodolfo Gurrola. Thank 505 00:31:16,030 --> 00:31:17,890 you. Congratulations. 506 00:31:21,530 --> 00:31:24,660 The Ignacio M. Perez Health Care Scholarship. 507 00:31:31,700 --> 00:31:33,980 The family established a scholarship in memory of 508 00:31:33,980 --> 00:31:38,840 their father, Ignacio Perez. Ignacio believed 509 00:31:38,840 --> 00:31:43,680 education opened doors of opportunity to reach 510 00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:46,150 the career of choice. A father of nine children, 511 00:31:46,170 --> 00:31:48,630 He encouraged all of them to obtain a degree in 512 00:31:48,630 --> 00:31:51,210 any field of study, especially his six daughters. 513 00:31:52,050 --> 00:31:54,390 The scholarship is awarded to students majoring in 514 00:31:54,390 --> 00:31:58,020 biology, nursing or rad tech programs. And we have 515 00:31:58,020 --> 00:31:59,370 four recipients. 516 00:32:02,100 --> 00:32:06,350 We have two, I'm sorry. Hayley Anderson and Pejman 517 00:32:06,620 --> 00:32:09,410 Rohanifar. Congratulations. 518 00:32:12,950 --> 00:32:17,730 The Michael Joseph Pielaet Scholarship. One of 519 00:32:17,760 --> 00:32:20,430 the oldest of 12 siblings, Mike, has always been 520 00:32:20,430 --> 00:32:23,340 the rock of his family community. The nurses, 521 00:32:23,340 --> 00:32:25,590 physicians and staff who cared for Michael in his 522 00:32:25,590 --> 00:32:28,230 last weeks and days provided compassionate comfort and 523 00:32:28,230 --> 00:32:31,380 precious empathy. His wife, Pat, recalls, "I was 524 00:32:31,380 --> 00:32:34,500 humbled by their kindness. I remain ever grateful 525 00:32:34,500 --> 00:32:36,720 for their role in easing Michael's transition from 526 00:32:36,720 --> 00:32:39,510 this world. That is why we think it's only fitting 527 00:32:39,510 --> 00:32:41,520 that the scholarship in his name go to those 528 00:32:41,520 --> 00:32:45,360 pursuing a career, a degree in the field 529 00:32:45,360 --> 00:32:46,080 of health care." 530 00:32:48,380 --> 00:32:55,800 And we have four recipients. Martha Aikiriza, Aaron 531 00:32:56,670 --> 00:32:59,670 Borkovec, Marie Elizabeth Curtis, and Jessica 532 00:32:59,670 --> 00:33:01,940 Spencer. Congratulations to all of you. 533 00:33:04,630 --> 00:33:08,350 And we have the Stephen Conrad Rafter Memorial 534 00:33:08,350 --> 00:33:11,200 Scholarship. Established in loving memory of 535 00:33:11,200 --> 00:33:15,160 Moorpark College student Stephen Conrad Rafter. 536 00:33:17,530 --> 00:33:20,620 In his two years at Moorpark College, Stephen was 537 00:33:20,620 --> 00:33:23,020 a successful student majoring in English, 538 00:33:23,500 --> 00:33:26,020 dedicated to student government and the role of 539 00:33:26,020 --> 00:33:28,810 students in decision making. The student awarded 540 00:33:28,810 --> 00:33:31,570 the scholarship is involved in campus activities 541 00:33:31,570 --> 00:33:34,990 and maintains a GPA of 3.2 or higher. 542 00:33:36,590 --> 00:33:42,890 We have two recipients. Rachel Ariana Spellman and Benay 543 00:33:42,890 --> 00:33:45,020 Rita Taylor. Congratulations. 544 00:33:49,300 --> 00:33:54,690 Now we have this Stephen Conrad Rafter Osher 545 00:33:54,690 --> 00:33:58,440 Nursing Scholarship. This was the first 546 00:33:58,440 --> 00:34:00,900 scholarship established in memory of Stephen 547 00:34:00,900 --> 00:34:03,330 Conrad Rafter. The scholarship is awarded to 548 00:34:03,330 --> 00:34:05,700 students in the Moorpark College nursing program, 549 00:34:06,150 --> 00:34:09,570 maintain a GPA of 3.0 or higher and are continuing 550 00:34:09,570 --> 00:34:13,320 in the program in the fall semester. And we have 551 00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:19,670 two recipients. Samantha Simington and Jazmin 552 00:34:19,880 --> 00:34:22,070 Sionit, Congratulations. 553 00:34:27,640 --> 00:34:30,130 Now we have the Jason... 554 00:34:33,070 --> 00:34:37,360 Jason D. Raufman Scholarship. 555 00:34:37,360 --> 00:34:40,150 Established in memory of a UCLA transfer student 556 00:34:40,150 --> 00:34:42,730 who had been achieving and 557 00:34:42,730 --> 00:34:45,190 engaging Moorpark College student. This 558 00:34:45,190 --> 00:34:47,890 scholarship recognizes a student transferring to 559 00:34:47,890 --> 00:34:51,160 University of California with having earned a 560 00:34:51,160 --> 00:34:55,120 GPA of 3.5 or higher. We have one 561 00:34:55,120 --> 00:35:00,640 recipient. Shayan Gheidari. Congratulations. 562 00:35:02,700 --> 00:35:07,480 Our next award is the Frank Sardisco Art 563 00:35:07,490 --> 00:35:11,740 Scholarship. And it's created by his family to 564 00:35:11,740 --> 00:35:14,060 honor his love of arts at Moorpark College and 565 00:35:14,080 --> 00:35:17,290 community. Applicants for this scholarship are 566 00:35:17,290 --> 00:35:19,600 evaluated by a portfolio of their art and a 567 00:35:19,600 --> 00:35:22,660 personal essay. And the picture that you see here 568 00:35:22,660 --> 00:35:25,210 is the art created by the recipient of this 569 00:35:25,210 --> 00:35:29,930 scholarship. And her name is Molly Hazel Earl. 570 00:35:29,940 --> 00:35:31,120 Congratulations. 571 00:35:34,580 --> 00:35:37,760 Our next scholarship is the John and 572 00:35:37,760 --> 00:35:40,580 Daniel Sherwood Memorial Scholarship. It's a 573 00:35:40,580 --> 00:35:42,830 perpetual tribute to two brothers who were 574 00:35:42,830 --> 00:35:44,840 Moorpark College students and transferred to 575 00:35:44,840 --> 00:35:47,780 university to complete their studies. Although 576 00:35:47,780 --> 00:35:50,480 five years apart in age, both enjoyed studying 577 00:35:50,480 --> 00:35:53,930 history. John was interested in communication and 578 00:35:53,930 --> 00:35:56,880 aspired to work on documentary films. Daniel 579 00:35:56,880 --> 00:35:59,450 leaned towards political science and 580 00:35:59,450 --> 00:36:02,390 teaching and was passionate in debate. Family and 581 00:36:02,390 --> 00:36:04,550 friends to honor their energetic spirits with a 582 00:36:04,550 --> 00:36:07,280 scholarship. The recipient will transfer to a four 583 00:36:07,280 --> 00:36:09,710 year college or university and is a registered 584 00:36:09,710 --> 00:36:13,520 voter. And we have one recipient of the scholarship, 585 00:36:14,210 --> 00:36:17,570 Victoria Kaitlyn Nguyen. Congratulations. 586 00:36:20,290 --> 00:36:23,770 Our next scholarship is the A. E. Truman Music 587 00:36:23,780 --> 00:36:26,410 Osher Scholarship. Albert Truman became a 588 00:36:26,830 --> 00:36:30,010 classical guitar teacher at age 50 after selling 589 00:36:30,010 --> 00:36:32,830 his engineering firm. He continued his passion 590 00:36:32,830 --> 00:36:36,340 for teaching until his death at age 88. His wish 591 00:36:36,340 --> 00:36:39,940 was to help others pursue their love of music. The 592 00:36:39,940 --> 00:36:42,610 scholarship is awarded to a music major who has 593 00:36:42,610 --> 00:36:45,970 participated in Moorpark College music production 594 00:36:45,970 --> 00:36:49,630 and events. And we have one recipient. That is 595 00:36:49,630 --> 00:36:51,880 Emily Hernandez. Congratulations. 596 00:36:54,870 --> 00:36:57,390 Our next award is the Laurie White EATM 597 00:36:57,390 --> 00:37:00,510 Scholarship. And I'm very excited to be able to 598 00:37:00,510 --> 00:37:03,390 present this. I know Karen and Gary White, her 599 00:37:03,390 --> 00:37:07,440 parents, they're great people and just really 600 00:37:07,440 --> 00:37:10,050 happy they established this award in Laurie's name. 601 00:37:10,530 --> 00:37:13,290 Laurie was a 2006 graduate of the Exotic 602 00:37:13,290 --> 00:37:16,470 Animal Training and Management EATM program and said 603 00:37:16,470 --> 00:37:19,350 her EATM years were her best years. She received a 604 00:37:19,350 --> 00:37:22,890 Master's in Education in May 2013 at Claremont 605 00:37:22,890 --> 00:37:25,650 Graduate University and was a high school science 606 00:37:25,650 --> 00:37:29,940 teacher. Laurie passed away in July 2013. Karen and 607 00:37:29,940 --> 00:37:32,190 Gary White established the fund in their 608 00:37:32,190 --> 00:37:34,020 daughter's name to provide scholarships to 609 00:37:34,020 --> 00:37:37,800 qualified second year EATM students. And we have three 610 00:37:37,800 --> 00:37:38,730 recipients. 611 00:37:40,740 --> 00:37:45,150 Chantal Nolli. Yiwen Tsao. And Amanda Jean 612 00:37:45,150 --> 00:37:47,130 Vandenberg. Congratulations. 613 00:37:50,180 --> 00:37:53,150 The Shawn Williams EATM Scholarship. Shawn was a 614 00:37:53,150 --> 00:37:55,670 lifelong animal lover, especially reptiles and 615 00:37:55,670 --> 00:37:58,790 elephants. He was a 2006 EATM graduate and 616 00:37:58,790 --> 00:38:01,220 worked with animals for a few years. He was a 617 00:38:01,220 --> 00:38:03,740 state of California employee when he died at age 618 00:38:03,740 --> 00:38:07,190 35. He is survived by his parents, Tom and 619 00:38:07,190 --> 00:38:09,770 Terrie Williams, wife, Susan, who met at EATM and his two 620 00:38:09,770 --> 00:38:13,190 daughters Brooke and Hailey. We have one recipient, 621 00:38:14,090 --> 00:38:16,020 and that's Jacob Weldon Betancourt. 622 00:38:16,040 --> 00:38:17,330 Congratulations. 623 00:38:19,930 --> 00:38:22,630 We'd like to congratulate this year 624 00:38:22,630 --> 00:38:25,000 award winners and once again, thank the 625 00:38:25,030 --> 00:38:27,040 loving family members for their continued 626 00:38:27,040 --> 00:38:30,460 commitment to Moorpark College students. Next, I'd 627 00:38:30,460 --> 00:38:32,710 like to introduce Moorpark College Board Member 628 00:38:32,710 --> 00:38:34,840 Michael Hoffman to present the Moorpark 629 00:38:34,840 --> 00:38:39,100 organizations and department scholarships. 630 00:38:39,100 --> 00:38:43,070 Michael Hoffman: Thank you very much, Jill. In addition to 631 00:38:43,070 --> 00:38:45,890 serving on the Foundation board, I also teach at 632 00:38:45,890 --> 00:38:48,740 the college as a faculty member and work as the 633 00:38:48,740 --> 00:38:52,850 Career Education Grant Director. In these capacities, I'm 634 00:38:52,850 --> 00:38:55,370 able to see firsthand the excellent work that's 635 00:38:55,370 --> 00:38:58,490 happening at Moorpark College, even during the 636 00:38:58,490 --> 00:39:01,790 pandemic. Moorpark has continued to develop new 637 00:39:01,790 --> 00:39:05,060 and exciting programs for both career 638 00:39:05,090 --> 00:39:08,990 education and transfer students. We've added many 639 00:39:08,990 --> 00:39:12,350 new non-credit courses and programs in the areas 640 00:39:12,350 --> 00:39:15,470 of basic skills, for English, for mathematics, career 641 00:39:15,470 --> 00:39:19,160 preparation and personal development. All of these 642 00:39:19,160 --> 00:39:21,950 new courses and programs are designed to help the 643 00:39:22,010 --> 00:39:26,060 college's students embrace cultural competency and 644 00:39:26,060 --> 00:39:28,920 to promote social justice through civic engagement. 645 00:39:29,510 --> 00:39:31,730 Many of the new and existing awards in this 646 00:39:31,730 --> 00:39:34,880 category were created to affirm the ongoing 647 00:39:34,880 --> 00:39:37,970 commitment that our colleges, organizations and 648 00:39:37,970 --> 00:39:41,300 departments have to diversity, equity, and 649 00:39:41,300 --> 00:39:44,540 inclusion. Here are the recipients for this year. 650 00:39:47,170 --> 00:39:50,920 The Academic Senate Scholarship. The Academic 651 00:39:50,920 --> 00:39:53,680 Senate of Moorpark College works to provide an 652 00:39:53,680 --> 00:39:56,080 environment that is conducive to its faculty 653 00:39:56,080 --> 00:39:59,050 membership providing instructional excellence to 654 00:39:59,050 --> 00:40:02,530 our students. It is particularly pleased to offer 655 00:40:02,530 --> 00:40:05,680 three scholarships this year; each one is given to 656 00:40:05,680 --> 00:40:09,370 a student of excellent, exceptional qualities. The 657 00:40:09,400 --> 00:40:15,740 first is Luke Makoto Takara Barrella. Sarah Jo 658 00:40:15,770 --> 00:40:21,320 Ramsey. And Jemina Claire Rivera. Congratulations. 659 00:40:22,360 --> 00:40:26,390 The next, the ACCESS Scholarship. This scholarship 660 00:40:26,390 --> 00:40:29,960 is established for Accessibility Coordination 661 00:40:29,960 --> 00:40:33,680 Center and Educational Support Services (ACCESS). 662 00:40:34,190 --> 00:40:36,380 The students majoring in any discipline who 663 00:40:36,380 --> 00:40:40,090 demonstrate assistance to other students. The 664 00:40:40,100 --> 00:40:43,850 recipients of this year's scholarship are Evan Schwartz 665 00:40:44,120 --> 00:40:49,480 and Tyler Williams. The next category is the 666 00:40:49,860 --> 00:40:53,700 the Art Osher Scholarship students who win the 667 00:40:53,700 --> 00:40:56,700 scholarship are judged on the art pieces that they 668 00:40:56,700 --> 00:41:02,040 submit. And the recipient this year is Molly Hazel 669 00:41:02,970 --> 00:41:06,090 Earl. And you saw a piece of Molly's art in a previous 670 00:41:06,090 --> 00:41:10,470 award that she received. The next scholarship is 671 00:41:10,470 --> 00:41:13,650 awarded from the Associated Students of Moorpark 672 00:41:13,650 --> 00:41:16,520 College, from the board of directors there, is 673 00:41:16,530 --> 00:41:20,370 excited to award the Managing Crisis Scholarship 674 00:41:20,700 --> 00:41:23,310 to Moorpark College students who enrich life at 675 00:41:23,310 --> 00:41:26,520 the college with their commitment to excellence in 676 00:41:26,520 --> 00:41:30,780 academics, leadership, and campus involvement. But 677 00:41:31,170 --> 00:41:33,990 this year, they were adversely affected by the 678 00:41:33,990 --> 00:41:37,770 corona virus. The 10 recipients 679 00:41:37,770 --> 00:41:42,570 of that award are Luke Makato Takara Barrella, 680 00:41:43,620 --> 00:41:50,760 Sydney Jessica Flamm, Kathryn Anne Givvin, Zachary 681 00:41:50,760 --> 00:41:59,810 Gwennap, Hyun Jin Kim, Christian Lezi, Simrat Pal 682 00:41:59,810 --> 00:42:06,970 Singh Libra, Jemina Claire Rivera, Eliana 683 00:42:07,120 --> 00:42:12,900 Monique Sandoval Nali, Iswarya 684 00:42:13,650 --> 00:42:20,520 Vimalan Jeya. The next category is the biological 685 00:42:20,520 --> 00:42:23,730 sciences department. Iit's established by the 686 00:42:23,730 --> 00:42:27,450 biology department faculty to encourage students 687 00:42:27,450 --> 00:42:31,170 to continue in different fields of biology. The 688 00:42:31,170 --> 00:42:35,070 recipients must have a GPA of 3.0 and 689 00:42:35,070 --> 00:42:37,260 be transferring to a four year college or 690 00:42:37,260 --> 00:42:40,970 university in the fall semester. This year's 691 00:42:40,970 --> 00:42:45,950 recipient is Katharine Cassidy Sontag. 692 00:42:48,440 --> 00:42:52,040 The next category is the Brian Wolverton 693 00:42:52,160 --> 00:42:57,060 Anthropology Scholarship. In 2008, Brian 694 00:42:57,060 --> 00:43:00,150 Woolverton graduated with an associate of arts 695 00:43:00,150 --> 00:43:03,030 degree in cultural anthropology from Moorpark 696 00:43:03,030 --> 00:43:06,150 College. He wanted to better understand different 697 00:43:06,150 --> 00:43:09,480 cultures and dreamed of applying his knowledge for 698 00:43:09,480 --> 00:43:12,780 the betterment of others. Brian joined the U.S. 699 00:43:12,780 --> 00:43:16,680 Army after graduation and was assigned to the 10th 700 00:43:16,680 --> 00:43:20,310 Mountain Division in New York. He was deployed to 701 00:43:20,310 --> 00:43:23,280 Afghanistan, where he was killed in a Taliban 702 00:43:23,280 --> 00:43:28,170 attack on his operating base in August 2009. He 703 00:43:28,170 --> 00:43:31,800 was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star and 704 00:43:31,800 --> 00:43:35,100 Purple Heart. He was unable to realize his dream 705 00:43:35,100 --> 00:43:38,910 of continuing his studies. But in his memory, the 706 00:43:39,090 --> 00:43:44,250 scholarship is awarded this year to Diana Hamideh. 707 00:43:47,720 --> 00:43:51,470 The next category is the Classified Senate 708 00:43:51,470 --> 00:43:54,740 Scholarship. The Moorpark College Classified 709 00:43:54,740 --> 00:43:57,770 Senate awards scholarships to well deserving 710 00:43:57,770 --> 00:44:01,400 students who are either classified employees or a 711 00:44:01,400 --> 00:44:04,520 dependent, rather, of a classified 712 00:44:04,520 --> 00:44:08,990 employee at Moorpark College. The three recipients 713 00:44:09,260 --> 00:44:13,550 for the scholarship are Kane Hudson Agar, 714 00:44:14,570 --> 00:44:18,810 Marcella Hernandez, and Kristen Robinson. 715 00:44:19,040 --> 00:44:24,410 Congratulations to you. The next scholarship is 716 00:44:24,410 --> 00:44:27,840 the Eddinger Family Arts and Science Scholarship. 717 00:44:28,400 --> 00:44:30,890 This was established by former Moorpark College 718 00:44:30,890 --> 00:44:34,520 president Dr. Pam Eddinger. The scholarship is 719 00:44:34,520 --> 00:44:37,610 designed for students who are majoring in the arts 720 00:44:37,610 --> 00:44:41,150 and sciences. The recipient of this year's 721 00:44:41,150 --> 00:44:48,190 scholarship is Andrea Natalia Scarano. 722 00:44:48,340 --> 00:44:53,530 Sorry about that, Andrea. Andrea Natalia Scarano. 723 00:44:54,950 --> 00:44:58,100 The next scholarship is the... Congratulations. The 724 00:44:58,100 --> 00:44:59,990 next scholarship is the English Department 725 00:44:59,990 --> 00:45:03,470 Scholarship, and it's funded by donations from the 726 00:45:03,470 --> 00:45:07,010 English faculty and it recognizes outstanding 727 00:45:07,010 --> 00:45:09,830 English students who represent the very best of 728 00:45:09,830 --> 00:45:13,010 Moorpark College students. The department is happy 729 00:45:13,010 --> 00:45:16,400 and proud to recognize their achievements. There 730 00:45:16,400 --> 00:45:18,890 are two recipients of the scholarship this year. 731 00:45:19,220 --> 00:45:23,930 They are Isabelle Delman and Navya Hari. 732 00:45:24,410 --> 00:45:29,370 Congratulations. The next set of scholarships are 733 00:45:29,370 --> 00:45:33,840 the Fred Kavli Scholarships. Fred Kavli has his 734 00:45:33,840 --> 00:45:36,270 name on one of the buildings, a local 735 00:45:36,270 --> 00:45:38,220 philanthropist has his name on one of the 736 00:45:38,220 --> 00:45:40,470 buildings at Moorpark College and awards 737 00:45:40,470 --> 00:45:44,820 scholarships in science related fields. The fields 738 00:45:44,820 --> 00:45:47,790 are biology, chemistry, computer science, 739 00:45:48,120 --> 00:45:52,290 engineering, mathematics, and physics. There's one 740 00:45:52,290 --> 00:45:55,380 recipient for each category this year. The 741 00:45:55,380 --> 00:46:01,190 recipients are, in chemistry, Palak Sharma. In 742 00:46:01,190 --> 00:46:05,950 computer sciences, Jinhong Kim. In engineering, 743 00:46:06,430 --> 00:46:12,340 Isaiah Marciano Huma. In mathematics, Agnieszka 744 00:46:12,610 --> 00:46:19,320 Renata Kaufman. In Physics, Sydney Skorpen. The 745 00:46:19,320 --> 00:46:22,650 next scholarship is one that's near and dear to me. 746 00:46:22,680 --> 00:46:26,110 It's funded by my wife, Dr. Joanna Miller, and me. 747 00:46:26,760 --> 00:46:29,550 Joanna was a full time journalism faculty member 748 00:46:29,550 --> 00:46:32,820 for more than a decade at the campus. And 749 00:46:32,820 --> 00:46:35,340 it's given to a journalism student who is 750 00:46:35,340 --> 00:46:38,850 continuing their studies at a four year university. 751 00:46:39,570 --> 00:46:43,470 This year's recipient is Ryan Bough. 752 00:46:47,200 --> 00:46:52,600 The next scholarship is the LGBTQIA+ and 753 00:46:52,600 --> 00:46:55,980 Allies Scholarship. It was established by 754 00:46:55,990 --> 00:46:59,470 distinguished faculty chair Sally Ponce O'Rourke for a 755 00:46:59,470 --> 00:47:02,020 professor at Moorpark College who will be retiring 756 00:47:02,020 --> 00:47:04,660 this year. It's awarded to a student who 757 00:47:04,660 --> 00:47:08,530 demonstrates that they are or have been an 758 00:47:08,530 --> 00:47:14,170 advocate for the LGBTQIA+ community during 759 00:47:14,170 --> 00:47:18,490 their education at Moorpark College. The recipient 760 00:47:18,490 --> 00:47:23,150 this year is Shayan Gheidari. 761 00:47:26,240 --> 00:47:30,380 The next scholarship is the Ranford Hopkins and 762 00:47:30,380 --> 00:47:34,300 Cynthia Barnett Multicultural Day Scholarship. This 763 00:47:34,340 --> 00:47:37,400 honors the efforts of Professors Hopkins and 764 00:47:37,400 --> 00:47:41,450 Barnett to create and develop Multicultural Day on 765 00:47:41,450 --> 00:47:47,410 campus. That day, which is it takes 766 00:47:47,410 --> 00:47:49,300 over the campus for the day, highlights the 767 00:47:49,300 --> 00:47:52,180 college's commitment to advancing a global 768 00:47:52,180 --> 00:47:55,540 perspective and the scholarship, further honors their 769 00:47:55,570 --> 00:47:58,330 legacy by recognizing the development of a 770 00:47:58,330 --> 00:48:01,870 cultural literacy and a multicultural mindset in 771 00:48:01,870 --> 00:48:05,620 the context of a complete educational experience. 772 00:48:06,700 --> 00:48:10,510 The recipient for that scholarship is Gerald 773 00:48:10,900 --> 00:48:15,980 Richardson III. The next scholarship is the 774 00:48:15,980 --> 00:48:20,330 Dr. David K. Murphy Scholarship. This scholarship 775 00:48:20,330 --> 00:48:23,060 honors retired Moorpark College chemistry 776 00:48:23,060 --> 00:48:26,960 professor, Dr. David K. Murphy. The award is 777 00:48:26,960 --> 00:48:30,020 given to a student demonstrating excellence in 778 00:48:30,020 --> 00:48:33,140 chemistry and will continue studies at Moorpark 779 00:48:33,140 --> 00:48:36,110 College or transfer to a four year college or 780 00:48:36,110 --> 00:48:40,320 university in the fall semester. The recipient for 781 00:48:40,320 --> 00:48:46,120 that scholarship is Iswarya Vimalan Jeya. 782 00:48:48,570 --> 00:48:51,750 The next scholarship is the Outstanding Computer 783 00:48:51,750 --> 00:48:55,620 Science Scholarship. This was established to honor 784 00:48:55,650 --> 00:48:58,590 a student's outstanding performance in computer 785 00:48:58,590 --> 00:49:03,760 science courses as recognized by the family. And 786 00:49:03,760 --> 00:49:08,110 the scholarship this year goes to Eden Corey 787 00:49:08,350 --> 00:49:13,420 Rosales. The next scholarship is the Producer's 788 00:49:13,420 --> 00:49:17,370 Choice Film, Television and Media Scholarship. 789 00:49:18,460 --> 00:49:21,280 It's established to help students in the film 790 00:49:21,280 --> 00:49:26,290 television media program write, shoot, and edit a 791 00:49:26,290 --> 00:49:29,590 short film. Recognizing the expense and 792 00:49:29,590 --> 00:49:32,150 difficulties in film and television production. 793 00:49:32,620 --> 00:49:35,440 This scholarship will help students reach their 794 00:49:35,440 --> 00:49:40,480 goals. The recipient of the scholarship is Sherrie 795 00:49:40,840 --> 00:49:45,740 Lynn Richman. The next scholarship is offered by 796 00:49:45,740 --> 00:49:49,940 the psychology department on campus. Psychology 797 00:49:50,090 --> 00:49:52,670 department faculty establish the scholarship to 798 00:49:52,670 --> 00:49:55,550 support students who completed two psychology 799 00:49:55,550 --> 00:49:58,460 courses and enrich the college both in the 800 00:49:58,460 --> 00:50:01,880 classroom and through community service. It 801 00:50:01,880 --> 00:50:06,200 recognizes a student with a GPA of 3.0 or higher 802 00:50:06,500 --> 00:50:09,920 and who are continuing their studies. There are 803 00:50:09,920 --> 00:50:13,460 three recipients for the psychology scholarship 804 00:50:13,460 --> 00:50:18,500 this year. They are Kathryn Givven, Kathy 805 00:50:18,500 --> 00:50:25,340 Rodriguez, and Kathleen Soto Gisler. Next is the 806 00:50:25,340 --> 00:50:29,140 Dean Bryant Schubert Nursing/ Osher 807 00:50:29,150 --> 00:50:32,810 Scholarship. The scholarship recognizes students 808 00:50:32,810 --> 00:50:35,570 in Moorpark College's nursing program and maintain 809 00:50:35,570 --> 00:50:39,530 a GPA of 3.0 or higher and continue their studies 810 00:50:39,530 --> 00:50:43,340 in the fall. Brenda Shubert was the director of 811 00:50:43,340 --> 00:50:46,610 the college's nursing program for many 812 00:50:46,610 --> 00:50:50,600 years before becoming a dean. And the recipient of 813 00:50:50,600 --> 00:50:53,660 this year's scholarship is James Gallant. 814 00:50:54,230 --> 00:50:55,550 Congratulations, James. 815 00:50:57,820 --> 00:51:01,990 Next is the Spirit Memorial Scholarship, aptly 816 00:51:01,990 --> 00:51:04,950 named. It was established in the memory of spirit 817 00:51:05,080 --> 00:51:08,920 the mountain lion by Mara Rodriguez, 818 00:51:08,920 --> 00:51:12,040 rather, the Zoo Development Coordinator at 819 00:51:12,040 --> 00:51:15,670 America's Teaching Zoo. That's our zoo at Moorpark 820 00:51:15,670 --> 00:51:18,580 College. The recipient of this scholarship has to 821 00:51:18,580 --> 00:51:23,470 demonstrate the spirit of it for exotic animal 822 00:51:23,470 --> 00:51:28,090 training and typify the type of 823 00:51:28,090 --> 00:51:31,510 spirit that you have and was shown by the mountain 824 00:51:31,510 --> 00:51:34,390 lion spirit that we had. The recipient this year 825 00:51:34,390 --> 00:51:39,110 is Jacob Weldon Betancourt. The final 826 00:51:39,110 --> 00:51:42,710 scholarship for organizations and departments is 827 00:51:42,710 --> 00:51:46,220 the David K. Wagner Science Scholarship. The 828 00:51:46,220 --> 00:51:48,470 scholarship honors one of Moorpark College's 829 00:51:48,470 --> 00:51:52,820 founding faculty members, in 1967 when the college opened. 830 00:51:52,820 --> 00:51:55,610 The awards given to a student who shows 831 00:51:55,610 --> 00:51:59,540 exceptional promise in science. This year's award 832 00:51:59,540 --> 00:52:04,970 goes to Weda Latif. Congratulations to all of 833 00:52:04,970 --> 00:52:08,690 the students on their awards. At this point. I'd 834 00:52:08,690 --> 00:52:13,190 like to bring back Tim Weaver, my fellow board 835 00:52:13,190 --> 00:52:15,080 member for two scholarships. 836 00:52:17,410 --> 00:52:21,730 Tim: Okay, I apologize, I missed a couple of scholarships, 837 00:52:21,730 --> 00:52:24,460 and these are under the community organizations. 838 00:52:25,180 --> 00:52:28,360 The first one is the Simi Valley Education 839 00:52:28,360 --> 00:52:32,350 Association. There was one recipient of that award, 840 00:52:32,590 --> 00:52:37,510 and that is Luke Makato Takara Barrella. 841 00:52:37,870 --> 00:52:41,500 And the next scholarship was the Simi Valley 842 00:52:41,500 --> 00:52:44,890 Moorpark College Continuing Student. There are 843 00:52:44,890 --> 00:52:49,060 two recipients of that scholarship, Zachary Gwennap, 844 00:52:49,330 --> 00:52:53,560 and Sahaiel Khan. Congratulations to you, too. And 845 00:52:53,560 --> 00:52:57,970 lastly, under the Fred Kavli scholarships, the 846 00:52:57,970 --> 00:53:00,790 various ones that we read by departments, under the 847 00:53:00,790 --> 00:53:04,120 biology department, there was one recipient of 848 00:53:04,120 --> 00:53:09,070 that award and that was Shayan 849 00:53:09,070 --> 00:53:13,060 Gheidari. Pardon me. So we apologize for those missed 850 00:53:13,060 --> 00:53:18,130 scholarships. And now we will turn it over to 851 00:53:18,340 --> 00:53:21,820 Jill Haney for our final Moorpark College 852 00:53:21,820 --> 00:53:26,240 Foundation awards. [Jill]: Thank you, Mike, and thank you, 853 00:53:26,240 --> 00:53:26,780 Tim. 854 00:53:29,300 --> 00:53:31,940 I have to say that seeing all these awards and all 855 00:53:31,940 --> 00:53:33,950 of the students that will be 856 00:53:34,160 --> 00:53:36,710 benefiting from them, I'm so grateful to be 857 00:53:36,710 --> 00:53:38,870 serving as Chair of the Moorpark College 858 00:53:38,870 --> 00:53:42,290 Foundation and to be promoting the wonderful work 859 00:53:42,290 --> 00:53:45,290 that all our board members and the staff, along 860 00:53:45,290 --> 00:53:47,900 with the executive team of the college are doing 861 00:53:48,200 --> 00:53:51,070 to continue and grow scholarship opportunities. 862 00:53:51,740 --> 00:53:54,230 This year marked our first annual campaign that 863 00:53:54,230 --> 00:53:57,320 launched in October of last year. The campaign was 864 00:53:57,320 --> 00:53:59,360 designed to build awareness and support for 865 00:53:59,360 --> 00:54:02,240 scholarships, our rising scholars, and for our new 866 00:54:02,240 --> 00:54:05,810 basic need center on campus. The annual campaign 867 00:54:05,810 --> 00:54:08,000 has allowed us to increase our scholarship giving 868 00:54:08,000 --> 00:54:10,940 by $20,000. It has raised funding 869 00:54:11,060 --> 00:54:14,210 for our Rising Scholars program, which identifies 870 00:54:14,210 --> 00:54:16,730 first generation college students in middle school 871 00:54:16,730 --> 00:54:19,330 and provides them with tutors and mentors and assists 872 00:54:19,340 --> 00:54:22,310 them through Moorpark College and on to a transfer 873 00:54:22,310 --> 00:54:25,190 institution. And we have raised more than 874 00:54:25,190 --> 00:54:28,100 $50,000 for our basic needs center called 875 00:54:28,100 --> 00:54:30,680 Raider Central, which is located in the campus 876 00:54:30,680 --> 00:54:32,810 center and provides assistance to students 877 00:54:32,810 --> 00:54:36,260 struggling with food and housing insecurities. All 878 00:54:36,260 --> 00:54:38,600 of this work has been done by the Moorpark College 879 00:54:38,600 --> 00:54:41,460 Foundation, and I want to thank President Sokenu, 880 00:54:41,690 --> 00:54:44,060 all of our board members, and our staff and the 881 00:54:44,060 --> 00:54:46,910 executive team of the college for their donations, 882 00:54:46,910 --> 00:54:49,280 their hard work, the dedication, and all the 883 00:54:49,280 --> 00:54:53,330 efforts they have made to make this possible. So 884 00:54:53,330 --> 00:54:56,210 now, I'm very pleased to announce the 885 00:54:56,210 --> 00:54:59,270 2021 Moorpark College Foundation Scholarship 886 00:54:59,270 --> 00:55:00,470 Award winners. 887 00:55:07,410 --> 00:55:10,710 These are Distinguished Faculty Chair awards. 888 00:55:11,010 --> 00:55:12,990 Because of the pandemic, a 889 00:55:12,990 --> 00:55:15,360 Distinguished Faculty Chair was not chosen this 890 00:55:15,360 --> 00:55:18,180 year. Traditionally, the Moorpark College Academic 891 00:55:18,180 --> 00:55:20,850 Senate acknowledges a faculty member who embodies 892 00:55:20,850 --> 00:55:24,430 the best of what college has to offer students in 893 00:55:24,430 --> 00:55:26,650 the classroom and in service to students with this 894 00:55:26,650 --> 00:55:28,960 honor, and the Foundation establishes a 895 00:55:28,960 --> 00:55:30,940 scholarship in their name with the option for the 896 00:55:30,940 --> 00:55:34,030 faculty member to continue the scholarship. Those 897 00:55:34,060 --> 00:55:36,700 who have chosen to award scholarships this year 898 00:55:36,700 --> 00:55:39,700 and the recipients are as follows. And there's a 899 00:55:39,700 --> 00:55:42,880 picture of the Chair, because when you get this 900 00:55:42,880 --> 00:55:48,670 award, you also get a Chair. So our recipients for 901 00:55:48,760 --> 00:55:55,250 Gene Berg Science, Shayan Gheidari. For the Clint 902 00:55:55,270 --> 00:56:01,560 Harper Education is Beatriz Susana Fontenla Lago. The 903 00:56:01,560 --> 00:56:06,230 John Loprieno Theatre Arts is Ricci Bester. The 904 00:56:06,230 --> 00:56:09,770 Sharon Manakas Health related field is Kari 905 00:56:09,770 --> 00:56:15,480 Joy Esseff. And James Peddy EATM is Gillian Kalmey. 906 00:56:15,530 --> 00:56:17,360 Congratulations to all of you. 907 00:56:20,490 --> 00:56:24,450 And our next scholarship is the Continuing Student 908 00:56:24,460 --> 00:56:27,960 Scholarship. This scholarship was established by 909 00:56:27,960 --> 00:56:30,390 the Foundation and is funded through a variety of 910 00:56:30,390 --> 00:56:32,250 fundraising activities. The goal of the 911 00:56:32,250 --> 00:56:34,350 scholarship is to support students who will be 912 00:56:34,350 --> 00:56:36,810 continuing their educational pursuits at Moorpark 913 00:56:36,810 --> 00:56:39,870 College. And the recipients of this scholarship 914 00:56:39,870 --> 00:56:48,450 are Stanley Ayieye, Alanah Cole, Maria Echeverria, Heryka Lima 915 00:56:48,660 --> 00:56:53,580 Ferreira, and Adailton Nali Junior. Congratulations to 916 00:56:53,580 --> 00:56:54,540 the recipients. 917 00:56:56,860 --> 00:56:59,380 Our next scholarship is the Moorpark College 918 00:56:59,380 --> 00:57:02,500 Textbook Scholarship. The Foundation established 919 00:57:02,500 --> 00:57:04,840 the Moorpark College Textbook Scholarship to help 920 00:57:04,840 --> 00:57:06,820 students continue their studies at Moorpark 921 00:57:06,820 --> 00:57:09,790 College by providing funds for textbooks. I 922 00:57:09,790 --> 00:57:12,040 remember when I went to school how expensive those 923 00:57:12,040 --> 00:57:15,250 textbooks are. Thirteen students have been awarded the 924 00:57:15,250 --> 00:57:18,640 scholarship for this year. And the awardees are, 925 00:57:21,430 --> 00:57:26,350 Karina Arteaga, Stanley Aiyeye, Kadin Bolton, Alyssa 926 00:57:27,130 --> 00:57:31,720 Brook, Rachel Coleman, Gabriel Hoffman, Sahaiel 927 00:57:31,720 --> 00:57:37,600 Khan, Heryka Lima Ferreira, Maria Megrish, Ethan 928 00:57:37,600 --> 00:57:44,030 Pante, Consuelo Daniela Sandoval, Yiwen Tsao, and 929 00:57:44,450 --> 00:57:47,590 Krista Uchimiya. 930 00:57:48,230 --> 00:57:52,860 Congratulations to all the recipients. Our next 931 00:57:52,860 --> 00:57:56,730 scholarship is the Honors Program Scholarship. Two 932 00:57:56,730 --> 00:57:58,950 scholarships were designed by the Moorpark College 933 00:57:58,950 --> 00:58:01,050 Foundation to recognize the achievements of 934 00:58:01,050 --> 00:58:03,900 students in Moorpark College Honors Program: The 935 00:58:03,900 --> 00:58:06,150 President's Honors Scholarship for Continuing 936 00:58:06,150 --> 00:58:09,060 Student, and The President's Honors Scholarship 937 00:58:09,060 --> 00:58:12,820 for a Transferring Student. And the recipient of 938 00:58:12,820 --> 00:58:16,360 the scholarship. The President's Scholarship for 939 00:58:16,360 --> 00:58:19,780 a continuing student is Jessica Marie Collins. And 940 00:58:19,780 --> 00:58:22,360 the President's Scholarship for a Transferring 941 00:58:22,390 --> 00:58:25,690 Student is Emma Clare Hawes. Congratulations to both 942 00:58:25,690 --> 00:58:30,830 of you. Our next scholarship is the James Walker 943 00:58:30,830 --> 00:58:33,890 Teaching Scholarship. This scholarship was created 944 00:58:33,890 --> 00:58:36,320 in the honor of Dr. James Walker's 10 years of 945 00:58:36,330 --> 00:58:39,680 service as Moorpark College President. Reflecting 946 00:58:39,680 --> 00:58:42,020 his passion for excellence in teaching, the 947 00:58:42,020 --> 00:58:44,930 scholarship is awarded to students who will be our 948 00:58:44,930 --> 00:58:48,080 future teachers. And the recipient of this 949 00:58:48,080 --> 00:58:52,880 scholarship is Beatriz Susana Fontenla Lago. 950 00:58:52,970 --> 00:58:54,320 Congratulations. 951 00:58:56,990 --> 00:58:59,960 Our next scholarship is the Outstanding Scholar 952 00:58:59,960 --> 00:59:03,740 Competitor Award for Forensics. The award was 953 00:59:03,740 --> 00:59:06,350 created by the Moorpark College Foundation because 954 00:59:06,350 --> 00:59:09,860 Forensics is a co curricular activity, this award 955 00:59:09,860 --> 00:59:12,680 emphasizes academic excellence and competitive 956 00:59:12,680 --> 00:59:15,780 success. It is awarded each year to the student on 957 00:59:15,780 --> 00:59:18,140 the team who exhibits the highest standards of 958 00:59:18,140 --> 00:59:20,570 academic achievement coupled with competitive 959 00:59:20,570 --> 00:59:24,940 success. And the recipient this year is Erin 960 00:59:25,040 --> 00:59:32,060 Ruiz Van Buren. Congratulations. Our next award is 961 00:59:32,060 --> 00:59:36,820 the Pielaet Morad Award for Outstanding Speaker in 962 00:59:36,820 --> 00:59:41,590 Forensics. Named for David Pielaet and Feras Morad 963 00:59:41,650 --> 00:59:44,260 forensics team members whose time at 964 00:59:44,260 --> 00:59:46,820 Moorpark College was separated by over 30 years. 965 00:59:47,260 --> 00:59:49,930 Both men embody excellence with multiple national 966 00:59:49,930 --> 00:59:52,210 championship wins and dedication to their 967 00:59:52,210 --> 00:59:55,570 community. Both lives were and were tragically 968 00:59:55,570 --> 00:59:57,960 ended in the summers after they were on the team. 969 00:59:57,970 --> 01:00:00,610 David's in a tragic car accident and Feras as the 970 01:00:00,610 --> 01:00:03,790 victim of a senseless murder. This award is given 971 01:00:03,790 --> 01:00:06,340 to the top student who has completed their 972 01:00:06,340 --> 01:00:08,740 competitive career on the team and reflects the 973 01:00:08,740 --> 01:00:12,370 values of these men. And the winner of this award 974 01:00:12,370 --> 01:00:17,380 is Annie Dilsizian. Congratulations. 975 01:00:20,190 --> 01:00:25,260 The next scholarship is the Wyman Strong Award for 976 01:00:25,260 --> 01:00:28,260 Forensics. Named after two former coaches who 977 01:00:28,260 --> 01:00:31,170 founded the Moorpark College team, Jim Wyman, 978 01:00:31,170 --> 01:00:33,810 director of Forensics at Moorpark College for 979 01:00:33,810 --> 01:00:36,630 nearly four decades, and Dick Strong, 980 01:00:36,630 --> 01:00:39,600 founder of the team in 981 01:00:39,600 --> 01:00:42,270 1971. Together, they built the number one community 982 01:00:42,270 --> 01:00:46,110 college forensics program in the nation, while also 983 01:00:46,110 --> 01:00:48,570 creating a safe place for students of all ages to 984 01:00:48,570 --> 01:00:51,120 discover and develop their talents and 985 01:00:51,120 --> 01:00:54,300 use them as a springboard for life success. This 986 01:00:54,300 --> 01:00:56,580 award is given each year to the 987 01:00:56,580 --> 01:00:59,340 outstanding first year competitor on the team. And 988 01:00:59,340 --> 01:01:02,790 the recipient of the scholarship is Jane Walgren. 989 01:01:02,820 --> 01:01:04,050 Congratulations. 990 01:01:06,140 --> 01:01:07,700 And next, we have 991 01:01:09,950 --> 01:01:12,350 the Osher Foundation Scholarships that were 992 01:01:12,350 --> 01:01:16,280 awarded prior to the ceremony. We have 21 993 01:01:16,280 --> 01:01:21,320 recipients and they are Martha Aikiriza, Abbey 994 01:01:21,320 --> 01:01:26,570 Katrina Austin-Wood, Aaron Borkovec, Tatiana 995 01:01:26,570 --> 01:01:33,670 Caputo, Ryan Chamoun, Lauren Faciana, Cheska 996 01:01:33,730 --> 01:01:39,430 Facturan, Whitney Gibson, Jessica Hahn, Jennifer 997 01:01:39,430 --> 01:01:44,870 Hernandez, Fatima Latif, Kim Phillip Laurga 998 01:01:44,890 --> 01:01:50,410 Pepito, Gerald Richardson, Lynne Robnett, Oscar 999 01:01:50,740 --> 01:01:56,760 Rojes Esqueda, Mahsa Sadri, Eliana Monique 1000 01:01:56,760 --> 01:02:02,520 Sandoval Noli, Andrea Natalia Scarano, 1001 01:02:02,790 --> 01:02:07,320 Samantha Simington, Kieu Thi Mai, and Noah Wilkes. 1002 01:02:07,380 --> 01:02:09,230 Congratulations to all of you. 1003 01:02:11,620 --> 01:02:14,980 And at this time, I would like to turn it back to 1004 01:02:14,980 --> 01:02:19,000 our esteemed president, Julius Sokenu. Thank you. 1005 01:02:19,910 --> 01:02:24,180 Dr. Sokenu: Thank you so much, Jill and Mike and Tim and our 1006 01:02:24,230 --> 01:02:27,650 wonderful Moorpark College Foundation board for 1007 01:02:27,650 --> 01:02:30,290 your dynamic work and support of our students. 1008 01:02:31,490 --> 01:02:34,790 I also want to thank our faculty and staff 1009 01:02:34,970 --> 01:02:39,230 for your excellence and much appreciated work on 1010 01:02:39,230 --> 01:02:43,160 behalf of the college community. We've come to the 1011 01:02:43,160 --> 01:02:46,790 end of the awards ceremony today. And what 1012 01:02:46,790 --> 01:02:49,820 you'll notice over the course of this afternoon is 1013 01:02:49,820 --> 01:02:53,330 that not only are our students phenomenal and many 1014 01:02:53,330 --> 01:02:56,570 of them earned multiple awards, but that the 1015 01:02:56,570 --> 01:03:00,230 generosity that has been shown to us by our donors 1016 01:03:01,010 --> 01:03:04,430 will help so many individuals accomplish their 1017 01:03:04,430 --> 01:03:07,810 dreams. I really do want to thank you all for 1018 01:03:07,880 --> 01:03:09,680 not only your generosity, but your commitment to 1019 01:03:09,680 --> 01:03:13,730 the work that we do. Jill mentioned our annual 1020 01:03:13,730 --> 01:03:18,570 campaign. That annual campaign continues. And I 1021 01:03:18,710 --> 01:03:20,810 ask you to please go to our Moorpark College 1022 01:03:20,810 --> 01:03:24,950 Foundation page and look through our Moorpark 1023 01:03:25,250 --> 01:03:27,860 Foundation and to find out a little bit more about 1024 01:03:27,860 --> 01:03:31,980 our annual campaign. This Foundation does not, 1025 01:03:32,220 --> 01:03:33,620 it's one of the more, 1026 01:03:35,840 --> 01:03:37,330 what's the word I'm looking for, nascent 1027 01:03:37,670 --> 01:03:41,660 foundations. We are a small but mighty group, but 1028 01:03:41,660 --> 01:03:44,030 we need your support and our students need your 1029 01:03:44,030 --> 01:03:46,790 support. So I ask that you please go back to our 1030 01:03:46,790 --> 01:03:50,300 Foundation page and look at the work that 1031 01:03:50,300 --> 01:03:52,460 we're doing to help make sure that our students 1032 01:03:52,550 --> 01:03:55,010 are fed, that there are scholarships available for 1033 01:03:55,010 --> 01:03:57,590 them, and that we build a pipeline and a 1034 01:03:57,590 --> 01:04:00,140 pathway for students who do not see college in 1035 01:04:00,140 --> 01:04:02,360 in their list there. Those middle school students who we 1036 01:04:02,360 --> 01:04:04,850 bring and help support coming to our college and 1037 01:04:04,850 --> 01:04:07,610 then transferring to universities and to great 1038 01:04:07,610 --> 01:04:11,540 careers. I do want to, as I said, this is a 1039 01:04:11,540 --> 01:04:14,510 call to action of sorts. I ask that you please, 1040 01:04:14,510 --> 01:04:16,970 for those of you who are graduating, join our 1041 01:04:16,970 --> 01:04:21,560 alumni association. I do want to thank you if you 1042 01:04:21,560 --> 01:04:23,660 have already joined the alumni association, but if 1043 01:04:23,660 --> 01:04:26,810 you haven't, please do so. For those of you who 1044 01:04:26,810 --> 01:04:29,690 are alums and who are here today celebrating the 1045 01:04:29,690 --> 01:04:32,390 successes of our scholarship recipients, please 1046 01:04:32,390 --> 01:04:34,160 join our alumni association. We are trying to 1047 01:04:34,160 --> 01:04:36,550 reinvigorate the alumni association and your 1048 01:04:36,590 --> 01:04:40,940 participation will help to that. As members of 1049 01:04:40,940 --> 01:04:44,150 the alumni association, there are series of benefits 1050 01:04:44,150 --> 01:04:46,430 that you get, but one of the most significant ones 1051 01:04:46,430 --> 01:04:49,700 is they have access to our career transfer center 1052 01:04:50,720 --> 01:04:53,600 whenever you need it. And you can come in and have 1053 01:04:53,600 --> 01:04:55,670 them review your resume, you can come in and look 1054 01:04:55,680 --> 01:05:01,700 for jobs as well as get guidance. I want to 1055 01:05:01,700 --> 01:05:04,550 also thank those of you who have donated to us in 1056 01:05:04,550 --> 01:05:07,540 the past and ask you to please continue to do so. 1057 01:05:08,300 --> 01:05:11,990 A very big thank you again to Maria, to 1058 01:05:11,990 --> 01:05:16,460 Alicia, to John Loprieno, who is our interim 1059 01:05:16,460 --> 01:05:19,490 director of our Foundation, as well as the 1060 01:05:19,490 --> 01:05:22,490 advancement and marketing efforts. The work that 1061 01:05:22,490 --> 01:05:25,850 we do at this college in 1062 01:05:25,850 --> 01:05:29,000 terms of advancement, is really the brainchild and 1063 01:05:29,000 --> 01:05:33,350 the support of John's not only motivation, but 1064 01:05:33,350 --> 01:05:36,140 passion for our campus. And I appreciate the work 1065 01:05:36,140 --> 01:05:40,550 that John's done this year. And we continue to do 1066 01:05:40,550 --> 01:05:43,700 this great work with the Foundation. I thank 1067 01:05:43,700 --> 01:05:45,800 every one of you for being here. For those of you 1068 01:05:45,800 --> 01:05:48,590 who have earned scholarships, I know you will put 1069 01:05:48,590 --> 01:05:53,150 it to tremendous use. And again, have a great 1070 01:05:53,150 --> 01:05:56,270 summer. Have a wonderful rest of the year. Please 1071 01:05:56,270 --> 01:06:00,170 be safe. We at Moorpark College are thankful for 1072 01:06:00,170 --> 01:06:02,950 your support and we wish you the very best. Thank 1073 01:06:02,960 --> 01:06:03,530 you. Good evening.