The District 5870 vocational scholarship committee recently selected recipients for five $5,000 scholarships to be used for a two-year degree at a community or technical college in the District in academic year 2019/20.
Scholarships were awarded to:
- Mixtly Acevedo, submitted by the Rotary Club of Killeen Heights, will study nursing at Central Texas College.
- Jordan Richards, submitted by the Rotary Club of Temple-South, will study Electrical Power and Control at Texas State Technical College (TSTC).
- Maya McKay, submitted by the Rotary Club of Georgetown, will study Visual Communications at TSTC.
- Leonel Ramirez, submitted by the Austin Cosmopolitan Rotary Club, will study Auto Collision and Management Technology at TSTC.
- Max “Tank” Moore, submitted by the Rotary Club of Shiner, will study Electrical Construction at TSTC.
A vocational service project is required of the scholarship winners, who will work with their sponsoring club to develop and carry out the project. For more information on District Vocational Scholarships, contact Barbara Merlo at MerloBarb@gmail.com or review the information on the District 5870 website.
The scholarship application for the 20/21 Rotary Year will be available in early 2020.