Congratulations to the Salida Sunrise Rotary Scholarship Recipients!
On Monday, May 9th seven Salida High School seniors were awarded Salida Sunrise Rotary Scholarships. Much of the funds raised from the 10th Anniversary Celebration & Lucky Ducky Race provided individual scholarships. In addition, funds have been raised throughout the year to provide the first annual Sonia Walter Memorial Scholarship. (The names of each Scholarship are in Italics). Joining member David Armstrong for this exciting Scholarship Awards evening at the high school are the following recipients of this year's scholarships:
Maya Vallevona. Maya is the first recipient of the Sonia Walter Memorial Scholarship. She will be attending Colorado State university with a planned major in International Studies and her planned career is to be a Diplomat.
Kate Adams. Kate is the recipient of the Cliff Wurster Scholarship. Kate will be attending Montana State University with a planned major in Mathematics and History and career as a Federal Court Clerk.
Kaya Schwarz, Kaya is the recipient of the Richardson Family Scholarship. Kaya will be attending the University of Colorado/Boulder in the Fall and her planned Major is Biochemistry with a career as a Physician's Assistant.
Jessie Rollins. Jessie is the recipient of the Murdoch's Home & Ranch Scholarship. Jessie will be attending Columbia University in New York City this Fall. Her planned major is in History with a planned career in Immigration/Civil Rights Law.
Gwen Ramsey. Gwen is the recipient of the Adriana De Anda with Pinon Real Estate Group Scholarship. Gwen will be attending California Polytechnic State University and her planned Major is Sociology with a planned career in Law.
Ethan NeJame Zeiset. Ethan is the recipient of the Chaffee Printing Center Scholarship. He too will be attending California Polytechnic State University with a planned Major in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering and a planned career in Engineering.
Araya Rodrigues. Araya will be attending the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs this Fall. Her planned Major is in Communications with a planned career in Public Relations.
We wish all of these students success in the exciting years ahead and hope that they will come to our club to visit regularly to share some of their experiences in college!