Irvine Valley College
Scholarship Awards Ceremony

Tuesday, May 11, 2006

Irvine Valley College awarded over $136,000 at the Scholarship Awards Ceremony thanks to its many benefactors. 

Students received scholarships for excellence in academics, distinguished community service and financial need.

In total, more than $210,000 in scholarships were awarded during the 2005-06 academic year. 

Pam Suttorp (Volunteers at Irvine Regional Hospital & Medical Center) chats with Trustee Nancy Padberg and President Glenn Roquemore	Student Trustee Paul Ho thanks Dale Gleason (Saddleback Kiwanis)
Financial Aid Director Darryl Cox, Trustee Marcia Milchiker, Professor Gary Rybold and IVC Foundation Chairman Carol Tagayun	Student Body President Nina Nawabi thanks Scott Holt (California Society of CPAs Scholarship)
Professor Stephen Rochford and Dr. Karima Benremouga (Dean of Humanities & Fine Arts)	Professor Bill Hewitt (SOCCCD Faculty Association) and Trustee Nancy Padberg
Professor George Brogan and Dr. Dottie Sherling	Dr. Karima Benremouga and Professor Ted Weatherford
Dr. Elizabeth Cipres (Dean of Counseling & Library Services) and Anne Akers (IVC Outreach and Community Relations)	Financial Aid Director Darryl Cox and Valerie Gardner (Tonya Reed Gardner Memorial Endowed Scholarship)
Student Trustee Elizabeth Kelly and Director of Technology Services Tran Hong	IVC Scholarship recipients

Six new awards were established:

• Anthony J. Sully Memorial Scholarship ($600) is awarded to a Hispanic or African-American student who intends to transfer to a four-year university and has financial need.

• English and Humanities Endowed Scholarship ($200) awarded to a student who is an English or Humanities major and has an interest in writing for publication.

• Honors Program Scholarship ($500) is awarded to two students in recognition of their academic achievement.

• Phi Theta Kappa Leader of Promise Scholarship ($1,000) awarded to a student who is in good standing with Phi Theta Kappa, the largest honor society in American higher education with more than 1.5 million members and 1,200 chapters located in 50 states.

• Simin Amindari Life Science Award ($100) awarded to an outstanding student who is majoring in Life Sciences.

• Jenny Richards Endowed Scholarship awarded to a vocal music student in memory of former IVC student Jenny Richards who died of cancer in 2005.