COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO Several students from Colorado were recently awarded Opportunity Awards from the Daniel’s Fund, a non-traditional scholarship program at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.
The Daniels Fund provided CU-Colorado Springs with $200,000 to grant Daniels Opportunity Awards to eligible continuing and transfer students. Recipients must be promising Colorado residents with demonstrated financial need whose academic performance may not have always reflected their potential but who have the capacity to succeed in college. These students are often overlooked by other scholarship programs.
“We are excited about this opportunity to help students, especially in light of the current financial climate in our state,” said Chancellor Pam Shockley-Zalabak. “We look forward to continuing our commitment to the students the Daniels Fund has identified and to this partnership,” she added.
The fund is named for the late Bill Daniels, cable entrepreneur, who never went to college. Prior to his death he expressed his desire to help other individuals pursue the college education he missed. He wanted his billion-dollar foundation to focus on college scholarships for students who might not otherwise attend. Information about the Daniels Fund can be found at http://www.danielsfund.org.
The Daniels Opportunity Award recipients, their hometown and high school, are:
Boulder
Jesse Rochell, Boulder Preparatory High School
Colorado Springs
Russell Aamodt, Lewis-Palmer High School
Julie Belanger, Southern Nevada Voc-Tech Center
Matthew Bippus, Air Academy High School
Maria Candenas, Las Animas High School
Jennifer Cordova, William J. Palmer High School
Roger Crawford, Clinton High School
Monica Dicus, Gregory-Portland High School
Donna Dunn, Seaside High School
Shari Edgel, Elmwood-Murdock High School
Audrey Gonzalez, Brighton High School
Staci Henson, Redwood High School
Cindy Jenkins, Thomas B. Doherty High School
Agnessa Kormyenko, William J. Palmer High School
Rendy Lewis, South High School
AnnaMaria Lopez, Coronado High School
Michael MacMasters, Montrose High School
Kayla McGraw, Gunnison High School
Roxanne Novak, Widefield High School
Jan Reece, Hoisington High School
Amanda Reyes, Roy J. Wasson High School
Helen Stevens, Thomas B. Doherty High School
Howard Tapia, Mesa Ridge High School
Godwin Ukazu, GED
Kim Wilson, Sierra High School
Flagler
Carma Jones, Flagler High School
Monte Vista
Adam Jardon, Monte Vista Senior High School
Westminster
Greg Richardson, Wheat Ridge Senior High School
CU-Colorado Springs, located on Austin Bluffs Parkway in northeast Colorado Springs, is the fastest growing university in Colorado and one of the fastest growing universities in the nation. The university offers 25 bachelor’s degrees, 17 master’s and two doctoral degrees. The campus enrolls more than 7,600 students annually.