HOUSTON (Nov. 16, 06) – The North Harris Montgomery Community College District is reminding students and recent alumni to apply for The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation’s Undergraduate Transfer Program before Monday, December 11, 2006. The program is the largest scholarship offered for community college students and recent alumni. Winners receive up to $30,000 annually to pursue four-year degrees at any accredited college or university in the United States and abroad.

The district will be selecting two individuals from its applicant pool to nominate for the award. As an additional incentive, the two applicants selected to represent NHMCCD will each receive a $500 scholarship from the NHMCCD Foundation.

Application materials are available on the foundation’s website, www.jackkentcookefoundation.org, or by calling 1 (800) 498-6478.

Completed applications may be turned in to any of the following people by 4:30 p.m. on December 11: Jonathan Durm, Cy-Fair College, ART 113-0; David Putz, Kingwood College, CLA 200-1; Jade Borne, Montgomery College, E 110-A; Sandy Deabler, North Harris College, ACAD 168-H; Nancy Krall, Tomball College, S 153-M; and Nockie Zizelmann, DSTC Building 1, 123

Through the Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship Program, the foundation plans to award approximately 50 scholarships in spring 2007. It will renew each award in subsequent years based upon student performance. Current students are eligible, as are alumni who earned a degree NHMCCD since May 2002 and have not since transferred to a four-year college.

The foundation is a private, independent institution established in 2000 by the estate of Jack Kent Cooke to help young people of exceptional promise reach their full potential through education. Mr. Cooke was a businessman and philanthropist who owned the Los Angeles Lakers and Washington Redskins as well as the Chrysler Building in New York City. When he died in 1997, he left most of his fortune to establish the foundation. In addition to the Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship Program, the foundation’s programs for outstanding students with financial need also include full scholarships for students attending graduate and professional school as well as scholarships to help high-achieving youth develop their talents and abilities throughout high school.

NHMCCD comprises Cy-Fair College, Kingwood College, Montgomery College, North Harris College, Tomball College, six satellite centers and The University Center. To learn more, visit www.nhmccd.edu.

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