At the Fall 2022 Fall Scholarship Ceremony, Middlesex Community College and the Middlesex Community College Foundation awarded $127,500 to 62 student scholars to help them continue their goals of pursuing an education
At the Fall 2022 Fall Scholarship Ceremony, 62 Middlesex Community College students received financial awards to help them continue their goals of pursuing an education. Scholarships are led by the Middlesex Community College Foundation and funded by generous donors, including memorial donations, local businesses, private foundations and private donors.
“The MCC Foundation is humbled to work with generous community partners who support our students whole-heartedly,” said Sherri McCormack, MCC’s Dean of College Advancement. “At the recent MCC Foundation annual scholarship ceremony, many deserving students were awarded financial assistance to continue their academic and life journeys.”
The special event was hosted on the college’s Bedford campus on Tuesday, October 18. A total of $127,500 was awarded to student scholars from 27 different cities and towns in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. The 69 different scholarships ranged from $500 to $8,000.
“We had an exceptional list of scholarship recipients for the Fall 2022 award cycle,” said Barbara Maglio-Donovan, MCC’s Director of Alumni Relations & Annual Giving. “Many of these students would not have the opportunity to attend college without a scholarship.”
Richard Ma and Daniel Chin created the Sarem Neou Cambodian American Scholarship in recognition of Sarem Neou, a French teacher, government scholarship recipient, radio announcer, and participant in the UN backed Khmer Rouge Tribunal. They wanted to honor Neou’s contributions to the Cambodian American community and the value she placed on education.
“Daniel and I had discussed many different ways to give back to the community before we settled on a scholarship through MCC,” Ma said. “We wanted to focus on fostering education while supporting underserved communities and the MCC scholarship program gave us that pathway. We look forward to the future success of our scholarship recipients and creating more opportunities in the years to come.”
MCC Business Administration student Kimeang Chhay, from Cambodia and now living in Dracut, was this year’s recipient of the Sarem Neou Cambodian American Scholarship.
“As a Cambodian first-generation student in my family to attend college, this scholarship really means a lot to me,” Chhay said. “Additionally, I consider this scholarship extra special because it is a Cambodian scholarship. This scholarship feels like a reward for all the hard work I have done throughout my time at Middlesex, and the money will help me pursue my higher education to a four-year university.”
MCC Biotechnology student Varshil Patel, from India, was a recipient of the Lexington-Concord Chapter of the Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Association (AFCEA) Scholarship.
“It is a blessing for me to get a scholarship and not have to worry about finances, so I can focus on my studies,” Patel said. “It helps my family so I can save money for future use.”
