San Antonio College students Bertha Castellanos and Georgina Courtney have been awarded $1,000 scholarships from the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation. This year, 400 scholarships were awarded by the foundation throughout the country, based on academic success and participation in community service.
Bertha Castellanos is a psychology major, with a minor in organizational management, at San Antonio College with plans to transfer to UTSA in the spring 2007 semester.
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San Antonio College students Bertha Castellanos and Georgina Courtney (second and third from left) receive Coca-Cola Scholar ships, valued at $1,000, from the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation. They join Dr. Alice Johnson, Dean of Learning Resources, and Dr. Robert E. Zeigler, President, for a brief ceremony to acknowledge their honor. The annual scholarship is based on academic success and participation in community service.
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Her goal is to complete a master's degree in counseling. She is a member of Phi Theta Kappa student honors society and the ACCD Leadership Institute. Georgina Courtney is pursuing a degree in education and teaching, and she plans to transfer to either UTSA or Texas State University. Although she has a full-time job and four children, she still found time to volunteer at the San Antonio Food Bank through San Antonio College's Service Learning program as part of her macro economics studies this summer. She is also a member of Phi Theta Kappa student honors society.
"The Coca-Cola Two-Year Scholarship Program gives support and encouragement to an under-served population of college students," said J. Mark Davis, President of the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation. For more information about the Coca-Cola Foundation and scholarship program, contact Jennifer Grizzle at 770-409-1152.
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