Recipients of the adult scholarships announced
COSHOCTON – Winners of four adult or “non-traditional student” scholarships have been announced by the Coshocton Foundation.
Renee Hardesty was awarded the $2,000 Jones Metal Products Company Scholarship. She is a student at Central Ohio Technical College pursuing an Associate Degree in business administration. The Jones Metal award was created in 2013 to honor the 90th anniversary of the company.
Ursela Corbett was named winner of the Ruby S. Hawthorne Memorial Scholarship in the amount of $1,000. Corbett is attending Marietta College’s Masters in Physician Assistant Studies program with the goal of eventually providing primary care services to Coshocton County residents. The Hawthorne scholarship was established by Juliet Norris Lacy and Christyn Norris Kurtz in memory of their grandmother Ruby Hawthorne.
Jacob Bresciani was the winner of the Beulah Brownfield Memorial Scholarship in the amount of $1,000. Bresciani is a second year student in The Ohio State University’s College of Dentistry seeking a Doctor of Dental Surgery degree. This award was established through the last will and testament of Mrs. Brownfield, who died in 1977.
Marie Jungling was named winner of the Eleanor Wade Custer Memorial Scholarship in the amount of $1,000. She is a pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in Illustration at the Columbus College of Art & Design. The award was created through the Will of Monford D. Custer to honor his daughter Eleanor, and was first awarded in 1981.
Adam Turner was announced as the winner of the two-year renewable $1,000 Kenneth Berry Memorial Scholarship in 2016. Turner is attending The Ohio State University’s College of Dentistry seeking his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree. The award was created to honor the memory of long-time Coshocton attorney Kenneth Berry.
There were no applicants for the Ruth Schooler Memorial Scholarship, established by Schooler’s family for a student who intends to enter the field of business.
In addition to these awards, the Coshocton Foundation grants 34 adult scholarships in the amount of $1,750 each through the Clarence and Grace Miller Fund to students at the Coshocton Campus of Central Ohio Technical College. Also, two scholarships in the amount of $1,750 each are offered to students in the master’s program at the Coshocton Campus of Muskingum University.
On the high school level, the Coshocton Foundation awards more than 100 scholarships annually to graduating seniors of the local high schools.
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