Ozarka College touts scholarship recipients

MELBOURNE — Ozarka College has announced the recipients of a variety of scholarships to be awarded to students for the fall 2017 and spring 2018 semesters.

Natalie Cooper, an Ozarka College general technology student from Melbourne, Arkansas, has received the John E. Miller Memorial scholarship. This scholarship was established to honor the late John E. Miller, a former state representative. Miller began his 40 years of service after being elected to the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1958. Cooper will receive $500 to be applied to the fall 2017 semester and another $500 for spring 2018.

Jonathan Baker of Mountain View and Alexis Vines of Timbo have been named recipients of Ozarka College’s Jean Jennings Memorial Scholarship. Baker is majoring in business, and Vines is a general education major. Each of them will receive $250 to be applied to the fall 2017 semester and another $250 for spring 2018.

Jacqueline Billingsley of Evening Shade and Jacob Simers of Mammoth Spring have been named recipients of Ozarka College’s Dan “Wally” Pittman Memorial Scholarship. Billingsley is majoring in general education, and Simers is a health professions major. Each of them will receive $250 to be applied to the fall 2017 semester and another $250 for spring 2018.

Ozarka College has announced recipients of several foundation scholarships. Each of these students will receive $250 to be applied to the fall 2017 semester and another $250 for spring 2018.

The scholarship winners and their awards are as follows:

• Riley Stapleton of Calico Rock, Automotive Service Technology.

• Camron Holowell of Calico Rock, Charles and Mildred Cheatham Memorial.

• Tyler Simmons of Oxford, Coy Ferguson Memorial.

• Briana Bailey of Evening Shade, Dietsche/Martin Honorary.

• Hayden Lee of Batesville, Friends of the Paul Weaver Library.

• Tyler Webb of Sidney, Granny Bea Crofford Memorial.

• Ashley Gosser of Timbo, Margaret Kemp Memorial.

• Jacey Oakes of Cherokee Village, Orvis and Lilbern Farris-Nix Memorial.

• Brittany Malloy of Mount Pleasant, Russell Bassham Honorary.

• Ashton Gibson of Ash Flat, Sharp County Literacy/ JaNoel Bess Memorial.

• Johnna Long of Calico Rock, Dixie Anderson Memorial.

• Melissa Buckman of Melbourne, Harry Powell and Velma Fudge Dixon Memorial.

• Kayla Buenrostro of Mountain View, Joe and Maxine Wyatt scholarship.

• Samantha Hollingshed of Mountain View, Netta Gilbert Memorial.

Andrea Hamrick of Ash Flat and Jamie Yates of Cherokee Village have been named recipients of Ozarka College’s Robert Kalischer Memorial Scholarships. Hamrick and Yates are both studying to become licensed practical nurses and will receive $250 to be applied to the fall 2017 semester and another $250 for spring 2018.

Amanda Hutchins of Oxford and Amber Rush of Calico Rock have been named recipients of Ozarka College’s Nursing Achievement scholarships. Each of these students are studying to become licensed practical nurses and will receive $500 to be applied to the fall 2017 semester and another $500 for spring 2018.

Rebekah Perez of Hardy and Breana Prokop of Cherokee Village have been named recipients of Ozarka College’s Tri-County Hospice Scholarship. Both of these students are majoring in licensed practical nursing and will each receive $250 to be applied to the fall 2017 semester and another $250 for spring 2018.

For more information about these scholarships or other scholarship opportunities, call Suellen Davidson, Ozarka College director of advancement, at (870) 368-2059.