Foundation awards 86 scholarships

MIDDLETOWN — The Middlesex Community College Foundation conducted a virtual scholarship awards ceremony May 27, and awarded 86 scholarships totaling $82,200. The foundation extends thanks to all the generous donors and congratulations to all the recipients, according to a press release.

Two new endowed scholarships were given for the first time: the Dean Adrienne Maslin Endowed Scholarship and Sarah Cavanaugh Memorial Scholarship.

“This award is really going to open up opportunities for me,” Kamie Thornton, an art studies student from Southington, said in a prepared statement. She received the Cavanaugh award.

“Last year I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, and it has been quite a struggle for myself and my family. Having this award is really going to help me towards my end goal to apply for a graduate degree in art therapy,”Thornton said in the release. “I hope to work with families and children that deal with medical diagnoses.”

MxCC employee Michael Cavanaugh and his wife Sharon virtually presented the memorial award named after their daughter, Sarah, who passed away in 2016, according to the college. This scholarship is awarded to a student majoring in the art studies or fine arts associate degree program.

The award is presented to a new or returning student in good academic standing with a 2.5 or higher grade-point average.

The Maslin award was established last year by the Student Senate in honor of the dean of students emerita.

Maslin presented the award to Nicole Charest, a fine arts major from Durham. It goes to a graduating student transferring to a four-year institution with strong evidence of participation in college activities and a GPA of 2.5 or higher.

Riley McConnell, a communication studies major from Middletown, received the Mayor’s Scholarship at MxCC, presented online by Mayor Ben Florsheim. This award is given to a full-time student who is a graduate of a Middletown high school with a GPA of 3.0 or higher.

Two Meriden students, Norah Jones and Gary Lambert, earned the Carolyn and Ken Innocenzi Meriden Administrator Scholarship, which is given to one female and one male student, both from Meriden and preferably attending MxCC@Platt, with a 2.0 or higher GPA and demonstrated willingness to succeed.

Recipients were chosen to receive assistance to further their educations by a dedicated scholarship committee that carefully followed the criteria set forth and funded by individuals, businesses, clubs, alumni, and corporations through the Middlesex Community College Foundation, the college said.

Recipients are:

Altrusa International of Central Connecticut Scholarship: Quiana Jones of

Meriden

Alumni Endowed Scholarship: Britney Godfrey of North Branford

Rowland and Ruth Beaulieu Business Administration Scholarship: Norah Jones from Meriden; Jennifer Musco of Wallingford; Quenisha Williams of Meriden

Rowland and Ruth Beaulieu Endowed Scholarship: Shauntazia Davenport of Meriden

Boris Burack Endowed Scholarship: John Guillamon of Deep River

Patrick Campbell Scholarship: Giuseppe Emanuele of New Britain

Sarah Cavanaugh Memorial Scholarship: Kamie Thornton of Southington

Dave Champion Memorial Scholarship: Elizabeth Luksic from Meriden

Robert A. Chapman Endowed Scholarship: Quinn Ernst of Westbrook; Tavish Ernst of Westbrook

Hugh and Judith Cox Scholarship: Tessa Hailey of Groton; Destini Kennedy of New Britain; Elizabeth McLean from Middletown; Bryan Prado of Hartford

Dean Adrienne Maslin Endowed Scholarship:

Nicole Charest from Durham

Dean’s Endowed Scholarship: Quenisha Williams

Catherine L. Dennis Endowed Scholarship: Iris Morales of Southington; Jessenia Sterling of Southington

Eames Family Endowed Scholarship: Abigail Mele of Cobalt; Sarah Wall from Wallingford

Founders Endowed Scholarship: Victoria Footit of Meriden

Edie Fuld Endowed Scholarship: Emira Martin of Meriden

Gandhi Endowed Scholarship: Briana Martin of Coventry

Gene Haas Foundation Scholarship: Elizabeth Moag from East Berlin

The Carolyn & Ken Innocenzi Meriden Administrator Scholarship: Norah Jones of Meriden: Gary Lambert of Meriden

Paul L. Jones Foundation Scholarship: Sylvana Burno of Clinton; Alene Dubrosky from Hartford; Jazmyn Freeman of Middletown: Patricia Kiszka from Higganum: Afkar Mubarak of Bristol; Michael Murallo from Uncasville; Lesley

Phaneuf of Old Lyme; Gwenyth Pytel of Middletown; Corrine Yasevac from Branford

Nihla and Bob Lapidus Foundation Scholarship: Eva-LaRue Barber of Branford; Alexander Foster from Ivoryton; Alyssa Pardo of Chester

Herbert Levine MD Endowed Scholarship: Joshua Budney of Meriden

Liberty Bank Foundation Scholarship: Alyssa Andrews from Moodus; Gracy Chapman of Haddam; Autumn Church from Portland; Cristopher Guzman of Westbrook; Elizabeth Luksic of Meriden; Elizabeth McLean from Middletown; Sharnice Turner of Middletown

Lisa Massita Scholarship: John Howell of Durham

Mayor’s Scholarship for Middletown at MxCC: Riley McConnell of Middletown

Melvin-Zaffino Scholarship: Cara Ann Dominello from Wallingford

MILE Scholarship: Rohini Patil of Middletown; Matthew Ryan from Newington

Dean Richard Muniz Family Annual Scholarship: Louis Beauchamp of

Cromwell

Dean Richard Muniz Endowed Scholarship: Marisol Garcia of Hartford

MxCC Faculty Endowed Scholarship: Julia Dietz of Plantville

MxCC Foundation Scholarship: Norah Jones of Meriden

Stephanie Nelson Scholarship: Kyon Wilson from Middletown

Peach Pit Foundation Scholarship: Adam Gomez of Killingworth

Phi Theta Kappa Scholarship: John Guillamon of Deep River

Record-Journal Foundation Scholarship: Shauntazia Davenport from Meriden; Thomas Laskowski of Wallingford

Raymond S. Robinson Endowed: Louis Beauchamp of Cromwell; Julie Budney from Meriden; Sarrah Mierzejewski of Middletown; Jennifer Mol of New Britain; Bryan Prado of Hartford

Martha DePecol Sanner Endowed Scholarship: Alexis Clark of Meriden: Raena Anne Ferguson from Niantic; Jennifer Musco of Wallingford

Jesse J. Salafia Nursing Award: Adele Veilleux from Portland

Susan M. Smart Memorial Scholarship: Jennifer Haddad of Willimantic

Judith and Robert Walsh Scholarship: Britney Godfrey of North Branford

Philip and Amy Wheaton Endowed Scholarship: Jimmy Mendoza from Meriden; Selena Rivera of Meriden

Charles and Rachel Wiltsie Scholarship: Jennifer Haddad of Willimantic

The STRIVE Scholarship: Alene Dubrosky from Hartford; Nhan Duong of Meriden; Marisol Garcia from Hartford; Gary Lambert of Meriden; Afkar Mubarak from Bristol; Natalia Razmakhnin of Hamden

MxCC STEM Scholarship: Kayla Lee Nowak of Northford

Precision Metalforming Association Scholarship: Elizabeth Moag of East Berlin

Middlesex United Way Women’s Initiative: Brenda Lira Velasco from Middletown

Women in STEM Support Scholarship: Adele Veilleux of Portland

Contributed photo The Middlesex Community College Foundation recently conducted a virtual scholarship awards ceremony and awarded 86 scholarships totaling $82,200.