Academic Awards

Order of Program

Welcome and Opening Remarks
Kathryn G. Lehner
Superintendent/President


Introduction of Mendocino College
Foundation Directors
Channing Cornell, Chairperson
Mendocino College Foundation Scholarship Committee


Scholarship Presentations
Donald B. Saotome Moore, Ph.D.
Dean of Student Services


Concluding Remarks
Donald B. Saotome Moore, Ph.D.
Dean of Student Services

Refreshments
Please join us for refreshments, appetizers and desserts in the foyer
immediately following the presentation.



Mendocino College Foundation

“Pursuing excellence in education and service”
...in partnership with Mendocino College

Mendocino College Foundation is a non-profit, public benefit corporation
composed of a dedicated team of volunteer community, business and industrial leaders.The Foundation is committed to supporting Mendocino College’s pursuit ofexcellence in education and service, and helps to raise funds to make it possible for students to pursue higher education in Mendocino and LakeCounties.

Mendocino College Foundation Directors
Wilda Shock, President
Tom Herman, Vice President
Kathryn G. Lehner, Secretary/Treasurer
Mark DeMeulenaere, Director of Development

Jim Angell, Director
Kristi Barrington, Scholarship Committee
John Behnke, Scholarship Committee
Donna Berry, Scholarship Committee
Harry Bistrin, Scholarship Committee
John Bogner, Director
Peggy Campbell-DeBolt, Scholarship Committee
Leroy Chase, Director
Rhonada Clausen, Scholarship Committee
Channing Cornell, Chair Scholarship Committee
Jack Daniels, Director
Tod Kong, Scholarship Committee
Neelam Salmen, Director
Toni Scully, Director
Gary D. Smith, Scholarship Committee
Tommy Thornhill, Scholarship Committee



Scholarships

Mendocino College Foundation Academic Excellence Scholarship
Presenters: Wilda Shock and Tom Herman
Recipients: Pablo Avalos, Maria del Damaz, Daniel Davis, My-Phuong Do, Linda
Gibson, Monica Gonzalez, Zaid Hernandez, Meghan Kidwell, Dustin Kotterman,
Jessica May, Laura Metcalfe, Michael Padilla, Susan Patereau, Sara Rohan,
Jovita Ruiz, Matthew Smith, Jessica Spain, Elvia Valencia, Juan Valencia,
Maria Vargas, Brieann Venturi, Maria Zavala

Mendocino College Foundation Evelyn R. Foote Scholarship
Presenters: Donna Berry, Tod Kong, and Gary D. Smith
Recipients: Sheila Ames, Shanel Angel, Alma Ayala-Aguilar, Kaysha Boatright,
Jason Carley, Anna Chairez, Jose Chavez, Kayla Chesser, Jonathan Clark,
Carlos De Luna, Isaac Eaquinto, Teighlor Edie, Jaclyn Ellis, Ivania
Enriquez, Nicole Fraser, Luke Gardner, Megan Gardner, Erica Gonzalez, Javier
Guzman, Jessica Hamby, Spencer Herman, Maria Jimenez, Jessica Johnson, Corie
King, Gabriel Molina, Ashley Peters, Scott Porzio, Diana Rico, Leslie Scott,
Brant Stokes, Natalie Stutsman, Jessica Tinney, Olvia Villa, Noemi Villegas

Mendocino College Foundation Thomas M. Evans, Sr. Scholarship
Presenter: Channing Cornell • Recipient: Svetlana Mulcahy

Mendocino College Foundation George R. Szanik Scholarship
Presenter: Mark DeMeulenaere • Recipient: Adriana Gomora

Mendocino College Foundation Jim Meyer Scholarship
Presenter: John Bogner • Recipient: Rachel Massey

Mendocino College Foundation Carl J. Ehmann Scholarship
Presenter: Carl J. Ehmann • Recipient: Emily Milano

Mendocino College Foundation Mary Oosting Fine Arts Scholarship
Presenter: Ann Nyborg • Recipient: Vernida Brown

Mendocino College Foundation Karen L. Atkinson Nursing Scholarship
Presenters: Doug, Matt and Dave Atkinson
Recipients: Heather Brown-Douglas, Tienou Sneed

Mendocino College Foundation Awards of Promise
Arts and Humanites
Faculty Presenter: Reid Edelman • Recipient: Alicia Bales

Physical/Biological/Life Sciences and Math
Faculty Presenter: Sue Blundell • Recipient: Sequoia DeBisschop

Social and Behavioral Sciences
Faculty Presenter: Catherine Indermill • Recipient: Andrew Palacio

Career Training and Technology
Faculty Presenter: Tonia Widler • Recipient: Jorge Reyes

Mendocino College Management/Confidential Staff
Presenter: Mike Adams • Recipients: Rhonda Barry, Alejandro Gonzalez, Hilda
Jimenez,
Lawrence Lazaro, Susana Ramirez, Alician Randall

American Association of University Women- Willits Branch
Pat McKillican Memorial Re-entry Scholarship
Presenter: Marilyn Darrow • Recipient: Kathryn Baechtel

Beatrice Allinger Foundation Scholarship
Presenter: Jessica Morris • Recipients: Torrey Blake, Jeffrey Brittain,
Brittany Miller, Katie Pessin, Maria Rodriguez and Ashley Shepherd

Mendocino College Classified Senate Scholarship
Presenter: Anastasia Simpson-Logg • Recipients: Rhonda Barry, Susana Ramirez

Mendocino College Academic Senate Full-Time Faculty Awards
Presenter: Deborah White • Recipients: Luis Ceja, Jin-Feng Jiang, Reyna
Limon,
Presenter: Terri Robertson • Recipients: Johanna Harris, Gabriela Molina
Presenter: Tonia Widler • Recipients: David Kelley, Rachel Massey
Presenter: Reid Edelman • Recipients: Tony Rakes, Joel Shura
Presenter: Catherine Indermill • Recipients: Emily Cortez, Elise Haas,
Stephanie Williams
Presenter: Geoff Navarro • Recipients: Susana Ramirez, Carlos DeLuna, Ivania
Enriquez
Presenter: Barbara French • Recipients: Heather Brown-Douglas
Presenters: Geoff Navarro & Deborah White • Recipient: Maria Damaz
Presenter: Julie Finnegan • Recipients: Dustin Kotterman, Scott Porzio
Presenter: Sue Blundell • Recipient: Brant Stokes

Kiwanis Club of Ukiah, Bill Brown Memorial Scholarship
Presenters: Kimberly Smith • Recipients: Gladis Rosales, Stephanie Williams

Ukiah Natural Foods, John Milder Scholarship
Presenters: Jack Wade • Recipients: Michelle Mack, Jessica Spain, Elvia
Valencia

Mendocino Part-Time Faculty Association Scholarship
Presenter: Jessica Morris • Recipients: Danielle Jenne, Xiao Hui Lau, Susana
Ramirez

Mendocino Part-Time Faculty Association Erica Enzer Memorial Scholarship
Presenter: Jessica Morris • Recipient: Samantha Hall

Friends of Dale Glaser Scholarship
Presenter: Vivian Power • Recipient: Yolanda Ocampo

Dale Glaser Special Recognition Scholarship Award
Presenter: Gabrielle Welford • Recipient: Alicia Bales

Associated Students of Mendocino College
Presenter: Spencer Young • Recipients: Torrey Blake, Danielle Jenne,
Hugo Ruiz, and Nicolette Skidmore

American Association of University Women - Ukiah Branch Scholarship
Presenter: Marie Pera • Recipients: Rhonda Barry, Stephanie Williams

American Association of University Women - Ukiah Branch
Ruth Orchard Memorial Scholarship
Presenter: Marie Pera • Recipient: Natalie Klier

American Association of University Women - Ukiah Branch
Nursing Scholarship
Presenter: Marie Pera • Recipient: Linda King

Native American Memorial Scholarship
Presenter: Darletta Fulwider • Recipients: Leroy Hansen, Natalie Klier

South Ukiah Rotary Club
Presenter: John Bogner • Recipient: Leroy Hansen

Mendocino College Auto Tech Club Book Scholarship
Presenter: Steve Fowler • Recipient: Spencer Herman

Lake County Retired Teachers Association
Lois Windrem Memorial Scholarship
Presenter: Donald B. Saotome Moore, Ph.D. • Recipient: Jessica Tinney

California Women for Agriculture, Lake County Chapter Scholarship
Presenter: Lynn Figone-Gallagher • Recipient: Leslie Scott

Carolyn Brown Memorial Scholarship
Presenter: Elizabeth Lovejoy • Recipient: Elvia Valencia

Helen Delevois Memorial Scholarship
Presenter: Donald B. Saotome Moore, Ph.D. • Recipient: Julie Steiner

Parents Club
Presenter: Sheila Ames • Recipient: Stephanie Williams

California Math Council, Community Colleges Foundation
Presenter: Roger Ahders • Recipient: Leroy Hansen

Mendocino College Dance Club Inspiring Dance Scholarship
Presenter: Leslie Saxon-West • Recipient: Jason Briseno

Dale Glaser Dance Scholarship
Presenter: Leslie Saxon-West • Recipient: Robert Cristiani

P.E.O. Chapter WQ - Yvonne Sligh P.E.O. Book Scholarship
Presenter: Leslie Saxon West • Recipients: Kathryn Baechtel, Lisa Henderson

Special Thanks
Karen Cavanaugh, the Mendocino College Scholarship Coordinator, would liketo give Special Thanks to The Mendocino College Foundation for their manygenerous scholarship donations, and for their monetary support of theMendocino College Scholarship Program, which contributes to Student Success.Coordinating this Scholarship Ceremony takes many giving and talented Mendocino College and Community members.

I deeply appreciate the contributions from the following individuals and groups:
All the generous Scholarship Donors
Donald B. Saotome Moore, Ph.D., Dean of Student Services
Kathryn G. Lehner, Superintendent/President
Gwen Chapman, Executive Assistant, Superintendent/President
Dalene Nickelson, Administrative Assistant
Tammy Rease, Accounting Specialist
Candie Dickinson, Counselor
Jessica Morris, Counselor
Shannon McCulley, Counselor
Juvenal Vasquez, Special Populations Outreach Specialist
Josephine Gutierrez, Financial Aid Technician
Ross Beck, Director of Public Information and Marketing
Jana Rauch, Office Services Assistant
Kathryn Baechtel, P/T Office Services Assistant
Mindy Fereira, Student Assistant
Mariann Cornett, Counseling Receptionist
Tereise Van Wyhe, DRC Program Assistant
Betty Davis, Accounting Specialist
Christine Mullis, Graphics Designer
Lisa Lunde, Public Information & Marketing Assistant
Buck Jordan, Security/Utility Worker
Christine Risch, Security/Utility Worker
Jim Xerogeanes, Director of Agriculture
Larry Lang, Theatre Production Technician
Schat’s Catering
Just Because – Flowers & Gifts
Mountain Valley Printing
Ukiah Oxygen Company

Special appreciation to the Members of the various Scholarship Selection
Committees, the Scholarship Presenters and the countless full and part-time
faculty who wrote numerous letters of recommendations.


A Salute to the Donors

Mendocino College Foundation
Academic Excellence Scholarship 
22 @ $1,500
Evelyn R. Foote Scholarship
33 @ $1,500, 1 @ $750
Thomas M. Evans, Sr. Scholarship
1 @ $2,500
George R. Szanik Scholarship
1 @ $2,500
Jim Meyer Scholarship
1 @ $2,000
Carl J. Ehmann Scholarship
1 @ $2,000
Mary Oosting Fine Arts Scholarship
1 @ $1,000
Karen L. Atkinson Nursing Scholarship
2 @ $1,250
Awards of Promise
4 @ $1,000

Mendocino College Management Confidential Staff
6 @ $500

American Association of
University Women-Willits Branch
1 @ $500

Beatrice Allinger Foundation
1 @ $500, 1 @ $400, 1 @ $350
1@ $300, 1 @ $250, 1 @ $200

Mendocino College Classified
Senate Scholarship
2 @ $500

Mendocino College
Full-Time Faculty Association
12 @ $200, 8 @ $100

Kiwanis Club of Ukiah
2 @ $250

Ukiah Natural Foods
1 @ $1,250, 1 @ $750, 1 @ $500

Mendocino College Part-Time
Faculty Association
2 @ $500, 1 @ $1,000
Erica Enzer Scholarship 1 @ $200.00

Associated Students
of Mendocino College
4 @ $250

P.E.O. Chapter WQ
2 @ $300

American Association of
University Women- Ukiah Branch
2 @ $250
Nursing Scholarship 1 @ $250
Ruth Orchard 1 @ $1,000

Native American
Memorial Scholarship
2 @ $300

South Ukiah Rotary Club
1 @ $1,000

Mendocino College Auto Tech Club
1 @ $200

Lake County Retired
Teachers Association
1 @ $1,000

Carolyn Brown Memorial Fund
1 @ $250

Mendocino College Inspiring Dance Club
1 @ $500

Dale Glaser Dance Scholarship
1 @ $300

California Women for Agriculture, Lake County Chapter Scholarship
1 @ $250

Helen Delevios Memorial Scholarship
1 @ $500

Friends of Dale Glaser
1 @ $1020, 1 @ 100

Parents Club
1 @ $250

California Math Council, Community Colleges Foundation
1 @ $300

Created: March 14, 2007 @ 02:39 PM
Last Modified: February 01, 2008 @ 12:20 PM