Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Announces More Than $13 Million in Funding for Graduate School Scholarships
Today, the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation announced 87 recipients of the Cooke Graduate Scholarship who will have access to up to $150,000 in funding for up to four years of study. Five of those Scholars were selected to receive the prestigious Cooke International Award, which grants them more funding (up to $85,000 per year) for up to four years of study at the University of Oxford’s Lincoln College or Brasenose College, or University of Cambridge’s Clare College.
This is the first year the Foundation has offered Cooke Graduate Scholars this amount of funding.
“With the skyrocketing cost of graduate school and the limited financial aid in many programs, we were pleased to double our scholarship award to $150,000,” said Seppy Basili, Executive Director of the Cooke Foundation. “Our hope is to minimize the student loan debt that our Scholars have to incur to pursue their degrees.”
The Cooke Graduate Scholarship and Cooke International Award are only available to previous recipients of the Cooke College Scholarship and the Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship. Cooke Scholars in these programs are eligible to apply for graduate school funding within three years of completing their undergraduate degrees, and may apply for the scholarship to pursue any field of study.
The schools with the most Cooke Graduate Scholars attending this year are Columbia University, Harvard University, University of California at Los Angeles, University of Southern California, and Northwestern University. Scholars will pursue degrees in healthcare, biological sciences, business, and law among others.
Read about a few of the 2021 Cooke Graduate Scholars in this newsletter published over the summer – some have even been a Cooke Scholar since middle school in the Young Scholars Program.
A full list of 2021 Cooke Graduate Scholars and Cooke International Award recipients is below:
Thyra-Lilja Altunin
Undergraduate Institution: University of Pittsburgh
Graduate Institution: University of Oxford
Hometown: Incline Village, Nevada
Quratulain Amin
Undergraduate Institution: University of Miami
Graduate Institution: Nova Southeastern University
Hometown: Margate, Florida
Stephanie Anderson
Undergraduate Institution: University of Chicago
Graduate Institution: Touro College
Hometown: St. Louis, Missouri
Carolina Andrade
Undergraduate Institution: Kenyon College
Graduate Institution: Washington University in St. Louis
Hometown: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Dayana Arrue
Undergraduate Institution: Rutgers University, Newark
Graduate Institution: Colorado School of Mines
Hometown: Newark, New Jersey
Osei Avril
Undergraduate Institution: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Graduate Institution: University of Southern California
Hometown: Atlanta, Georgia
Amadou Bah
Undergraduate Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Graduate Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Hometown: Roswell, Georgia
Vanessa Beltran
Undergraduate Institution: Bates College
Graduate Institution: George Washington University
Hometown: Rockville, Maryland
Agata Bikovtseva
Undergraduate Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Graduate Institution: Harvard University
Hometown: Goleta, California
Grace Blackwell
Undergraduate Institution: Texas Tech University
Graduate Institution: Texas Tech University
Hometown: Checotah, Oklahoma
Sarah Brakebill-Hacke
Undergraduate Institution: Yale University
Graduate Institution: University of Cambridge
Hometown: Eyota, Minnesota
Alan Brantley
Undergraduate Institution: Stanford University
Graduate Institution: University of Southern California
Hometown: La Habra, California
Jay Brown
Undergraduate Institution: Suffolk University
Graduate Institution: Columbia University
Hometown: Randolph, Massachusetts
Tatiana Calvo
Undergraduate Institution: Columbia University
Graduate Institution: Columbia University
Hometown: Sunny Isles Beach, Florida
Fedelene Camille
Undergraduate Institution: University of Miami
Graduate Institution: University of Miami
Hometown: Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Patric Cao
Undergraduate Institution: Harvard University
Graduate Institution: Harvard University
Hometown: Chandler, Arizona
Liam Carpenter-Urquhart
Undergraduate Institution: Brown University
Graduate Institution: Stockholm University
Hometown: Wilmington, Delaware
Clara Grace Coker
Undergraduate Institution: University of Georgia
Graduate Institution: Ball State University
Hometown: Ashburn, Georgia
Shannon Conner Van Benthuysen
Undergraduate Institution: Rollins College
Graduate Institution: University of Denver
Hometown: Ocala, Florida
Grace Creelman
Undergraduate Institution: Whittier College
Graduate Institution: University of Washington
Hometown: Seattle, Washington
Rebecca Davis
Undergraduate Institution: University of South Alabama
Graduate Institution: Queens University of Charlotte
Hometown: Moss Point, Mississippi
Fatoumata Diarra
Undergraduate Institution: University of Pennsylvania
Graduate Institution: Boston University
Hometown: Boston, Massachusetts
Joshua Dong
Undergraduate Institution: Stanford University
Graduate Institution: Stanford University
Hometown: Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Katya Echazarreta
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Los Angeles
Graduate Institution: Johns Hopkins University
Hometown: Spring Valley, California
Dallas Elleman
Undergraduate Institution: University of Tulsa
Graduate Institution: University of Tulsa
Hometown: Sand Springs, Oklahoma
Adrianne Elliott
Undergraduate Institution: Yale University
Graduate Institution: Georgetown University
Hometown: Galena, Kansas
Audrey Fernandez
Undergraduate Institution: Tufts University
Graduate Institution: University of Washington
Hometown: Lawrence, Massachusetts
Joe Frank
Undergraduate Institution: Northeastern University
Graduate Institution: Northeastern University
Hometown: Buffalo, New York
Sherlyn Galarza
Undergraduate Institution: Yale University
Graduate Institution: Yale University
Hometown: Houston, Texas
Araceli Garcia
Undergraduate Institution: Stanford University
Graduate Institution: University of Texas at Austin
Hometown: San Antonio, Texas
Sarah Gathro
Undergraduate Institution: Yale University
Graduate Institution: Columbia University
Hometown: Richfield, Idaho
Hannah Gehrels
Undergraduate Institution: Columbia University
Graduate Institution: University of Oxford
Hometown: Alexandria, Virginia
Matin Ghavamizadeh
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Berkeley
Graduate Institution: University of Cambridge
Hometown: Albany, California
Martha Gizaw
Undergraduate Institution: College of William & Mary
Graduate Institution: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Hometown: Woodbridge, Virginia
Victoria Gresbach
Undergraduate Institution: Stanford University
Graduate Institution: University of California, Los Angeles
Hometown: Sarasota, Florida
Briana Grubb
Undergraduate Institution: University of Southern California
Graduate Institution: London School of Economics and Political Science
Hometown: Carlsbad, California
Jennifer Han
Undergraduate Institution: University of Southern California
Graduate Institution: University of Southern California
Hometown: Austin, Texas
Fiorenza Amanda Maria Herrera Diaz
Undergraduate Institution: Swarthmore College
Graduate Institution: Syracuse University
Hometown: Concepcion, Chile
Chelsea Hipwell
Undergraduate Institution: Lehigh University
Graduate Institution: University of Pennsylvania
Hometown: Cheltenham, Pennsylvania
Beatrice Hociota
Undergraduate Institution: Georgetown University
Graduate Institution: Cornell University
Hometown: Bellbrook, Ohio
Rebecca Holmes
Undergraduate Institution: University of Colorado, Boulder
Graduate Institution: Colorado School of Mines
Hometown: Newport News, Virginia
Mindy Holthe
Undergraduate Institution: Manhattan School of Music
Graduate Institution: Bard College
Hometown: Independence, Missouri
Ann Marie Hormeku
Undergraduate Institution: University of Georgia
Graduate Institution: Western State Colorado University
Hometown: Colbert, Georgia
Wendy Huerta
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Berkeley
Graduate Institution: University of Delaware
Hometown: San Diego, California
Camryn Jackson
Undergraduate Institution: Mercer University
Graduate Institution: Syracuse University
Hometown: New Orleans, Louisiana
Rene Jimenez
Undergraduate Institution: City College of New York
Graduate Institution: Columbia University
Hometown: New York, New York
Alexander Kaminsky
Undergraduate Institution: Columbia University
Graduate Institution: Columbia University
Hometown: Swampscott, Massachusetts
Ariel Kim
Undergraduate Institution: Harvard University
Graduate Institution: Harvard University
Hometown: Duluth, Georgia
Ted Kim
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Los Angeles
Graduate Institution: Stony Brook University
Hometown: Seoul, Korea
Kristy Kim
Undergraduate Institution: Yale University
Graduate Institution: University of California, Los Angeles
Hometown: New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Duyen Le
Undergraduate Institution: Southern Methodist University
Graduate Institution: University of North Texas Health Science Center
Hometown: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Francisco Marchi
Undergraduate Institution: University of Florida
Graduate Institution: University of Florida
Hometown: São Paulo, Brazil
Jake Matthews
Undergraduate Institution: College of William & Mary
Graduate Institution: College of William & Mary
Hometown: Clarksville, Tennessee
Daven McQueen
Undergraduate Institution: Brown University
Graduate Institution: Emerson College
Hometown: Torrance, California
Livier Mora
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Los Angeles
Graduate Institution: University of California, Los Angeles
Hometown: Huntington Park, California
Marina Mozak
Undergraduate Institution: Drew University
Graduate Institution: American University
Hometown: Bath, Maine
Chancellor Nguyen
Undergraduate Institution: University of South Carolina, Columbia
Graduate Institution: University of South Carolina at Columbia
Hometown: Aiken, South Carolina
Minh Nguyen
Undergraduate Institution: Yale University
Graduate Institution: Vanderbilt University
Hometown: Portland, Oregon
Hanna Oliveto
Undergraduate Institution:
Graduate Institution: Georgia Institute of Technology
Hometown: Clearwater, Florida
Anita Onyimah
Undergraduate Institution: Columbia University
Graduate Institution: Harvard University
Hometown: Kennesaw, Georgia
Grady Owens
Undergraduate Institution: Cornell University
Graduate Institution: University of Oxford
Hometown: Lake Wales, Florida
Shiv Patel
Undergraduate Institution: Northwestern University
Graduate Institution: Northwestern University
Hometown: Elon, North Carolina
Bryan Peacker
Undergraduate Institution: Harvard University
Graduate Institution: Harvard University
Hometown: Orlando, Florida
Elda Pere
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Berkeley
Graduate Institution: University of California, Berkeley
Hometown: Garfield, New Jersey
Ty Perez
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Berkeley
Graduate Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Hometown: Sacramento, California
James Philips
Undergraduate Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Graduate Institution: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Hometown: Cape Carteret, North Carolina
Odysseus Pyrinis
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Berkeley
Graduate Institution: University of California, Berkeley
Hometown: Newbury Park, California
Garion Rivera
Undergraduate Institution: University of Florida
Graduate Institution: University of Florida
Hometown: Stuart, Florida
Marcela Rodrigues-Sherley
Undergraduate Institution: Smith College
Graduate Institution: Columbia University
Hometown: Belém, Brazil
Sammy Rodriguez Mora
Undergraduate Institution: Seattle University
Graduate Institution: University of Puget Sound
Hometown: San Diego, California
Sawyer Scheitler
Undergraduate Institution: Northwestern University
Graduate Institution: Drexel University
Hometown: Zionsville, Indiana
Caleb Sedam
Undergraduate Institution: Purdue University
Graduate Institution: St. George’s University
Hometown: Logansport, Indiana
Sakshi Sehgal
Undergraduate Institution: University of Pennsylvania
Graduate Institution: Emory University
Hometown: Dunwoody, Georgia
Sahaj Shah
Undergraduate Institution: Dartmouth College
Graduate Institution: Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
Hometown: Pflugerville, Texas
Charlene Grace Singh
Undergraduate Institution: University of Central Florida
Graduate Institution: St. George’s University
Hometown: Orlando, Florida
Erin Snoddy
Undergraduate Institution: Swarthmore College
Graduate Institution: University of Texas Health Science Center
Hometown: Glenwood, Illinois
Linda Berenice Sylverain
Undergraduate Institution: Columbia University
Graduate Institution: University of Southern California
Hometown: Petion-Ville, Haiti
Pati Szafran Pollock
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Los Angeles
Graduate Institution: University of California, Los Angeles
Hometown: Los Gatos, California
Santiago Tobar Potes
Undergraduate Institution: Columbia University
Graduate Institution: Yale University
Hometown: Miami, Florida
Lex Vatterott
Undergraduate Institution: University of Michigan
Graduate Institution: University of Michigan
Hometown: St. Louis, Missouri
Jessica Velazquez
Undergraduate Institution: Texas A&M University
Graduate Institution: University of Texas Health Science Center
Hometown: Mount Vernon, Texas
Vinny Wagner
Undergraduate Institution: Princeton University
Graduate Institution: Carnegie Mellon University
Hometown: Deerfield Beach, Florida
Xin Wen
Undergraduate Institution: Cornell University
Graduate Institution: Royal College of Art
Hometown: Lawrence, Massachusetts
Neal Whitefur
Undergraduate Institution: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Graduate Institution: Simmons College
Hometown: Raleigh, North Carolina
Matt Wilson
Undergraduate Institution: St. John’s University
Graduate Institution: St. John’s University
Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
Adele Woodmansee
Undergraduate Institution: Harvard University
Graduate Institution: Cornell University
Hometown: Westfield, Vermont
Brian Zamora
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Los Angeles
Graduate Institution: University of California, Los Angeles
Hometown: Sylmar, California