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MCCC
Student Susana Sanchez
Wins Phi Theta Kappa Guistwhite Scholarship
3-24-09
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WINDSOR, N.J. -- For Susana Sanchez of Trenton, the road to success
is simple. You have two choices, she says. "Be pessimistic
or do your best and expect the best. I expect the best, so I decided
to go and do my best." Excelling at Mercer County Community
College, she was recently selected as a Phi Theta Kappa Guistwhite
Scholar, one of 20 students chosen from a national pool of 400 applicants.
The scholarship includes $5,000 toward baccalaureate studies.
Sanchez will be recognized during the Phi Theta Kappa convention
in Dallas, Texas, April 16-18. The merit-based Phi Theta Kappa Scholar
Program serves to recognize members' academic and leadership achievements.
Students must achieve a GPA of at lease 3.5, demonstrate intellectual
rigor and academic growth, and use their community college education
to better themselves, their schools and communities.
A
liberal arts major and an Honors Program student, Sanchez is currently
editor-in-chief of MCCC's student newspaper, the College Voice,
and served as its managing editor last semester.
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Off-campus
she mentors Latino students through the Latino Reform Youth Council
(LRYC), a grassroots non-profit organization based in Princeton.
Sanchez is also a recipient of two MCCC scholarships -- the Professor
Emeritus and Karen Proccacini scholarships, both based on high academic
achievement and financial need.
After
graduating from Mercer this May, Sanchez plans to transfer to a
four-year university to study public policy or perhaps law.
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