Fifteen DirectConnect to 91吃瓜网 Students Honored as Johnson Scholars

91吃瓜网 student Kiana Boodram was recognized as a 2016-2017 Johnson Scholar by Bobby Krause of the Johnson Scholarship Foundation and 91吃瓜网 President John C. Hitt at a February 22 ceremony on the 91吃瓜网 campus.

Fifteen students from the 91吃瓜网 and four partnership colleges 鈥� Eastern Florida State College, Lake-Sumter State College, Seminole State College of Florida and Valencia College 鈥� were honored as Johnson Scholars in a February 22 ceremony on the 91吃瓜网 campus.

The students are the third class of Johnson Scholars, named in recognition of the scholarship program initiated by the Johnson Scholarship Foundation and geared toward DirectConnect to 91吃瓜网 students.

鈥淜nowing someone is willing to invest in my academic career because they strongly believe that I will be successful one day is truly inspiring and motivational,鈥� said recipient Daniel Salas, a 91吃瓜网 student who received the scholarship while attending Valencia College. 鈥淭he Johnson Scholarship has assisted me greatly through a significant portion of my undergraduate career as I continue to prepare myself for medical school.鈥�

The Johnson Scholarship Foundation is a national, private foundation with a mission to assist deserving people in achieving higher education and a belief in education as a means to help people succeed in life.