Annalissa Vance, a student at IVCCD Marshalltown Community College is one of 100 recipients of the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation’s prestigious undergraduate transfer scholarship.

The highly competitive national scholarship will provide Vance with up to $55,000 a year to complete her Bachelor’s Degree.

Vance is an active member of the MCC campus and has been involved in multiple clubs and organizations, including Honors and PTK.  This fall, she will continue her studies in various fields such as science, art and literature to help her obtain her Master’s Degree in Historical Book Conservation.

In the 2020-21 academic year, four-year colleges and universities saw nearly 200,000 fewer transfer enrollment applications nationwide, reflecting the pandemic’s disruptive effect on students and their plans for college.  Despite that decline, the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation also increased the maximum award amount by an extra $15,000 to ensure students can focus on their studies while enrolled.

This year, more than 1,200 students from 332 community colleges applied to receive the Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship.  The foundation evaluated each submission based on students’ academic ability and achievement, financial need, persistence, and leadership.

For more information about the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation you can visit www.jkcf.org.