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Carballada Scholarship Puts City Kindergarteners on the Path to MCC


On June 2, 17 kindergarten students in Michele Carballada’s class at Adlai E. Stevenson School No. 29 learned that a unique scholarship to MCC can be theirs after they graduate from high school. 

The Carballada Endowed Scholarship Fund for Rochester City Students honors Carballada’s 13-year teaching career with the Rochester City School District. The fund was established in 2014 by Carballada’s parents, Virginia and R. Carlos Carballada, with the help of the Monroe Community College Foundation. The fund provides MCC scholarships to students taught by the Carballada’s daughter.

“This is a way for my wife and I to thank our daughter for her devotion to Rochester students,” said Carlos Carballada who is a member of the MCC Foundation Council. “These students have an opportunity waiting for them at one of the best community colleges in the country.”

This is the third year the Carballadas have come to the school to announce the scholarship. They were joined by President Anne Kress and MCC Foundation Executive Director Diane Shoger.

“Starting today, we want you to think of yourself as college students,” said Dr. Kress to the students. “This family believes in you so much, they want you to go to college at MCC.”

Carballadas_with_children.jpgCarballadas_with_children.jpgWHEC and the Rochester Business Journal covered the story.

The MCC Foundation seeks philanthropic investment to advance academic achievement, innovation, and the mission of excellence at the College. In 2014-2015, the MCC Foundation awarded nearly $1.17 million in scholarships to MCC students.

Rosanna Yule
Marketing and Community Relations
06/06/2016


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