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Nina Mason Pulliam Scholarship Recipients Announced

By: Christy Skeen

Seven Phoenix College students were recently accepted into the Nina Mason Pulliam Legacy Scholars program, which funds 24 credit hours per year and $500 per semester for books and supplies. The program also includes a $2,500 Living Stipend each year.

These recipients include: Edna Guerrero, Rebecca Plumer, Aleshia Michels, Ozwaldo Valles, Al MaCaw Dewakuku, Kevin Ivory and LaTrechia Morrison.

The scholarship program, which was established in 2001, is dedicated to individuals who would not normally receive traditional academic scholarships and whose personal commitments or financial circumstances would preclude them from enrolling without long term scholarship support. The program can provide financial support for up to four years, as long as a student is in compliance with the academic and programmatic requirements of the program.

The Nina Mason Pulliam Legacy Scholars program provides educational opportunities to adults 25 years and older with dependents, college-age youth and adults with disabilities and/or young adults who have been raised in an environment absent of biological family or in the foster care system.

Nina Mason Pulliam, both a journalist and businesswoman, was always an avid and true supporter for the many causes close to her heart. She was the founding secretary-treasure and a director of Central Newspapers, Inc. which Eugene C. Pulliam established in 1934. Among its holdings were The Arizona Republic and the Phoenix Gazette. Upon Pulliam’s death in 1997, the Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust was established to support people in need, especially women; to protect animals and nature; and to enrich community life in Phoenix.

The scholarship program is open to students of the Maricopa Community Colleges and Arizona State University. Applications are available each year beginning in January. The application deadline is mid-March each year.

For additional information about the Nina Mason Pulliam Legacy Scholars program at Maricopa Community Colleges, contact Jennifer Steele, Project Director at (480) 731-8619.