Each semester, we award hundreds of scholarships to outstanding KCKCC students through the generousity of your philanthropy. We are thrilled to announce this semester’s cohort of Foundation Scholarship Recipients. Join us in congratulating them on their great achievements! Spring 2022…
Announcing KCKCC Foundation’s Summer and Fall 2021 Scholarship Recipients!
KCKCC Foundation was able to award 469 scholarships totaling $332,808 for the Summer and Fall 2021 semesters. Congratulations to all the Summer and Fall 2021 Scholarship Recipients! We are incredibly proud and humbled by your hard work here at KCKCC.…
Announcing our Spring 2021 Scholarship Recipients…
Dr. Lelia H. Alexander Nursing Scholarship Amanda Cranor Asian American Chamber of Commerce Scholarship Leonardo Kim Buckner Memorial/Trocadero Sportsman Club Jazz Scholarship Amari Lewis Etta Blanche Smith Dahlgren Scholarship Juan Aguilar Nunez Alya Bayani Mohamed Bechir Kinde Van Bik Kirsten…
An Ongoing Inspiration for All
An Ongoing Inspiration for All The John Wilson Paulsen Memorial Scholarship is named in memory of beloved son and brother, John Wilson Paulsen. John was on his way to completing a degree in Applied Science and Counseling from Kansas City,…
Celebrating the Life of Benoyd “Butch” Myers Ellison, KCKJC Class of 1959
Legacy Lives on through New Scholarship Established in honor and memory of Benoyd “Butch” Myers Ellison, KCKJC Class of 1959 Benoyd “Butch” Myers Ellison was born during segregation and WWII in Kansas City Kansas in April of 1939. When he…
Former KCKCC Instructor Honored in Virtual Scholarship Fundraiser
Former KCKCC Instructor Honored in Virtual Scholarship Fundraiser Plans for the 10th annual Philip Miller Memorial Scholarship Reading are underway. The reading honors Phil Miller, a former Kansas City Kansas Community College faculty member known for his love of poetry and for promoting literary writing…
One Student’s Story of the Impact of Covid-19
Meet Karol Pineda. She is a Respiratory Therapist student at KCKCC, who was mentally and financially affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. “Since the Covid-19 Pandemic started in March 2020, I became afraid of my economic situation. I was working as…
Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation to Provide New Full Ride Scholarship to KCKCC
The Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation was established in 1993 by Ella Fitzgerald, world-renowned jazz artist. Ms. Fitzgerald wished to share her passion for music and reading with people of all races, cultures, and beliefs, as well as to help at-risk…