For Immediate Release
(Lincoln, Neb.) EducationQuest Foundation has awarded 15 Nebraskans $89,000 in Reaching Your Potential Scholarship funds.
The Reaching Your Potential Scholarship Program provides renewable scholarships to low-income Nebraska students who face obstacles to college. Recipients who attend a two-year college receive $3,600 annually, and those who attend a four-year college receive $7,100 annually. Applicants are referred by community agencies, colleges, and select high schools across the state.
Since the program began in 2000, EducationQuest has awarded more than $9.9 million in scholarships to 724 Nebraskans. Of these, 81 percent are either enrolled in college or have graduated.Omaha’s Abdulmalik Abakar, who attends Metro Community College, was named this year’s Tammi J. Preston Scholar, an award honoring EducationQuest’s former director of Outreach Services. The recognition honors the top-qualifying Reaching Your Potential recipient in each scholarship cycle.
Vice President of Grants and Scholarships Eric Drumheller said, “These students have demonstrated perseverance, courage, and a strong commitment to their education. We’re honored to invest in their futures through the Reaching Your Potential Scholarship and to support them as they build work to create brighter futures for themselves, their families, and their communities.”
Scholarship recipients are listed below in alphabetical order by hometown. One student chose to remain anonymous.
Bellevue:
Ushena Lanyuy, Nebraska Methodist College
Hastings:
Tre'Quan Henley, Hastings College
Lincoln:
Noah Gormley, Metro Community College
Jackie Abdul Kabir, Southeast Community College, Lincoln
Natalia Montes, University of Nebraska at Omaha
Omaha:
Abdulmalik Abakar, Metro Community College
Manizha Ahmadi, Metro Community College
Rafiullah Ahmadi, University of Nebraska at Omaha
Uriah Hatten, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Edajah Mustafa, Nebraska Methodist College
Dontania Petrie, Metro Community College
Masodab Wandi, Nebraska Methodist College
Alayshia White, College of Saint Mary
Papillion: Zakreya Abughalyoon, CHI Health School of Radiologic Technology
For more information about the Reaching Your Potential Scholarship program, click here.