Fifteen students from the ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½ and four partnership colleges β Eastern Florida State College, Lake-Sumter State College, Seminole State College of Florida and Valencia College β were honored as Johnson Scholars in a February 22 ceremony on the ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½ campus.
The students are the third class of Johnson Scholars, named in recognition of the scholarship program initiated by the Johnson Scholarship Foundation and geared toward DirectConnect to ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½ students.
βKnowing someone is willing to invest in my academic career because they strongly believe that I will be successful one day is truly inspiring and motivational,β said recipient Daniel Salas, a ΒιΆΉΣ³»΄«Γ½ student who received the scholarship while attending Valencia College. βThe Johnson Scholarship has assisted me greatly through a significant portion of my undergraduate career as I continue to prepare myself for medical school.β
The Johnson Scholarship Foundation is a national, private foundation with a mission to assist deserving people in achieving higher education and a belief in education as a means to help people succeed in life.