Scholarship and Awards

About the Committee

To provide a system for the distribution of scholarship funds to Porterville College students.  The committee is responsible for holding the annual scholarship and awards ceremony.

  1. Through the Financial Aid and Foundation Offices, to widely advertise the availability of all scholarships and supply appropriate applications.
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  3. In coordination with the Financial Aid and Foundation Offices, develop and maintain on file written criteria for each scholarship or award available.
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  5. Collect applications for scholarships from students and references from faculty.
  6. Meet and confer in order to select scholarship and award recipients.
  7. Make all arrangements necessary to finance and produce the Annual Scholarship and Awards Ceremony.

Members

  • ** Foundation Executive Director - Ramona Chiapa
  • ** Director Financial Aid (designee chair in Directors absence)- Tiffany Haynes
  • Foundation Administrative Assistant - VACANT

          DIVISION CHAIR or DESIGNEE

  • Career & Technical Education - Stephanie Cortez
  • Fine and Applied Arts - VACANT
  • Health Careers - Terry Bady
  • Kinesiology - Dianne Kavern
  • Language Arts - Connie Guttierrez
  • Mathematics - Di Phan Reagan
  • Natural Science - Shaunna Callison
  • Social Science - Leslie Keele
  • Student Services - Yolanda Vasquez
  • Classified Representative - Rebekah Cruz

Total Membership: 12

  • ** Chair - Ramona Chiapa
  • ** Co-Chair - Tiffany Haynes
  • Secretary/Recorder - Carol Thornburg

QUORUM

  1. A quorum shall consist of a majority of the members including the chair.
  2. A vote will be taken on all matters requiring a vote, and the chair shall cast a deciding vote in all votes ending in a tie.
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AGENDA

The committee chair will develop the agenda.

MEMBERSHIP                            

  • * One faculty member selected from each Division: 8
  • Classified Representative: 1
  • ** Foundation Executive Director – Chair (non-voting): 1       
  • ** Director Financial Aid (non-voting): 1
  • Foundation Administrative Assistant (non-voting): 1

Total Membership: 12

 ** or designee

 

The Foundation Executive Director shall serve as the chair in a non-voting capacity. The Director Financial Aid (** designee in the Directors absence) and the Foundation Administrative Assistant shall serve as the recorder and secretary, respectively, in a non-voting capacity. 

* If a division chooses not to be represented, the committee shall request the Academic Senate to select a faculty member from the faculty-at-large to fill the vacant position

Meeting Times

Spring 2025 Schedule
The committee chair shall call regular and special meetings.

Kick Off Meeting:
January 22, 2025 - 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM in LIB-449

Effective February 28 - April 11, 2025
Every Wednesday from 2:45 PM- 5:15 PM in LIB-449
Every Friday from 8:00 AM-10:00 AM in FA-01

Annual Scholarship & Award Ceremony
Friday April 18, 2025 
5:30 PM
PC Gymnasium

Meeting Documents

 

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