NCC Engineering Students Selected as Goodnight Scholars
Pictured from left, Coordinator of Associate in Engineering and Transfer Shilo Lawrence, Marilu Salazar, Adriana Cabrera Zurita and Mathematics Department Chair Dina Pitt
Two Nash Community College students have been selected for the Goodnight Scholars Program Transfer Class of 2021. NCC Associate in Engineering students Adriana Cabrera Zurita and Marilu Salazar, both of Rocky Mount, were among only 30 students selected to participate in the Goodnight Scholars Program’s first Transfer Finalist Interview Day. From the interview day, 15 students were chosen to join Goodnight Scholars Program’s Transfer Class of 2021 for the start of the 2018-2019 academic year. Both Zurita and Salazar were selected to enter the program. They plan to graduate from the NCC Associate in Engineering program in May.
The Goodnight Scholars Program was established in 2008 out of the philanthropic generosity from North Carolina natives and NC State alumni Dr. Jim Goodnight, co-founder of global business analytic software leader, SAS Institute, and Mrs. Ann Goodnight, director of community relations at SAS Institute. The program is for North Carolina residents who aspire to study in a science, technology, engineering, mathematics or STEM education discipline at NC State. The value of the scholarship is $20,000 and is renewable for up to four years for first-year students ($80,000 total), and three years for transfer students ($60,000 total). In addition to the scholarship, Goodnight Scholars have access to an assortment of developmental programming focused on their professional and personal growth.
The 30 finalists were selected from a pool of 107 candidates from across North Carolina, representing four NC State academic colleges and 22 North Carolina counties. Finalists were scored by an application review committee consisting of current and former NC State faculty and staff, SAS Institute Emerging Leaders, Kenan Fellows, and Goodnight Scholars alumni. Each finalist demonstrated exceptional accomplishments in their community college careers including stellar academic achievement, community involvement, and inspiring goals for success in the STEM or STEM education fields.
