b'MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST COMMUNITY COLLEGEAppendix BTwo students received the prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Transfer Scholarship.Earlier this spring, a record-breaking five students at Gulf Coast were selected as semifinalists for the scholarship, for which nearly 3,000 students apply each year. Another student was one of only two in the nation selected to receive the 2018 GEICO Pathway to Completion Associate Degree Scholarship. Two students were selected for the Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship Program through the University of Mississippi Medical Center.Three Phi Theta Kappa students were named 2018 Coca-Cola Leaders of Promise Scholars and received $1,000 scholarships.A Gulf Coast student was one of only 10 in the nation to be named a Pearson Scholar, receiving a scholarship of $5,000 as well as a Tennessee Valley Authority scholarship for $2,250.Another student was named a 2019 New Century Workforce Pathway Scholar and will receive a $1,250 scholarship. She is the only student in Mississippi selected to receive the scholarship.More than 2,000 students were nominated, with only 50 students receiving the award.Eighteen students won awards at state Phi Beta Lambda competitions for career and technical students in February. Two students were also named state officers.Twenty-four students won at the state SkillsUSA competitions. Winners compete at national competitions held in Louisville, Kentucky, during June each year.Thirty-seven high school students graduated with both a high school diploma and an associate degree through MGCCCs Collegiate Academy in May 2019. In partnership with nine high schools, the college currently has 122 students attending the Academy, and participation continues to grow.74 MGCCC QEP 2019'