MILLENNIUM ENTERPRISES SCHOLARSHIP

Criteria for selection: Graduating senior or adult students currently enrolled in CCOC HVAC or Carpentry class who have focused career goals, clear plan to fulfill the goals, good attendance, and a completed package of application as follows:

  • Scholarship Application
  • Home school administrator/teacher and/or employer recommendation.
  • Students CCOC attendance record with copy of current and last timecard.
  • Students CCOC grade and Home School Transcript (for high school students only)
Winners are also selected based on their performance on 2 oral presentations:
  • Oral presentation of application and students goals.
  • End of year follow up meeting with students to see how much progress was achieved during school year

Past Winners

Cited from Metro Ed Governing Board Newsletter, dated April 25, 2008

Millennium Scholarship Winners Announced

Chantu Nguyen, CCOC Counselor, was pleased to announce this year's Millennium Scholarship Winners:

  • Rico Cesa, CCOC Carpentry AM San Jose Job Corps Student
  • Jeff Kershaw CCOC HVAC PM Oak Grove HS Student

    • Rico and Jeff will receive an award of $1,000 each to spend on tuition, books, supplies and other related trade expenses. They were selected based on their CCOC performance, attendance record, career goals, teacher's recommendations, and 2 oral interviews.

Millennium Scholarships are sponsored by Millennium Enterprises Incorporated, which is owned by Terry Babb and Gerry Jensen. Gerry attended CCOC in the HVAC program and is currently on the MetroED Foundation Board, and Terry, who was always working in the framing field, decided that it would be great to support CCOC through a scholarship program for students in Carpentry and HVAC programs.

** Millennium Enterprises will have the final decision on recipients.