Foundation News
2009 Scholarship Recognition Breakfast
The Henry Ford Community College Foundation held its 2009 Scholarship Celebration Breakfast on April 15, bringing together grateful scholarship recipients for the year with their generous scholarship benefactors. More than 500 scholarship awardees and donors attended the annual event.
“This is a wonderful opportunity each year to express congratulations to the outstanding scholars represented among HFCC scholarship awardees,” noted Judy Costigan, Foundation Board member and head of the events committee. “The event also allows us to saluted our scholarship donors, to thank them for their generous charitable support which is having such a positive impact on the lives of our students.” The Breakfast was held on the HFCC main Dearborn campus, in the Student and Culinary Arts Center.
Pictured above attending the 2009 Scholarship Recognition Breakfast at Henry Ford Community College were students Teofil Martionescu (left) of Livonia and and Farah Hijazi of Dearborn Heights, who chatted with scholarship donor Benjamin Bachrach of Dearborn at the annual event.
(Right) HFCC Foundation donors Barbara Franchi and Pam Adams, both of Dearborn, congratulate scholarship recipient Ashlee Heft of Southgate at the 2009 Scholarship Breakfast at Henry Ford Community College.
Kiwanis Club of Dearborn Heights Donates $2,000 for HFCC Scholarship
Henry Ford Community College President Gail Mee (right) accepts a contribution from Margaret Van Houten, President of the Kiwanis Club of Dearborn Heights. The presentation took place at the Club's annual scholarship dinner, held at the College's 5101 Restaurant, located on HFCC's main Evergreen Road campus. Recipients of the 2008/09 Scholarship are Dearborn Heights residents Michael Sleiman and Belal Mougrabi.
Harper Hospital Establishes Scholarship Fund at HFCC
The Alumni Association of Harper Hospital School of Nursing has established an endowed scholarship fund at Henry Ford Community College to encourage continued enrollment in the College's Nursing Program. Presenting a $20,000 contribution to HFCC President Gail Mee (left) is Alumni Association Treasurer Adrenne Wygonik of Dearborn. Also present for the presentation, which took place on the campus of the Detroit Medical Center were (from left):
Suzanne Boelter of Northville, Mich., William Barber, HFCC Vice President of Academic Affairs and Career and Technical Education; Cynthia Roman, HFCC Nursing Division; and John Lewandowski, HFCC Executive Director of Development. Henry Ford Community College has one of the largest nursing programs in Michigan, graduating nearly 250 nursing professionals each year.