Left to right, DCCCD Chancellor Wright Lassiter Jr., Dung Tran, Emmanuel Faz, Ina Bostick, Joe Goldblatt, Wendy Jacobson, Edwin Hampton, Leah Goldblatt Lahasky, DCCCD Foundation President Betheny Reid, Saida Gulzar and Sara Perez.
For immediate release — Jan. 11, 2010
(DALLAS) — A special group of students from the Dallas County Community College District knows what it means to be motivated. They study, learn and succeed every day both in the classroom and in the community. Those students — each representing one of DCCCD’s seven colleges — have been recognized for their efforts as recipients of the 2010 Max and Rosa Goldblatt Endowment Awards in Community Service.
The students’ efforts reflect Max and Rosa Goldblatt’s dedication to community service, and their scholarships were awarded during a ceremony today. The seven scholarship recipients, their hometowns and colleges are:
Ina Bostick of Farmers Branch, Brookhaven College;
Emmanuel Faz of Dallas, Mountain View College;
Sadia Gulzar of DeSoto, El Centro College;
Edwin Hampton of DeSoto, Cedar Valley College;
Wendy Jacobson of Balch Springs, Eastfield College;
Sarah Perez of Flower Mound, North Lake College; and
Dung Tran of Garland, Richland College.
The scholarship is given biennially to DCCCD students who show leadership in volunteer and community service work. Each awardee receives a $600 scholarship ($300 per semester) from the DCCCD Foundation, which administers the Goldblatt scholarship endowment. The seven DCCCD students receiving Goldblatt scholarships have been involved in community service projects such as medical reserve corps, toy drives, food drives, Veterans Day celebrations, blood drives, fundraising for service projects, hospice work and many other examples as well.
The scholarship was established in 1986 to honor Max and Rosa Goldblatt, who both served as former Dallas leaders and longtime supporters of DCCCD. Max Goldblatt served three terms as a Dallas city councilman and played a major role in the creation of DCCCD (then the Dallas County Junior College District). Rosa Goldblatt was involved in many community service projects, and together, the couple inspired their children to continue that tradition of service to others.
For more information, call Kathye Hammontree in the DCCCD Foundation office at (214) 378-1536.
Photo caption: Left to right, DCCCD Chancellor Wright Lassiter Jr., Dung Tran, Emmanuel Faz, Ina Bostick, Joe Goldblatt, Wendy Jacobson, Edwin Hampton, Leah Goldblatt Lahasky, DCCCD Foundation President Betheny Reid, Saida Gulzar and Sarah Perez.
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Press contact: Kathye Hammontree
214-378-1536;
khammontree@dcccd.edu