Carolina First

UNC honors 46 with Johnston Scholarships

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill recently honored 29 first-year and 17 new nursing students with its most prestigious need-based merit awards, the annual James M. Johnston Scholarships. The first-year scholarships are renewable for three more years of study.

Twenty in-state and nine out-of-state students won the awards.All students with financial need are considered for Johnston Scholarships, but merit determines the winners. Awards vary among recipients according to need. Graduate students among the nursing recipients receive $8,000 per year.

UNC awarded more than $315,000 to entering first-year students, more than $35,000 to new undergraduate nursing students and $112,000 to new graduate nursing students, for a total of more than more than $462,000 in new Johnston Scholarships this year. Awards for new and returning Johnston Scholars totaled more than $1.35 million.

Johnston Scholars have numerous opportunities to widen their intellectual horizons and grow personally and socially, said Dan Thornton, Ph.D., associate director of the Office of Scholarships and Student Aid. Each is assigned a faculty mentor who organizes extracurricular learning opportunities and offers friendship, guidance and support.

“The Johnston Awards Program is the perfect melding of the University's goals of access and excellence, and has been providing scholarships and enrichment opportunities to outstanding students for nearly 40 years,” Thornton said. “We're excited about this incoming class of Johnston Scholars, as they represent one of the most accomplished cohorts of scholars admitted to UNC.”

The scholars suggest topics for Johnston seminars, taught each semester by Carolina faculty or distinguished visitors and offered for academic credit. Scholars are given preference for enrollment in the seminars. The scholars also plan and execute an annual spring issues forum.

The awards are funded by the Johnston Trust of Chevy Chase, Md., founded by the late James M. Johnston, an Orange County native and UNC student (1912-15) who established a successful investment banking firm in Washington, D.C., and owned the Washington Senators baseball team in the 1960s.

Undergraduates entering the School of Nursing as juniors and graduate nursing students are eligible for Johnston Nursing Awards, a special focus of the Johnston program. Winners are included in most of the Johnston program’s special events, and a senior award is given annually for the most outstanding nursing student.

Nineteen of the 2009 Johnston Scholarship recipients are listed below alphabetically by North Carolina county and then by state. One in-state freshman did not submit information for the news release. After this list are 16 of the Johnston Nursing Scholarship recipients.

NORTH CAROLINA:

Catawba
Andrew Morgan Benton, Saint Stephens High School, son of Julie and Bernard Benton of Hickory.

Chatham
Norma Jisselle Lopez Perdomo, Jordan Matthews High School, daughter of Norma Perdomo of Siler City.

Gaston
Jessica Leigh Parks, Forestview High School, daughter of Robert Parks of Gastonia.
Stanley ShengHay Wong, Forestview High School, son of Amy Chan of Gastonia.

Greene
Rebecca Brooke Letchworth, Greene Central High School, daughter of Rita and Jeff Letchworth of Walstonburg.

Guilford                       
Hannah Marie Smith, Western Guilford High School, daughter of Ellen and Spencer Smith of Greensboro.

Harnett
Thomas Edwin Bass, Triton High School, son of Betty and Kenneth Bass of Dunn.

Timothy Edwin Bass, Triton High School, son of Betty and Kenneth Bass of Dunn. 

Hyde
Rachel Anne Haggerty, N.C. School of Science and Mathematics in Durham, daughter of Mary Haggerty of Ocracoke Island.

Iredell
Dylan James Greenleaf of Mooresville, Lake Norman High School, son of Colleen Kinslow and Mark Greenleaf (no addresses provided).

Johnston
Nicholas Thomas Perfetto, West Johnston High School, son of Melanie and Edmond Perfetto of Willow Springs.

Mecklenburg
Katherine Elisabeth Dill, Myers Park High School, daughter of Katie and Robert Dill of Charlotte.

William Patrick Rimer, Providence High School, son of Sue and Phil Rimer of Charlotte.

New Hanover
*Natalie Lorraine Fletcher, Jesse O. Sanderson High School in Raleigh, daughter of Gail Pelletier of Raleigh and Walt Fletcher of Wilmington.

Pamlico
Xiao Fu Liu, Pamlico County High School, daughter of Min and Bao Liu of Grantsboro.

Rockingham
Coran Jahrel Reed Coley, Reidsville High School, son of Sandra Coley of Reidsville and Ricky Coley (no address provided).

Nicholas Ian Cruise, John Motley Morehead High School, son of Tina Cruise of Eden and Jon Cruise of Stoneville.

Surry
Ricardo Lee Ruvio, Surry Central High School, son of Mary Noah of Dobson and Gerardo Ruvio (no address provided).
   
Wake
Jennifer Guerra, Panther Creek High School, daughter of Jeanne and Rick Guerra of Cary.

*Natalie Lorraine Fletcher, Jesse O. Sanderson High School, daughter of Gail Pelletier of Raleigh and Walt Fletcher of Wilmington.

OUT-OF-STATE:

Florida
Marisa Paola Orbea, Coral Gables Senior High School, daughter of Diana and Fausto Orbea of Miami.

New Hampshire
Stephanie Ann Jones, Pembroke Academy, daughter of Elizabeth Jones and Jim Robinson of Epsom.

New York
Jason Alexander Bastida, Great Neck North High School, son of Cecilia Hoyos of Great Neck.

Ohio
Elizabeth Caitlin Moroney, Westlake High School, daughter of Mary Jo and William Moroney of Westlake.

Rhode Island
Sarah Genetti, Barrington High School, daughter of Barbara and Michael Genetti of Barrington.

South Carolina
Seth Turner Zissette, Barnwell High School, son of Lisa and Keith Zissette of Barnwell.

Tennessee
Andrew Richard Cooter, West High School, son of Linda and Jeff Welch of Knoxville.

Virginia
Malaika Esther Pacqué, McLean High School, daughter of Sara Pacqué- Margolis and Michel Pacqué of McLean.

Wisconsin
Kelly Margaret LeDoux, Wauwatosa West High School, daughter of Margaret and John LeDoux of Wauwatosa.

Johnston Undergraduate Nursing Scholars:

North Carolina:

Cabarrus
*Corinne Marie Arundell, East Mecklenburg High School, daughter of Beth Bryenton of Matthews and Joseph Arundell of Concord.

Halifax
Casey Elaina Green, Roanoke Rapids High School, daughter of Sharon Green of Roanoke Rapids.

Mecklenburg
*Corinne Marie Arundell, East Mecklenburg High School, daughter of Beth Bryenton of Matthews and Joseph Arundell of Concord.

Diego Alejandro Rojas, Olympic High School, son of Helena Tapia of Charlotte.

Johnston Graduate Nursing Scholars (One recipient did not submit information):

North Carolina:

Durham
Megan Renae Allison, Durham, graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill

Amber    Stewart Andrews, Durham, graduate of the Medical College of Georgia

Jennifer Lynn Stroud, Durham, graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill

Orange
Kathryn Marie    Bauk, Chapel Hill, graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill
   
Allison Rae Bean, Chapel Hill, graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill

SuKyung Kim, Chapel Hill, graduate of Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea

Christina Martinez Kim, Hillsborough, graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill

Mecklenburg
Lindsay Katherine Buchert, Charlotte, graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill

Wake
Shannon Hennessy Ford, Raleigh, graduate of UNC-Wilmington

Kinsey  Christiansen Goodman, Apex, graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill

Marjorie Alyse Thompson, Morrisville , graduate of Fairleigh Dickinson University

Out-of-state:

New York
Mitchell Jason    Goldman, Brooklyn, graduate of Brown University

Pennsylvania
Morris    Bruce Hamburg, Lansdale, graduate of Pennsylvania State University

Office of Scholarships and Student Aid contact: Dan Thornton, (919) 962-4168
News Services contact: LJ Toler, (919) 962-8589

Aug. 24, 2006