By Mike Greife,
April 2, 2016
WARRENSBURG, MO – Two Kansas City area high school students were named recipients
of the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½â€™s 2016 Cesar E. Chavez Scholarships during a
ceremony Saturday, April 23. The presentation was part of the Cesar E. Chavez Day
celebration at the Guadalupe Center in Kansas City.
Deborah Curtis, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ provost and chief learning officer, and Monica Huffman, executive
assistant to ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ President Charles Ambrose and a member of the Chavez Scholarship
Committee, presented the scholarships Zachary Jaso, a senior at Olathe North High
School, and Aaliyah Hamilton, a senior at Raytown High School.
The university scholarships will provide financial assistance in the amount of $3,125
per year and are renewable until graduation if academic requirements are met. Both
recipients will use their scholarships to enter ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ in the fall, where Jaso plans
to study nutrition and Hamilton will study nursing.
While attending Olathe North, Jaso has participated varsity football and wrestling.
He also has been a member of the golf team and participated in Eagle Service Club.
At Raytown High School, Hamilton has participated in debate and softball. She is enrolled
in the A+ program and tutors younger students in English. She also is currently enrolled
in the Pre-Professional Nursing Program and ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½-Lee’s Summit.
Founded in 2004 as a cooperative effort between ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ and the Cesar Chavez Scholarship
Committee in Kansas City, the Cesar Scholarship is presented by ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ annually by during
the Cesar Chavez Festival in Kanas City to students planning to attend ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½.
