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Graduation Awards (awarded in Spring ONLY)
A Graduation Award is a financial reward to a graduating student, which recognizes academic performance, and/or service to the College or community. Awards are intended to encourage and enable students to pursue baccalaureate studies at accredited institutions. Graduation Awards and terms to qualify for awards available from Roxbury Community College Foundations are listed herewith. In cases where acceptance to a four year college or a minimum GPA is required students must submit a copy of their acceptance letters and/ or transcript with their completed application.
Letitia Garafolo Endowed Award
The Letitia Garafalo Endowed Award is made possible by a memorial contribution in her name. A native of Quincy, Massachusetts, Ms. Garafalo used her knowledge of languages to live and work in communities around the world. This $500 award is made to a graduating African American student who has demonstrated academic merit at Roxbury Community College and who received need-based assistance while a student at the College.
Francina E. Copeland Gelzer Endowed Award
Given in honor of this lifelong Roxbury resident who had an abiding commitment to education. This $250 award is made to an African-American student who achieved at least a 3.00 grade point average at Roxbury Community College and who has been accepted at a four-year college and will be pursuing a baccalaureate degree.
Therese Dutile Giles Award
The Therese Dutile Giles Award was created and funded by her family (including Sterling Giles, Chair of the English as a Second Language at Roxbury Community College) to honor her memory. This $500 award is given to the graduating student who mastered English as a Second language and provided exemplary service to the college and /or community.
James H. Caesar Endowed Award
This award is made possible through the generosity of James H. Caesar to honor the opportunities the Roxbury community and this country provided him. From the earnings of the endowed fund, preference in making this $500 award is accorded to a graduating student who attended the Cooper Community Center of Roxbury or the Roxbury Boys and Girls Club. If no qualified student meets this criterion, the award will be made to a graduate who resides in Roxbury.
Claudia J. Tucker Award
The Claudia J. Tucker Award is made possible by the generosity of professor emeritus of Social Science, Royal C. Tucker. The $500 award is given to a graduating student who had been accepted to a four-year college and who will be pursuing a baccalaureate degree.
Sapers Family Opportunity Awards
These awards are made possible through the generosity of William. R. Sapers, a former member of the Roxbury Community College Foundation board and his family. The up to 10 awards are intended to encourage outstanding graduates of the College to pursue baccalaureate degrees by providing grants and low interest loans (1%) , repayments of which to begin six months after graduation or less depending on full-time enrollment at the transfer institution.
Qualified students receive a loan of $1000 and a grant of $1000, a total of $2000. Awardees must provide the Roxbury Community College Foundation with copies of acceptance letters, class schedules, financial aid awards and transcript release forms from the transfer institution and are required to sign a promissory note accepting the terms of the loan.
RCCF Excellence Scholarship Award
This $1000 award is given annually to the valedictorian. The student (s) must have earned at least 50 credits at Roxbury Community College and have been accepted at a four year college and will be pursuing a baccalaureate degree.
Recipients must provide the Roxbury Community College Foundation with copies of acceptance letters, class schedules financial aid awards and transcript release forms from the transfer institution.
Selection of Recipients
The Foundation will forward scholarship applications and supporting materials to the College’s Scholarship & Honors Committee for deliberation and selections. Information detailing each scholarship’s terms (e.g., transcript, merit, full/part-time, major, short essay, need, etc.) should accompany the applications. Once determined, the names of awardees will be forwarded to the Foundation.
Notification of Awards
The Foundation will notify recipients, taking care to verify the criteria and terms of the respective scholarships or awards.
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