Hundreds of students and donors gathered at the Joe White Memorial Gymnasium recently to celebrate Allan Hancock College Foundation’s annual scholarship awards. This year, 409 students received 578 scholarships totaling $725,000 — the most awarded in the foundation’s 49-year history, and a 20 percent increase over the previous year. A scholarship committee comprised of 12 Hancock faculty, staff and foundation board members chose this year’s recipients from more than 860 applications. […]
