Central Piedmont’s Truist Honors Program is celebrating Marjorie Carihua Vela, the program’s second scholar to be selected as a semifinalist for the Jack Kent Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship.

Carihua Vela is a Truist Honors Scholar majoring in biology. She is set to graduate in spring 2025 with an associate in science on the Biological Sciences Pathway.

Carihua Vela plans to become a doctor to “motivate patients, create bonds with them, and provide the best services for their health.”

Additionally, Carihua Vela feels leadership is important “not only for bosses but for members of a community to learn how to collaborate with others.”

The Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship is a highly selective scholarship for the nation’s top community college students seeking to complete their bachelor’s degrees at four-year colleges or universities. Each Cooke Scholar has access to generous financial support for two to three years, college planning support, ongoing advising, and the opportunity to connect with the thriving community of fellow Scholars.

Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship recipients will be announced in early May.

If you are interested in future Jack Kent Cooke scholarship opportunities, please reach out to Central Piedmont’s Jack Kent Cooke campus representative, Deninne Pritchett, PhD, ACUE.