annual scholarships
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FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENT IS UP FOR THE CHALLENGE
Tylynn Davidson ʼ23 received the 2022 Max and Marian Farash Foundation First in Family Scholarship. The oldest of five children, Tylynn was born in Rochester and raised by her mother, who instilled a strong work ethic and ensured she was given the best opportunities and exposure to everything life offers.
Tylynn graduated from World of Inquiry in the Rochester City School District with an advanced Regents diploma. She also was on the volleyball team and played flute in the band. In her spare time, she started her own small business selling self-defense key chains and worked at Wegmans.
The first member of her family to attend college, Tylynn chose to stay in state and attend Monroe Community College to be a role model to her younger siblings. She was ecstatic when she received the Farash Foundation First in Family Scholarship, which covers all qualifying educational expenses for students who are the first person in their family to attend college. This includes tuition, books, fees, supplies, meals and housing, and recipients are required to live on campus. The Farash Foundation also provides mentoring and other support and regularly convenes all of its Farash scholars for enrichment activities.
Upon graduation from MCC, Farash scholars may continue to receive their scholarship if they transfer to a Rochester-area four-year university. Tylynn is part of the 11th cohort of Farash First in Family Scholars.
Sheʼs majoring in biology with the goal of being a pharmacist and is humble about her accomplishments: She made the Deanʼs List her first semester and took courses during the 2023 winter and summer breaks to get ahead of her studies.
After she completes her associate degree, Tylynn plans to transfer to St. John Fisher University to earn bachelor and doctoral degrees in pharmacy. “MCC and the Farash Foundation First in Family Scholarship made the start of my journey possible,” she said. “I am forever grateful.”
Tylynn Davidson ʼ23
“It is a true blessing. Knowing that my mom can focus on the needs of my younger siblings is the greatest gift I could give her.”
— Tylynn Davidson ʼ23
ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
Altrusa International of Rochester Scholarship
The Alvin F. and Ruth K. Thiem Foundation Nursing Scholarship
Baldwin Richardson Foods Workforce Training Scholarship
Baldwin Richardson Foods Young Women’s College Prep Scholarship
The Bernice and George J. Coury Memorial Scholarship
Center for Youth Scholarship
Charles Lynch Memorial Scholarship
Charles R. Salamone Women’s Soccer Scholarship
Computer Information Systems Scholarship
Dakota Podlaski Memorial Scholarship
David L. Pogue Scholarship
David Raymond Coates Memorial Scholarship
Deputy Galen J. Herren Memorial Scholarship
Dilek Ogut Memorial Scholarship
The Don Beech ESOL Program Scholarship
Dr. Raymond T. Ruff, Jr. Accounting Award
Eastridge High School “AVID” Scholarship for Academic Excellence
Education Design Lab Scholarship
Elisa Mlynar Scholarship for Sign Language Interpretation
Ellsworth M. Statler Scholarship Award
Empire State Diversity Honors Scholarship
Empowerment for Change Scholarship
Epsilon Xi, University of Rochester School of Nursing Scholarship
Erin Leigh Brooks Student Fund for Human Services
ESL Finish Strong Scholarship Fund
Experiential Learning Scholarship
Farash Foundation First in Family Scholarship at Monroe Community College
Finger Lakes Dental Care Scholarship
Frankie Valente Scholarship
The Gary M. and Kathleen O. Austin Scholarship Fund
Gavi Springut Scholarship
Gene Haas Scholarship
General Applied Technologies Department Scholarship
General Business Administration & Economics Department Scholarship
General Engineering Science & Physics Department Scholarship
General Engineering Technologies Department Scholarship
General ESOL & Transitional Studies Department Scholarship
General Hospitality Department Scholarship
General Human Services Department Scholarship
General Law & Criminal Justice Department Scholarship
General Nursing Department Scholarship
General Optics Scholarship Fund
General Public Safety Training Center Scholarship
General Scholarship Fund
General Veteran Services Scholarship
General Visual & Performing Arts Department Scholarship
Geneseo Positive Leadership Award
Gold Star Gala Scholarships
Harry Germanow Scholarship Fund
Helen Elam MCC Scholarship
Holocaust Genocide Human Rights Project Scholarship
Hope Rising Scholarship
Horkheimer Family Memorial Scholarship
Jennifer Jaruzel Memorial Biology Department Scholarship
John Gmitter Scholarship
John J. Trevisan Student Leadership Award
John N. Warren Memorial Scholarship Fund
Johnson Family Surgical Technology Scholarship
Joseph W. Galasso, Jr. ’74 Scholarship for Army Veterans
Juliane Marino Memorial Scholarship Fund for Student Nurses
Laura Jane (Murphy) Bryant Scholarship for Paralegal Studies
Lauren Dixon Scholarship for Women in Business & Marketing
LeChase Constructions Services, LLC Scholarship Fund
Lena M. Gantt Scholarship
Lewis Tree Service Scholarship
Linda Curran ’79 Memorial Student Aide Scholarship
Lt. Michael J. Chiapperini and Tomasz M. Kaczowka Memorial Scholarship
Margaret Wall Memorial Scholarship
Mark Harris Memorial Scholarship
The Martha Maher-Garcia Memorial Scholarship
Mary Cariola Scholarship
Mary P. Nolan Performing Arts Scholarship
MCC Alumni Employees Scholarship
MCC/RIT 1 + 3 Scholarship
“MCC Scholars” funded by The Alvin F. and Ruth K. Thiem Foundation
MCC Student Association Student Leadership Scholarship
Men of Excellence Scholarship Fund
Michael Capogreco Memorial Scholarship
Monroe Community College Scholarship for Hispanic Students
Morrie E. and Anna B. Silver Baseball Scholarship
Native American Education Scholarship
Officer Daryl Pierson Memorial Scholarship
OPTICA (Rochester Section) in Memory of Bob Novak
Ortho Clinical Diagnostics Scholarship
Owen Schwartz Memorial Scholarship Fund
Paralegal Studies Restricted Scholarship
The Parker Family Scholarship for Welding Excellence
Patrick P. Lee Foundation Scholarship Fund
Professor Mitchell H. Redlo Commitment to Excellence Scholarship
The Richard A. Nasca Memorial Scholarship for Optics Excellence
Richard Barton Memorial Scholarship Fund
Robert Novak Scholarship Fund
Robert Zajkowski Music Scholarship
Rochester Automobile Dealers Association Scholarship
Rochester Hispanic Business Association Scholarship
Sadie L. Wilson Scholarship
Salamone Family Scholarship Fund
Scholars’ Day Restricted Scholarship Fund
Scholarship Open Scholarships
Segar & Sciortino Scholarship in Paralegal Studies
Shivlal and Vijyaben Rajparia Memorial Scholarship Fund
Star Power Giving Initiative
The Starfish Scholarship Fund
Student Nurses’ Association Future of Nursing Scholarship
Summers Career Technical Education Scholarship
Suzanne Jacobs McKim Memorial Scholarship
Sylvia B. Turner Memorial Scholarship
Teresa C. Schottler Memorial Scholarship
The Theodore A. Krupnicki Future Fabricators Scholarship
Thomas F. and Annie A. Murray Memorial Scholarship
Tim Karnisky Memorial Scholarship for Firefighters
Tony Lambiase, Jr. Memorial Firefighters’ Scholarship
The Touhsaent Family Scholarship
Urban League Black Scholarships in memory of Annette Rouse
Vasant N. Asgaonkar Scholarship
Women of Excellence Scholarship Fund
The Women’s Club of Webster Nursing Scholarship
Woods Oviatt Gilman Scholarship for Paralegal Excellence