Chris Hext, Community Affairs Manager for Lubrizol (far left), presented students from San Jacinto College Central's technical education programs with $500 scholarships on behalf of the Lubrizol Foundation.

Since 1983, the Lubrizol Corporation has partnered with San Jacinto College Central donating scholarships for students majoring in technical education programs and other areas of business and industry. Today's 32 scholarships totaled $16,000.

“I am so thankful for the unique partnership that San Jacinto College Central has had with Lubrizol,” said Dr. Steven F. Horton, Dean, Technical Education, San Jacinto College Central.  “For the past 23 years the Lubrizol scholarships have financially assisted students in receiving an education, an education that prepares students for employment in the petrochemical fields, as well as other areas of business and industry.  Only good things can be said about Lubrizol's continuing commitment to its neighboring educational communities.”

Including this year's donations, the Lubrizol Foundation has donated a total of $165,600 in scholarship funds to 471 San Jac students over the 24-years of the program.   Eighty of those have been awarded to Process Technology students.  The remaining 391 have been awarded to students studying Technical Education in areas such as Behavioral / Social Sciences, Business Administration, Fine Arts / Language Arts, Health Sciences, Industrial Technology and Services Technology.

To receive a Lubrizol Foundation scholarship, a student must be a full-time sophomore, have a 3.0 minimum grade point average (GPA) and major in one of San Jac Central's 34 technical education degree programs. Of the names submitted, a committee awards the students with the highest GPA.

“I believe in what San Jac does,” noted Chris Hext, Community Relations Manager at Lubrizol.  “I want to encourage all students to follow their dreams.”  Hext was on hand at today's ceremony to personally congratulate each student on his or her achievement.  Hext has several family members, including a son, who attended San Jacinto College, and feels a close connection to the program.

The 32 students who received the awards are: Russell Phillips, Thomas White, Spencer Seifert and Scottie Tudor from the Behavioral / Social Sciences and Business Administration Division; Justin Clark from the Fine Arts / Language Arts Division; Debra Goates, Maria Peña, Sonja Otwell, Michelle Patton, Hung Hoang, Ana Molina and Candace Lockwood from the Health Sciences Division; Steven Eilers, Marco Arlinas, Ryan Gilshenan, Hunter Lee and Scotty Walters, all automotive students from the Industrial Technology Division; Amiee Banks, Copal Frost, Eiko Takemoto, Brandon Williams, Lourdes Guenard, Dominick Capone and Albert DeBlanc, III, from the Services Technology Division; and Process Technology students Sukhpal Singh, Adam Koenig, Michael Vanya, Eduardo Guerra, Stanley Sovie, Joseph Bulpitt, Darrell Rollins and Sergio DeLemos.

For information about programs offered at San Jacinto College, please visit http://www.sanjac.edu/, or call 281-998-6150.