Rogers Scholars Named at CSUSB-Palm Desert

Cal State San Bernardino’s Palm Desert Campus has announced the 18 recipients of the prestigious Rogers Scholars awards for the 2012-2013 academic year. 

The winner include Shannon Ashcom, Whitney Chavez, Amanda Emmett and Jonathan Maule of Palm Desert.  

The Mary Stuart Rogers Scholarship fund was established in 1994 to provide monetary awards for deserving students. Recipients, called Rogers Scholars, must demonstrate a sincere commitment to their own personal growth, compile outstanding academic records, demonstrate leadership qualities, and show a desire to serve their fellow students and communities. The award is a merit-based scholarship and only awarded to the top students at the campus.

Each year, the recipients of the scholarship are honored at a banquet where they meet John Rogers, the son of Mary Stuart Rogers, and his family. Since its establishment, the Rogers Scholarship has been awarded to more than 300 CSUSB Palm Desert Campus students, adding up to more than $1 million in awards. 

“Since I was a little girl, I have always wanted to be an elementary school teacher,” said Ashley Granik Orozco of Indio. “Thanks to the Mary Stuart Rogers Foundation, I am able to pursue my dream.”