MCC Foundation Scholarship Supports Female Cambodian Students

The Middlesex Community College Foundation, in partnership with the Chelly Foundation, has established a new scholarship to provide educational assistance for female students of Cambodian heritage.

The new Chelly Foundation Scholarship will help cover tuition, fees, books, materials and other eligible costs for up to three students during the 2018-19 academic year.

“Middlesex is deeply grateful to the Chelly Foundation for establishing this unique scholarship,” said Virak Uy, Director of MCC’s Program for Asian American Student Advancement (PAASA). “Receiving such financial assistance can really make a difference to Asian and Asian-American women who want to stay in school, complete their degree, and continue their education.”

Through the Asian American Connections Center on the Lowell campus, PAASA provides Asian and Asian-American students a range of support services and co-curricular activities designed to improve their college-going experience, as well as their completion and transfer outcomes.

Located in Maryland, the Chelly Foundation has a mission to support positive changes in people’s lives – especially children – through literacy, education and other means. Since 2015, the foundation has been providing educational opportunities, primarily to young women from villages in the Chumkuri District of Kampot Province in Cambodia.

“Hopefully, Middlesex students who receive a stipend from the Chelly Foundation will be able to complete their studies and go on to receive a further degree or get a good job,” said Jason R. Baron, Founder & President of the Chelly Foundation.

“Chelly Scholarship students should know they serve as role models for the thousands of young women in rural villages in Cambodia who can only hope for such an opportunity to go to and succeed in college.”

For more information about the Chelly Foundation, visit: https://www.thechellyfoundation.org

For further information about MCC Foundation Scholarships, visit: https://www.middlesex.mass.edu/foundation/scholarships

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