LCCC Summer Bucknell Scholars

Six Lehigh Carbon Community College (LCCC) students are participating in the Bucknell Community College Scholars program (BCCSP), a fully paid six-week residential academic program for high-achieving students at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pa.

LCCC 2016 graduate Jennifer Marouchoc (Nesquehoning resident/Panther Valley High School graduate), who participated in the 2015 summer program, was invited back this summer to serve as one of three teaching assistants. She will transfer to Bucknell as a junior in the fall along with recent LCCC graduates and former BCCSP participants Zachary Sisson (Northwestern Lehigh High School graduate) and Gabe Scott (Palmerton High School graduate) under full tuition scholarships.

Participants in the summer program are Carl Silverstein (Palmerton resident), Jeffrey Mandrell (Allentown resident/Dieruff High School graduate, US Marine Corps vet), Jeff Tauber (Allentown resident/William Allen High School graduate), Bao Nguyen (Whitehall resident/Whitehall High School graduate), Amanda Jo Lazowicki (Allentown resident/Salisbury High School graduate) and Flutura Berisha (Allentown resident/Parkland High School graduate).

Since the beginning of the partnership in 2007, 36 students from LCCC have been admitted as juniors with full tuition scholarships to Bucknell University. The LCCC cohort holds a 100 percent graduation rate, having now graduated a total of 29 students. Four seniors and (now) three juniors will be attending in the fall.

Qualified students for the 2017 BCCSP summer cohort are now being identified. Eligibility requirements are listed at www.lccc.edu/transferscholarships. For more information, please contact Ginny Mihalik, transfer counselor/professor and advisor at LCCC, at vmihalik@lccc.edu.