Barbara Davis-Lyman is currently the Vice President of the Renaissance Society at Sacramento State University. Following is a quote from her - “My adult life has been spent helping others to “level the playing field” for children and families: As a founding member of...

SCC Dr. Barbara Dunn Cooke and Attorney Randolph Cooke-Nursing/Teaching Profession Scholarship-Emeriti

ARC Ronald K. Rose Scholarship In honor of ARC mathematics professor Ronald K. Rose.

The Bernard Osher Foundation, headquartered in San Francisco, was started in 1977 by Bernard Osher, a respected businessman and community leader. The Foundation seeks to improve quality of life through support for higher education and the arts. The Foundation...

SCC Harold M. and Elizabeth G. Kimball

Betty Glyer-Culver created this scholarship in loving memory of her father, Gordon Robert Glyer, April 13, 1935 – January 15, 2023 Gordon Robert Glyer took his final checkered flag on January 15, 2023. He was a man born with motor oil in his veins. Known for being...

ARC Bill J. Priest – was the first president of American River College from 1955-1965.

SCC Bob Martinez-Sheriff Coroner Yolo County Scholarship

The SpaceFox Scholarship for Re-emerging Scholars is named after Breece (SpaceFox) Phipps. Growing up, his grandfather worked for a company called Aerojet Rocketdyne in Sacramento, CA. Specifically, he helped assemble the Rocketdyne F-1 engines for NASA’s Saturn V...

ARC Peggy Kraus-Kennedy. Peggy Kraus-Kennedy worked at American River College from 1966 to 2002. Most of that time she taught a variety of classes in the English Department. She believes that her own college education shaped for life for the better because it...

ARC Bud Gardner Writing For Publication.

ARC Diane Lee Memorial Scholarship. Diane Lee attended American River College in the late 1960s before transferring to Sacramento State. She loved her years spent at ARC, especially since she attended with her cousin, Terry. Diane valiantly fought colon cancer for...

ARC Marie Perino Business Scholarship

ARC California American Water

In January of 1935 the State Capital Area division became the fifth to affiliate with CalRTA and become the northern-most division. From the original nine charter members, we have grown to 1100 members in 27 states, Australia and Mexico. Division 5 has a long history...

Camille Pond is the donor to the Stephen W. Pond Memorial Scholarship, which is memory of her late husband, Stephen Pond. Camille and Stephen met at Sacramento City College in 1962 and were married in 1964. They had three children and lived in Land Park area, in...

Carol Ann Hackley and Dennis Cusick created the Alice and Charles Cusick Memorial Scholarship endowment to honor the memory of their parents, Alice and Charles Cusick.

Carol Denison is the donor to the Betty Denison Memorial Scholarship, in memory of her mother, Betty Denison. Betty Denison passed away in 2021 at the age of 97 after living a life of service to others. Betty was a dedicated part of the PTA for over 30 years, serving...

SCC George S. and Jean Turpen Forbes Memorial

Cesar Farok Pardede is a first-generation Indonesian-American and US Marine veteran who attended Sacramento City College from 2012-2014, and later went on to obtain a BS in Mathematics from UC Davis, and a MS in Statistics from CSU Fullerton. Since December 2021, he...

SCC Jump Start Scholarship

ARC Physics Department

SCC Charlotte Wehrman Scholarship

ARC Teresita T. Villanueva Memorial Teresita Tupaz Villanueva obtained her BS in Nursing at the University of the Philippines and her MS degree in Nursing and MS in Education at the Loyola University in Chicago, Illinois. Teresita taught nursing at ARC for...

ARC Christiane G. Morgan Memorial Christiane Morgan was born in Paris, France, on November 15, 1925, the only child of Maurice and Marguerite Gauignier. She grew up in Paris and was educated at the Institute de la Madeleine, an exclusive private girls’ school. After...

ARC Allen J. Chinn Memorial