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Looking Back…
Paying it Forward…
Watertown Rotary Club
Scholarship-Annual
Scholarship-Established
1963
The Watertown Rotary Club,
Club Number 4623, was
organized on October 14,
1914. Watertown was the
ninth club to be chartered
in New York State. The
formation of the Watertown Club was largely due to the efforts of
two merchants, Henry Butterworth and Lon P. Hall, and Secretary
of the Chamber of Commerce, Francis Lamon. The founders of the
Watertown Club charted the course which succeeding administrations
have followed. Good fellowship and community service were,
and still are, the principal objectives.
As Rotary grew, its mission expanded and Rotarians began pooling
their resources and contributing their talents to help serve communities
in need. Rotary’s motto, Service Above Self, exemplifies
the humanitarian spirit of the organization.
The Watertown Rotary Club Scholarship, established in 1963, is
Jefferson Community College’s oldest, active annual scholarship.
The club currently awards up to six scholarships in the amount of
$500 annually.
The Watertown Rotary Club Scholarship is restricted to residents
of Jefferson County with good academic potential demonstrating
financial need. Preference is given to a son or daughter of a Rotary
Club member.
The Jefferson Community College is immensely grateful for the
continued support and generosity of the Watertown Rotary Club!
Thank you for being a long-standing example of a civic organization
that believes in paying it forward!
Corporal William Brabant
Memorial Scholarship-
Endowed Scholarship-
Established 1968
Born on December 12, 1947,
William A. Brabant attended
Clayton Central High School,
graduating in 1965. He
completed his associate’s
degree in applied science
from Jefferson Community
College in 1967.
On November 14, 1967,
William enlisted in the
Army completing his basic
training at Fort Dix, New
Jersey. Promoted in Vietnam
to corporal, after having
completed tracking school
in the United States only ten
days earlier, Mr. Brabant was killed in action on October 8, 1968,
near Duc Pho, Vietnam, while serving as an infantryman in the 11th
Infantry Brigade of the Americal Division.
Remembering his brother, Peter Brabant said, “He was athletic, and
in high school he joined the football and wrestling teams. He loved
the outdoors and especially enjoyed being in and around water.
Today, I can still remember him traveling along the St. Lawrence
River in his Higgin’s boat. In the depths of fog concealing everyone,
people knew he was coming because his whistle always carried a
happy tune!”
As a remembrance of their brother and son, the Brabant family
created the Corporal William Brabant Memorial Scholarship
in 1968. They wanted his legacy of education and willingness to
thrive to live on in other students. The scholarship is awarded to
two students each year, graduates of the Thousand Islands Central
School District. One for a new freshman student, and the other for
a continuing student at JCC.
The Jefferson Community College Foundation is incredibly appreciative
of the Brabant family’s generosity and desire to turn a
tragic event into an extraordinary act of kindness; a true testament
to paying it forward!
For more information about either of these scholarships, please
visit www.sunyjefferson.edu/alumni-friends/jcc-foundation.
What’s New
Italian Arts Travel Abroad Scholarship
Opportunity for Summer 2016!
Sponsored by the Estate of Mrs. Frederick H. (Aline) Taylor of
Watertown, the Italian Art Scholarship allows students to spend
the month of July studying art at the Scuola Lorenzo de’Medici
in Florence, Italy. Each scholarship covers the cost of travel,
tuition, lodging, books, art supplies and meals. Students
are required to complete course(s) at the
Scuola Lorenzo de’Medici for which they will
be awarded college credit.
Student applicants must complete at
least 24 credit hours by the end of the
spring 2016 semester, have a grade point
average of 2.5 or above, and be enrolled
full-time at Jefferson in both the Fall 2015
and Spring 2016 semesters. Candidates are
also required to have taken at least one college
level art class prior to the trip.
The Italian Arts Scholarship application will be available November
2, 2015 at www.sunyjefferson.edu.
Beginning in the spring of 2016, Jefferson Community College will
begin using AcademicWorks, the leading provider of scholarship
management solutions for colleges, universities, and foundations.
The AcademicWorks Scholarship Management Module is
used by hundreds of institutions and foundations to improve the
compliance, utilization, and stewardship of scholarship funds,
while improving service to students, donors, and the community.
The Scholarship Management Module provides a central place for
financial aid and foundation staff to access all scholarship information
across campus and easily match students to the scholarships
best suited for them. Stay tuned for more information about this
innovative advancement!
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