{"id":790,"date":"2017-12-11T16:49:18","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T21:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsettlement.org\/cac\/?p=790"},"modified":"2018-03-16T11:14:30","modified_gmt":"2018-03-16T15:14:30","slug":"jefferson-ortega-is-cacnys-first-transfer-scholarship-recipient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsettlement.org\/cac\/2017\/12\/11\/jefferson-ortega-is-cacnys-first-transfer-scholarship-recipient\/","title":{"rendered":"Jefferson Ortega is CACNY&#8217;s First Transfer Scholarship Recipient"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsettlement.org\/cac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/12\/Jefferson-Ortega-Scholarship.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2079 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/newsettlement.org\/cac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/12\/Jefferson-Ortega-Scholarship-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsettlement.org\/cac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/12\/Jefferson-Ortega-Scholarship-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newsettlement.org\/cac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/12\/Jefferson-Ortega-Scholarship-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newsettlement.org\/cac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/12\/Jefferson-Ortega-Scholarship-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/newsettlement.org\/cac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/12\/Jefferson-Ortega-Scholarship-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/newsettlement.org\/cac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/12\/Jefferson-Ortega-Scholarship.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Jefferson Ortega, a participant of New Settlement&#8217;s College Success Program, is the first recipient of the <a href=\"https:\/\/cacnyinc.org\">College Access Consortium of New York&#8217;s<\/a> (CACNY) Michael D. Cobbins Memorial Transfer Student Scholarship.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"x_gmail_default\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">In 2017, CACNY established the\u00a0<em>Michael D. Cobbins Memorial Transfer Student Scholarship<\/em>. Michael D. Cobbins,\u00a0a two-time SUNY alumnus who received both his Associate and<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Bachelor&#8217;s degrees from SUNY schools, returned to SUNY as a professional staff member<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">in<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">the late 1980s. He was a champion for college access and success in addition to being a staunch advocate and fighter for the rights of students at SUNY.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"x_gmail_default\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"x_gmail_default\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Jefferson Ortega, graduate of La Guardia Community College (LAGCC), was recognized at the December 2017 CACNY General Body Meeting as the first<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">recipient of the\u00a0<\/span><em style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Inaugural Michael D. Cobbins Memorial Transfer Student Scholarship.<\/em><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">\u00a0Jefferson is an aspiring engineer with plans to focus on environmental sustainability at either University of Buffalo or City College. CACNY congratulates Jefferson and wishes him the best in his future endeavors.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jefferson Ortega, a participant of New Settlement&#8217;s College Success Program, is the first recipient of the College Access Consortium of New York&#8217;s (CACNY) Michael D. Cobbins Memorial Transfer Student Scholarship. In 2017, CACNY established the\u00a0Michael D. Cobbins Memorial Transfer Student Scholarship. Michael D. 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