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New scholarship benefits
Construction Trades students SPINDALE (Aug. 17, 2009) - Phillip Kurkendall and Tyler Wellborn, students in the Construction Trades program at Isothermal Community College, are the inaugural recipients of the new Rutherford County Homebuilders Association Scholarship. The awards were given by the Rutherford County Homebuilders Association. This year, the scholarships were made in memory of Joe Robbins, one of the founders of the association. Recently, the association decided to sell its old headquarters building off of Withrow Road. It decided to use the proceeds to set up a scholarship program, said the association’s president, Mike Gilbert. |
 Mike Gilbert, president of the Rutherford County Homebuilders Association and owner of A&G Construction, congratulates Phillip Kurkendall and Tyler Wellborn as the first recipients of the association’s new scholarship for Construction Trades students at Isothermal Community College. This year’s scholarship was given in memory of Joe Robbins, one of the association’s founders. Chester Melton, Construction Trades instructor, helped coordinate the effort. Pictured (from left to right) are Melton, Gilbert, Kurkendall and Wellborn. |
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“We wanted to give back to the community and show support for the college and these fine students,” said Gilbert, the owner of commercial builder A&G Construction. “Chester Melton is doing a lot of good over here with this program and we wanted to give these students some help as they learn more about the construction business.” Kurkendall and Wellborn will receive $3,000 from the
merit-based scholarship to pay for books and tuition while they study
Construction Trades at Isothermal. |
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Mike Gavin Director of Marketing and Community Relations Isothermal Community College mgavin@isothermal.edu 828-286-3636, ext. 206 www.isothermal.edu Creating Success Hope, Opportunity, Jobs |
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