Scholarship Recipients

Scholarship Recipients 

More than 55 Tunxis students received awards and scholarships at the 41st Annual “Student Achievement Recognition Ceremony”, held this spring at CT State Tunxis campus, Farmington. 

Close to 37 scholarships and more than $60,000 in scholarship funds was awarded. 

TUNXIS FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS & AWARDS
(provided by Tunxis Foundation and Advisory Board, Inc.) 

Accounting Scholarship:  Natalie Ceglarz (Farmington) 

Allegion Scholarship:  Peter Bienasz (Plainville) 

Andrew Feiner Veteran Memorial Scholarship:  Clark Esopenko (Avon) 

Barnes Group Foundation Scholarship:  Daniele Serrano (Waterbury) 

Bencivengo Family Scholarship:  Lynn Grant (Wolcott) 

BlueStar Communications Group Scholarship:  Sarah Ladjel (Southington) 

Brigitte E. Spangberg Memorial Scholarship:  Danielle Jolicoeur (Torrington) 

Clinton S. Roberts Foundation Scholarship: 

  • Subrina Alvarez (Burlington) 
  • Nicholas Hernandez (New Britain) 
  • Amelia Kearney (Burlington) 
  • James Tommaselli (Meriden) 

Collinsville Bank Scholarship:  Christina Melewski (Bristol) 

CT Spring and Stamping Scholarship:  Christina Melewski (Bristol) 

CT State Tunxis Campus Memorial Scholarship:  ClaraSaige Walowski (Berlin) 

D’Amato Construction Company Scholarship:  Nino Miranda (Bristol) 

ESL & International Behnaz Perri Scholarship:  Virginia Maria Fagundes Lorena (Farmington) 

First Generation Scholarship:  Ashley Beltran (New Britain) 

Future Passport Scholarship: 

  • Bolin Li (West Hartford) 
  • Marta Okuniewska (New Britain) 

Graham Family Scholarship: 

  • Dominika Ciosek (New Britain) 
  • Jaheim Cousin (New Britain) 
  • Sara Cyr (Southington) 
  • Manahil Ebrahim (New Britian) 
  • Danielle Hajj (Quaker Hill) 
  • Jaryana Herrera (Wethersfield) 
  • Francesca Iuliano (Wallingford) 
  • Angel Maung (Avon) 
  • Geraldo Mejia (New Britain) 
  • Aliyaha Nance (New Britain) 
  • Nicholas Sarfo Jr. (Plainville) 
  • Stanislav Shvarhovskyi (Farmington) 
  • Jerusalem Turner (Southington) 
  • Kimberley Withers (Middletown) 
  • Francisco Zuniga (New Britain) 

Gregory and Helen G. Sneed Scholarship:  Christopher Rivera (New Britain) 

HireBridge Recruiting Scholarship:  Sarah Ladjel (Southington) 

Housing Authority of the City of Bristol Scholarship:  Nino Miranda (Bristol) 

Keith L. Madore Scholarship:  Virginia Maria Fagundes Lorena (Farmington) 

Kendall C. Scott Criminal Justice Scholarship:  Miguel Polanco (Newington) 

Peggy and Dick Ficks Memorial Scholarship:  Shima Shoubah (Bristol) 

Plan Properties Scholarship:  Kenneth Johnson (Avon) 

Progressive Student Textbook Scholarship:  Ronan Vegas Hernsdorf-Smith (Avon) 

Smith Family Scholarship:  Sebastian Tarasiuk (New Britain) 

Student Government Association Scholarship:  Nicholas Kafka (Southington) 

The Jackson Laboratory Scholarship: 

  • Theresa Nagujja (Bloomfield) 
  • Jessica Viggiano (Southington) 

Thomaston Savings Bank Scholarship:  Sebastian Tarasiuk (New Britain) 

Tinone Family Scholarship:  Subrina Alvarez (Burlington) 

TRUMPF Inc. Scholarship:  Shima Shoubah (Bristol) 

Tunxis Foundation Academic Excellence Scholarship: 

  • Amina Akberzai (New Britian) 
  • Cecilia Ancona (Newington) 
  • Xiaoping Fan (West Hartford) 
  • Alexander Cruz Lopez (Plainville) 
  • Viktoriia Kleshch (Bristol) 
  • Catherine Lazor (West Hartford) 
  • Alexis Macdonald (Plantsville) 
  • Sonia Damaris Rivera (New Britain) 
  • Allison Root (Southington) 
  • Elena Wojtowicz (Avon) 

Tunxis Foundation Academic Excellence Scholarship:  Daniel Andres Chavez Lopez (Hartford) 

Veterans’ OASIS Community Award: 

  • Miguel Polanco (Newington) 
  • Christopher Rivera (New Britain) 

Vitrano Family Scholarship:  Brittany Heitmann (Southington) 

Voight Family Memorial Scholarship:  Mirvat Jaser (Newington) 

Webster Bank Scholarship:  Kenneth Johnson (Avon)