Donors

The Del Mar-Leucadia Branch California, Inc., is a branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW). The AAUW Del Mar-Leucadia branch was founded in 1955 to serve the San Diego North County coastal communities of La Costa, Leucadia, Encinitas, Olivenhain, Cardiff-by-the-Sea, Rancho Santa Fe, Solana Beach, Del Mar, and Carmel Valley.
Friendship, networking, community action projects, education, and fundraising are just some of the aspects that attract members to our organization.
Mission Statement: The purpose of AAUW is to promote equity for all women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy and research.

Scholarship criteria:  Student must be receiving a Califonia College Promise Grant (CCPG), have completed 24 or more degree applicable units, have stated career goals, a 2.0 GPA or higher, majoring in Nursing.

MiraCosta College Service Learning Program.  Service learning is a form of experiential education that partners academic instruction with community service. Students learn through participation in thoughtfully organized service activities that are course relevant and meet actual community needs.  Each semester approximately 60 courses at MiraCosta College offer a service component either as an option or a requirement. Students are placed in non-profit organizations and public schools where they provide a variety of support services. These placements allow students to apply course theory in real world settings while making valuable community contributions.

California Coast Credit Union Service Learning Scholarship
This scholarship is for MiraCosta College students with a GPA of 3.0 or higher. Student must be currently enrolled in 9 or more units at MiraCosta College, be a U.S. citizen or resident alien, and involved with student leadership activities on campus and/or completed 25 hours of volunteer/service learning at a nonprofit or K-12 educational facility that is documented through the MiraCosta Service Learning and Volunteer Center. 

The Carlsbad Garden Club has been around since 1932, and continually brings together individuals that all have one common passion - gardening. The club has the purpose to stimulate knowledge and love of gardening among amateurs, to aid in the protection of native plants, trees and birds, and to aid and encourage civic planting and beautification.
The Carlsbad Garden Club promotes gardening through their philanthropic investment in the community via scholarship funding.

 

The Carlsbad Hi-Noon Rotary Club, chartered in 1980, has over 90 members. It sponsors an active Interact Club at Carlsbad High School. Each year it sends both facilitators and students to the annual RYLA conference and to the Rotary District's LEAD program for eighth graders. Each third grader in the Carlsbad Unified School District also receives his/her own dictionary from Carlsbad Hi-Noon Rotary. The club co-sponsors the Rotary Oktoberfest jointly with the Carlsbad (evening) Club held on the first Saturday in October. Proceeds from this event are shared with nonprofit community organizations and are used by the club for local community service projects. Additionally, the club sponsors an annual Golf Tournament with all proceeds used to fund scholarships for graduating high school students and for U.S. Marines continuing their educations at MiraCosta College.
 The Club produces an AVID conference for students at Carlsbad High School, and provides physical and financial service to a literacy project at Jefferson Elementary School, the Carlsbad Educational Foundation, the Aqua Hedionda Lagoon Foundation, the Police and Fire Explorers, the Assistance League of the North Coast, Meals on Wheels, Veterans Association of North County, La Posada, the Carlsbad Christmas Bureau, Stand Up For Kids, Solutions for Change and a variety of other nonprofit organizations. 
The Club's International team assists in a variety of ways, including the building of a house in Tijuana, Mexico each year.  Schools in Belize now have potable water, electricity via a solar system, and computers as a result of Hi-Noon Rotary.  We assist in disaster relief, polio eradication, potable water and other projects worldwide.

Fallbrook Garden Club, founded in 1931, is one of the oldest clubs in the California Garden Clubs, Inc. (CGCI) family with over 150 men and women dedicated to creating and promoting an interest in horticulture, Floral and landscape design, conservation and preservation of natural resources, and civic and environmental responsibility
The Fallbrook Garden Club offers member education through speakers, workshops, tours and field trips, the opportunity for community involvement and civic beautification, public education through flower shows and garden tours, youth programs and scholarships. And above all, friendship and fun!  Fallbrook is located in the beautiful, rolling hills of north San Diego County and the Mediterranean climate allows them to grow almost anything.

For more than 30 years, Genentech has been following the science, seeking solutions to unmet medical needs. As a proud member of the Roche Group, they make medicines to treat patients with serious medical conditions.  Genentech has an extensive track record in all phases of bringing new disease treatments to patients — from discovery research through clinical development, manufacturing, and commercialization. With multiple protein-based products on the market for serious or life-threatening medical conditions, Genentech has experience taking a drug from A to Z, transforming the seed of an idea in a lab into a novel therapy for a patient in need.
Genentech was the first biotechnology company to scale up protein manufacturing successfully from the small quantities used for research to the much larger quantities needed for clinical trials and marketing.  Over the last two decades, Genentech has built world-class production facilities, developed expertise in commercially viable manufacturing processes, and also attracted and retained key personnel with experience in all aspects of large-scale biologics manufacturing. Genentech's manufacturing expertise, capacity and portfolio of capacity enhancement projects position the company well to meet the internally forecasted demands for our products. Our dedication to world-class biologics manufacturing and our careful planning for the future will assist us in continuing to deliver innovative therapies to patients with serious and life-threatening diseases. Genentech's manufacturing network, fully integrated into the Roche Group, includes bulk drug manufacturing in its California locations of South San Francisco, Vacaville, and Oceanside, and fill/finish operations in Hillsboro, Oregon.

Pride Resource Partners LLC is a certified minority-owned business enterprise providing outsourced facilities planning and management, construction planning and management, engineering, and other highly technical consulting services.
 
Founder and CEO Joe Maak is an active member of San Diego's LGBTQIA community with a special interest in preventing bullying. He funded an endowed scholarship here at MiraCosta in support of a community of students who, in addition to the typical academic stress felt by college students, experience high rates of mental health issues, homelessness and substance abuse, and for whom institutional support is not always present or obvious.
 
This scholarship is for students who have completed six units or more at MiraCosta College with a GPA of 2.0 or greater, and demonstrate financial need. Qualified candidates must be students planning to continue at MiraCosta College enrolling in six units or more, member or active ally of the LGBTQIA community and/or identify as trans* and/or gender nonconforming.  (Active ally: attend MiraCosta Gender Sexuality Alliance (GSA) club meetings, volunteer on behalf of the LGBTQIA community on or off campus, work on behalf of trans* rights, direct course of study toward promoting equality and equity for the trans*community, volunteer on behalf of the trans* community on or off campus, etc.)

LIFE was established in 1995, and has since been providing educational opportunities to MiraCosta College and community members through their weekly discussion groups, promoting lifelong learning. Each Friday the group of 150 members, gather together to listen to lectures on a variety of subjects ranging from arts, to wine tasting, to new age technology. Each lecture is presented by a guest speaker who is knowledgeable and can lead a meaningful discussion, enhancing members experience in the program.
The LIFE group provides an environment that continually promotes new ideas and active learning, benefitting those participating in the program, which in turn benefits our community. The LIFE group also provides scholarship funding, showing their love and appreciation of lifelong learning.
 

Scholarship criteria:  Student must be receiving a California College Promise Grant (CCPG), have completed 24 or more degree applicable units, have stated career goals, a 2.0 GPA or higher, majoring in Dramatic Arts and/or Theatre Arts.

The LaVerne Schlosser Endowed Scholarship was established by the Rancho Santa Fe Garden Club to provide much needed financial support to generations of students interested in studying horticulture and/or environmental science. Preference for the scholarship is given to graduates from the San Dieguito Union High School District.
 
The Rancho Santa Fe Garden Club recognizes LaVerne Schlosser's continuing efforts to support and promote the goals of the Club as she has been an active committee chairperson and director on the Club's board. Over the years, LaVerne has been a visionary member who has led efforts to support MiraCosta College as well as organize the annual gifts of flowers to the Marine Corps Hospital at Camp Pendleton. The Rancho Santa Fe Garden Club today is a stronger organization because of LaVerne Schlosser's dedication and talent.

The Rancho Santa Fe Garden Club was formed in 1926 to beautify the community, but has evolved to be much more than their original purpose. They are located in the heart of historic Rancho Santa Fe and are involved in all things Rancho. They are a friendly and dynamic group and welcome those who would like to get involved in community activities. 

Ruben F. Rodriguez served in the Vietnam war where he gave his life for his country. Unfortunately, his son Troy was just a young boy and did not get the chance to grow up with his father. The Rodriguez Memorial Scholarship was established in loving memory by his son to assist MiraCosta College veterans.

David and Rosann Drielsma endowed three scholarships at MiraCosta College: 

• Pauline S. Drielsma Memorial Music Endowed Scholarship
• J. Arthur & Pauline Drielsma Reentry Endowed Scholarship
• Community Learning Center Transition Endowed Scholarship

The Pauline S. Drielsma Memorial Music Endowed Scholarship was established by David Drielsma, Pauline’s son, in memory of her life and love of music. Dave was a longtime MiraCosta College instructor who wanted to keep his mother’s memory and passion for music alive. Pauline was born in 1904 in a Jewish immigrant community in Chicago. Her community particularly enjoyed classical music, with piano and violin being favored instruments, which her children studied. Pauline was one of the first in her family to attend college. She majored and graduated in piano studies from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Pauline acquired a Conover grand piano from her sister Ethyl, who also majored in music, and obtained a Steinway spinet which she played until her passing. Pauline’s favorite music included Mozart sonatas, Bach preludes, and works by Ravel and Debussy. Pauline continued to take piano classes and participated in piano recitals well into her 80’s. This endowment continues her love for music.
The J. Arthur and Pauline Drielsma Reentry Endowed Scholarship was established by Dave in memory of his parents, J. Arthur and Pauline. This scholarship was established to remember his father, who was one of a kind. J. Arthur was a third generation Chicagoan, his grandfather had emigrated from Friesland in the mid-1800. J. Arthur was the first in his family to attend college, graduating in 1923 from the University of Illinois, School of Architecture. He established a partnership in Chicago as a sub-contractor building the world’s largest ordnance plant in Lawrence, Kansas. That partnership fell through with the onset of World War II, and J. Arthur decided to move to California. He moved to California to realize a vision of building theatres, including drive-in theatres. This vision became a thriving business designing and building both drive-in and hard-top theatres. J. Arthur made a name for himself and a life for his family. Dave stated, “He lived life to the fullest.” 
The Community Learning Center Transition Endowed Scholarship.  This scholarship is for students attending the MiraCosta Community Learning Center completing adult high school classes planning to enroll in credit classes at MiraCosta College.
David Drielsma was a retired MiraCosta College associate faculty member and community education instructor, and passed away on May 21, 2017. Dave became part of the MiraCosta family in 1988 where he taught history and geography courses followed by noncredit education classes until his retirement in 2011. Believing in MiraCosta’s mission, Dave served in the capacity as associate faculty representative on the Academic Senate and, along with his wife, Rosann, was a generous donor to the College’s Foundation. In 2005, David and Rosann established a scholarship in honor of David’s mother, Pauline Drielsma and were avid supporters of theatre arts and services for re-entry students.  David had a positive impact on all he knew, students and the college at large, and left a wonderful legacy helping students through the scholarships he endowed.

The Sadatrafiei Scholarship was created by Amir Atefi, an Iranian American born in San Diego, California, in honor of his grandfather, Jamal Sadatrafiei, to carry on his legacy of education-based philanthropy. 
Jamal Sadatrafiei was born on January 21, 1932 in Shiraz, Iran. A few years before he was born, his father lost all of his financial assets during the worst recession in Iran's history. In order to help his family survive financially, Jamal dropped out of school at the age of 8 and began working for up to 7 hours a day. Jamal's contribution allowed for his family to meet their financial needs and for his siblings to attend school.  While Jamal never went back to school, he would study his siblings' books at night after work and eventually taught himself how to read, write, and perform advanced algebra. He continued to excel on the job and eventually went off to establish a sizable real estate development operation, and become one of the most respected businessmen in Shiraz. He never stopped supporting his parents and siblings. 
When Jamal started his own family, his children’s education was his first priority. He encouraged his children to study Iranian poetry, history, and always held them to a high standard. However, many of his daughters got engaged and married before they ever had the opportunity to attend college. In 1982, Jamal's 3rd daughter, Nikoo Sadatrafiei (Amir's mother), was married to and started a family with Hossein Atefi shortly after graduating at the top of her class in high school, and therefore was unable to go to attend college. She always dreamed of getting her Ph.D. 
In 1979, Jamal bought two acres of land in his hometown of Shiraz and built a K-12 all-girls’ school. Despite enduring another economic recession set off by the 1979 Iranian Revolution, Jamal refused to accept any money from the City of Shiraz or private donors for the construction of the school. Jamal eventually donated the “Educational Institute of Jamal Sadatrafiei" to the City of Shiraz in 1984 and cut the ribbon on the first day of school. Today, this school continues to be the largest all-girls’ school in Shiraz and is very well regarded for its consistently high academics and integration of technology.
Jamal envisioned an Iran where women can transcend social restraints and ascent into the the highest positions in the country's business and political environment. While Jamal could not send his daughter Nikoo to college right after high school, the Sadatrafiei Institute has since sent over two thousand young Iranian women to some of the nation's and world's best collegiate institutions with over 85% of graduates attending higher education. 
To appreciate his outstanding donation to his hometown, every year on the first day of school, the City of Shiraz honors his generosity with a military march, musical performances, and the opportunity for him to give a speech to the new girls entering the Sadatrafiei Institute that year.
Nikoo Sadatrafiei eventually took night courses at a local community college, was admitted to San Diego State University where she earned her BS in Psychology, and eventually went on to achieve her dreams of earning her Ph.D. in Marriage and Family Therapy from Alliant University in 2014. 
 

The San Diego Floral Association is sponsored by the San Diego Park and Recreation Department. Founded in 1907, it is the oldest garden club in Southern California and the first organization allowed to occupy quarters in Balboa Park.
Mission: To promote the knowledge and appreciation of horticulture and floriculture in the San Diego region.

 

Fred was a San Diego Horticultural Society member, lecturer, contributor, and accomplished plant collector and hybridizer. Fred revolutionized the cut-flower industry with his stunning hybrids and selections. Plant collecting trips to remote areas of South America, South Africa, and Australia resulted in many newly­ discovered species and cultivars, which he brought home to Escondido and used as the backbone of his many ingenious breeding programs. His all-consuming goal was to create new, more beautiful, more vigorous flowering plants.
Fred was the consummate scientist, relentlessly researching the plant groups he was working with to find new pathways to better plants, and spent time overseeing the propagation and distribution of his creations grown and sold throughout the world. In collaboration with Brazilian botanists, Fred's extensive travels to remote areas of Brazil allowed him to photograph and collect more newly discovered species of flowering perennials and shrubs than any American in our time. Plant growers will be working with and introducing Fred Meyer's many splendid creations for years to come.
Fred B. Meyer passed away May 1999 and in his honor, the San Diego Horticultural Society created the Fred Meyer Memorial Scholarship, which is given to a MiraCosta College student majoring in horticulture.

This scholarship is for students at MiraCosta College with a 3.0 GPA of higher and demonstrate financial need.
Qualified candidates must be students planning to continue at MiraCosta College and enroll full-time (12 units).  Priority given to those with financial need.

Colonel & Mrs. Donald C. Sloan (Helen and Don) were born on farms in Iowa and met while attending Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Don served 33 years in the Air Force. His duties during WWII included leading the 38th Service Group in England, North Africa, and Italy. Helen’s talents included the gift of being able to play the piano by ear. She loved learning and was an excellent word game and puzzle solver. The Sloans were married for 51 years and raised 2 children. Don and Helen felt strongly about helping others, and their hope would be that this scholarship will enable students to learn and to define their dreams.

Dr. & Mrs. G.W. Robertson (Wally and Irene) met when they were in high school and married after Wally graduated from Carroll College in Waukesha, Wisconsin and McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago, Illinois. Wally was an avid golfer and dedicated to equality for all persons throughout his life. Irene Robertson was a stay-at-home mother to the four Robertson children. She was a choir alto, a Sunday school teacher, and a "second mom" to hundreds of teenage girls in her senior high girls dinner groups over many years in East Lansing, Michigan. The Robertsons were married for 61 years before Wally died at 85 in 1999. Irene lived to be 97 before she died in 2012. They both valued education and they would be pleased to know that MiraCosta students are being helped in their memory.

Scholarship criteria: Student must be receiving a California College Promise Grant (CCPG), have completed 24 or more degree applicable units, have stated career goals, a 2.0 GPA or higher, and majoring in Dramatic Arts/Theatre Arts.

Stephen “Hap” L’Heureux, a fourth generation Californian and longtime Carlsbad resident, theater lover and patron, established this endowed scholarship to promote, encourage and develop students who desire to pursue a career in the theater.
While serving as the longtime President of New Village Arts Theater in Carlsbad, he grew to appreciate and understand that theater is magic. It makes the written word visible right before your eyes, but this does not happen without enormous hard work and passion. The sacrifices and dedication made in time and effort by those both behind and on the stage is a real testament to their passion for their craft. As a longtime supporter and subscriber to the Mira Costa College Theater, he hopes that this scholarship will serve in a tangible way to help insure that theater arts in America grow and thrive. One way to do that is to develop the next generation of performers and theater leaders today.

The Fred Gardner Barnard Memorial Endowed Scholarship was originally established in 1953 by Harriet and F. Gardner Barnard, Jr., in honor of their father Fred G. Barnard, Sr. (1872-1953). Barnard, Sr. was born in Ventura and moved to San Diego County in 1909. He raised lima beans and sugar beets on land leased from the O’Neill family in the area that is now known as Las Flores on Camp Pendleton. To keep the memory of Barnard, Sr. the first endowment was designated for agricultural students.
In 1973 the Barnard endowment was increased to create additional scholarships in memory of Fred Gardner Barnard, Jr. by his son, Fred G. Barnard, III and Barnard Jr.’s many friends. F. Gardner Barnard, Jr. (1904-1973) attended school in San Diego and graduated from Oregon State College in 1928, where he majored in agriculture and minored in real estate. He grew citrus in the San Luis Rey valley and farmed in San Marcos until the 1950’s. Barnard, Jr. was and still is a dedicated to supporting education. Barnard, Jr. was heavily involved in MiraCosta College, he served as president of the board for 14 years, and was vital in securing the property MiraCosta now is located, hence the reason the road circling this beautiful campus is named Barnard Drive, in his honor.

This scholarship is for students at MiraCosta College with a 2.5 GPA or higher who demonstrate financial need.
Qualified candidates must be physically disabled students participating with Disabled Students Programs and Services (DSPS), planning to continue at MiraCosta College,  and enroll full-time (12 units).  




 

Theresia Heyden is an extraordinary woman who has a life story that could be written into a bestselling book.
This former German countess, nurse, pilot, prisoner of World War II and philanthropist spends her time and resources to alleviate suffering children in war-torn countries and paves a financial path for students to earn a nursing degree at MiraCosta College. Her affinity for nursing stems from her lifelong nursing practice, in World War II she served as a battlefield nurse, and has volunteered as a nurse practitioner for the World Health Organization.
She has touched lives through her work as a nurse and continues to touch lives of students aiming for a career in health care. At the age of 90, Theresia is still going strong and continues to promote others to act as she has, in saving others’ lives. 

This scholarship is for MiraCosta College students with a 2.0 GPA or higher, demonstrate financial need, and be enrolled in 6 units or more.   Qualified candidates must be former foster youth participating in the RAFFY* program. 
Qualified candidates must be continuing or transferring to a 4-year institution.  
(*RAFFY: Resources and Assistance for Former Foster Youth) 

The Trans* Pride Scholarship has been created by a coalition of faculty, staff, and students concerned with traditional and historic barriers to higher education for transgender* and gender nonconforming students. They are actively fundraising for the scholarship through employee payroll deduction and through the Gay Straight Alliance student club's events such as the annual Queer Cupcake Party. ​ 

*Transgender: A person whose gender identity and/or expression is not aligned with the gender they were assigned at birth. “Transgender” is often used as an umbrella term encompassing a large number of identities related to gender nonconformity. Gender Nonconforming: A descriptive term and/or identity of a person who has a gender identity and/or expression that does not conform to the traditional expectations of the gender they were assigned at birth. People who identify as “gender nonconforming” or “gender variant” may or may not also identify as “transgender.”

This scholarship is for students at MiraCosta College with a 2.0 GPA or higher wjho demonstrate financial need. Qualified candidates must identify as transgender and/or gender nonconforming or as a friend/ally to the transgender and/or gender nonconforming communities, planning to continue at MiraCosta College in six or more units or transfer to a 4-year institution in the fall.
 

Umoja, (a Kiswahili word meaning unity) is committed to enhancing the cultural and educational experiences and increasing the persistence and retention rates of African American and other students. Our Umoja community actively serves and promotes success for all students through a curriculum responsive to the legacy of the African and African American Diasporas. The Umoja Community seeks to educate the whole student – mind, body, and spirit. Informed by an ethic of love and its vital power, Umoja will deliberately engage students as full participants in the construction of knowledge and critical thought.
Student Benefits:

• Learn what it takes to succeed in college and in life, along with making new friends to start college.
• Opportunity to attend Umoja sponsored conferences and regional symposia
• Career, academic, and personal counseling.
• Peer Mentoring
• University visits
• Cultural Experiences
• Opportunity to develop leadership skills in a supportive environment
• Access to Umoja Community scholarships (MiraCosta and statewide)
• Take part in curriculum and teaching practices that empower and increase self-efficacy.

Gabriel Waite's passion for Art and Media Arts & Technologies, combined with his support and gratitude of the sacrifices members of the military and their families make for their country, is the inspiration for this scholarship.
Gabriel's love of art began early in elementary school, followed him throughout his life, and eventually led to his earning a Bachelor's Degree in Art with an emphasis in Graphic Design from San Diego State University. He continues to have a successful and rewarding career and looks forward to helping others achieve the same.
The scholarship is tailored to veterans, active military and their dependents who are majoring in Art or Media Arts & Technologies.
 

This scholarship is for students who are currently enrolled at MiraCosta College with a GPA of 2.5 or greater and demonstrate financial need.  
Student must qualify for the Study Abroad Program offered by MiraCosta College and intend to enroll as a full-time student, or in a minimum of 9 units, while studying abroad.
Preferred but not required; student intends to return to MiraCosta College to continue studies.