Scholarship Program

Support a Saddleback College Student with a Scholarship

Saddleback College Foundation Scholarships enable you to provide the gift of education to our students. Many of our scholarship recipients would not be able to continue their education without the help they receive from donors like you. Whatever your motivation is for funding scholarships, you can be assured that 100% of your donation will go directly to students.

Gifts can be made to the general scholarship fund, to an existing fund, or you can create a scholarship that will benefit a specific type of student.Whether you want to assist a student who is majoring in a certain area, transferring to your favorite university, or comes from a similar background, we can match you to a student in need. Many of our scholarships are donated by companies that want to encourage students to study a certain profession in our Career and Technical Education program. Others create a scholarship for students who have overcome particular hardships that the donors empathize with.

Please do not hesitate to give, even if you feel like what you can offer isn't much. Anything helps! Because the cost of attending Saddleback College is significantly lower than attending other higher-education institutions, your dollar goes further! You can always give what you can now and increase your donation amount as your situations allows.

Every year the Foundation hosts a Scholarship Awards Ceremony that allows donors to come face-to-face with the student(s) they supported. This is also when the students receive their award. We encourage all of our donors to attend as it provides a great opportunity interact with amazing students. See pictures from the most recent Scholarship Awards Ceremony.

Please click the 2012 2013 Donor Pledge Form.pdfprint the pledge form, complete the information and then submit your completed form to the Foundation Office, AGB Building Room 115.

Please contact the Foundation Office at 949-582-4479.
If you have questions about the form.

 

2013 Annual Scholarship Awards Ceremony

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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

OF SADDLEBACK COLLEGE

Welcome to Saddleback College’s 37th annual scholarship awards ceremony. The students receiving scholarships and awards today stand out for their academic achievements, service to our college and community, leadership, and talent. I am thrilled that they are being rec­ognized and rewarded by our college community for their accomplishments.

Saddleback College’s scholarship ceremony is an annual tradition that has provided nearly $4 million in scholarships and awards to deserving students over the past 37 years. Our first ceremony in 1976 included 45 donors contributing just over $12,000 to some 60 students. We’ve come a long way: This year, scholarship funds to Saddleback College students total more than $498,000 and have been made available to over 300 deserving students.
 
On behalf of Saddleback College and our students, thank you to the more than 220 scholarship donors whose gen­erous support make the difference in a promising student’s ability to realize his or her college education and goals. Donations come from businesses and organizations as well as individuals in the college community. About $125,000 of these scholarship funds are from a grant secured by Saddleback College Grants office and Division of Math, Science and Engineering, from the National Science Foundation. We appreciate the efforts of the Saddleback College Foundation Board of Governors for their leader­ship in encouraging our local community to support the students at Saddleback College. Our faculty, staff and management – as well as our students – have also made significant contributions to this year’s scholarship campaign.
 
In addition, thank you to the members of the volunteer scholarship recommendation committee members who spent many hours review­ing the student scholarship applications and making the difficult decisions on who would be this year’s winners. Saddleback College has so many deserving students and this was indeed a difficult task. I also thank South Orange County Community College District Chancellor Gary Poertner and our Board of Trustees for their continued support and commit­ment to the success of our students.
 
Once again, thank you to the donors for making this day possible. Your continued support of Saddleback College’s scholarship program is truly appreciated and your support of our students is a sound investment in the future welfare of our community, state, and nation.
Sincerely,

Tod A. Burnett, Ed.D.
President, Saddleback College

 

 

2012 Saddleback College Scholarship Ceremony

Single Mother.
Honors Student.
Scholarship Recipient.
Saddleback College Graduate.
UC Irvine Transfer Student.

 

Alexis Petrovich was recognized at the 2012 Saddleback College Scholarship Ceremony, where she shared her moving story.
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