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Mesothelioma
Scholarship Winners
1st Quarter, 2008
 StraightForward
Media is proud to announce that the winner of our 1st Quarter, 2008
Mesothelioma Memorial Scholarship is Thomas Bullcok.
Thomas Bullock was born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah. From a
young age, his favorite interests were the outdoors, animals, reading,
and telling stories. Attending Judge Memorial High school, his
interests channeled into theatre, health science and community
service. He became president of the environmental club and the
National Honors Society. At the University of Chicago, Thomas balanced
pre-medical courses with writing, acting and directing theater and
circus performances. In his year between undergraduate studies and
medical school, Thomas traveled to Costa Rica, Greece and Turkey
before relocating back to Utah to be a snowboarding instructor and
teach general chemistry. He is conducting research at the University
of San Francisco.
Please click here to read an excerpt
from Tom's winning essay.
4th Quarter, 2007
 StraightForward
Media is proud to announce that the winner of our 4thQuarter, 2007
Mesothelioma Memorial Scholarship is Amber Marshall.
I am in my second year of the Child and Youth Worker Program at Sheridan College. My passion is helping people to see that they are valuable. I want others to know that they matter to this world and that they are cared for. I decided to apply for college as a Mature Student. I was accepted into the Child and Youth Worker program and I am excited to make a positive difference in the lives of those I work with.
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to read an excerpt from Amber's winning essay.
 3rd
Quarter, 2007
StraightForward Media is proud to announce that the winner of our
3rd Quarter, 2007 Mesothelioma Memorial Scholarship is Phillip Dorjath.
I am currently a freshman attending Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa. I grew up in the town of Batavia, Illinois a far western suburb of Chicago. When I was 5 years old I was diagnosed with kidney cancer and was forced to undergo surgery followed by chemotherapy. For years doctors monitored me for a recurrence of my cancer, but I was lucky and it has not returned.
I love having the opportunity to give something back to others and I also love learning from doctors and nurses who dedicate themselves to helping cancer patients. I am majoring in the sciences in school (Biology/Molecular Biology) with the intention of going on to medical school and a career within the medical field in the future.
My other passion is the sport of baseball. I played all four years of high school and am continuing my baseball career in college too. My team and coaches honored me when I won the coveted Batavia High School Baseball Bulldog Award for the player that is not only a leader, but also the most hard working player. I hope to someday develop sports related programs to help children and young adults who face medical emergencies or to help them recover and regain confidence.
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to read an excerpt from Phillip's winning essay.
1st Quarter, 2007
 StraightForward
Media is proud to announce that the winner of our 1st Quarter, 2007
Mesothelioma Memorial Scholarship is Erica DeBardeleben
, who is a 24 year old educator whose life long passion
lies in the study of human and civil rights violations and in action
for the creation of a just and free world.
Since graduating from Spelman College in May of 2004, Erica has been living out her commitment to justice as an inner-city school teacher and educational advocate.
Please click here to read an
excerpt from Erica's winning essay.
 4th
Quarter, 2006
StraightForward
Media is proud to announce that the winner of our 4th Quarter, 2006
Mesothelioma Memorial Scholarship is Stephen Kung,
who is currently pursuing his MBA in finance and has already received
an undergraduate degree in Medical Radiation Sciences from the University
of Toronto in Canada.
"I am currently working as a full-time employee for Varian Medical Systems as a product training specialist. My work entails developing as well as training health care professionals to properly use our software and radiation equipment to treat cancer. I am involved heavily with my work and at the same time maintaining an honors standing in my studies.
I moved here to Las Vegas, Nevada in the summer of 2006 and have been very active in the community in both areas of my life. I am part of a safety and evacuation committee at work and involved in a mentoring program at UNLV."
Please click here to read an excerpt
from Stephen's winning essay.
 3rd
Quarter, 2006
StraightForward Media is proud to announce that the winner
of our 3rd Quarter, 2006 Mesothelioma Memorial Scholarship is Kristel
Givogue, who is a sophomore at Truman State University
in Kirksville, MO. She's a Psychology and Communication double major
and a Spanish minor. This summer she will be studying abroad in
Salamanca, Spain to complete her Spanish minor. After graduation
she plans to attend graduate school and study Social Psychology
in hopes of one day becoming a University professor.
"I moved to Lake St. Louis, MO with my family when I was 12 years old. My parents' names are Yvan and Denise Givogue, and I have a 16 year old sister, Emilie, who is a sophomore in high school. I am active in my communities both at school and at home. I am a member of Alpha Sigma Gamma Service Sorority, Omicron Delta Kappa Honor Society and Student Senate at Truman, and a college leader of my youth group back home."
Please click here to read an excerpt
from Kristel's winning essay.
2nd Quarter, 2006
StraightForward Media is proud to announce the winner of our 2nd Quarter, 2006 Mesothelioma Memorial Scholarship, Keith Jones who currently attends Penn State, Harrisburg. He is majoring in psychology and has plans on being either a sports or industrial psychologist.
He is looking to continue his education at Penn State's Graduate School in either Applied Behavior Anyalisis or Training and Development.
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to read an excerpt from Keith's winning essay.
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1st Quarter, 2006
StraightForward Media is proud to announce that the winner of our
1st Quarter, 2006 Mesothelioma Memorial Scholarship is Samaneh
Pourjalali of Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, California.
She is a double-major in psychology and philosophy.
"I am very active at Mt. San in volunteer work and leadership
roles while maintaining a very high GPA. As the President of Phi
Theta Kappa, last year I initiated the first "Adopt a Scholar"
program at our school to match up honors students with financial
difficulty, and professors who were willing to help pay the admission
fee to join this International Honors Society. One of my greatest
achievements was a campus wide event "Can Science and Religion
Reconcile?", with the purpose of creating a union between all
variations of opinion. The event brought about a record breaking
570 people, and another 100 were turned away. I intend to become
a professor so that I may change the world with the power of knowledge
and ideas."
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to read an excerpt from Samaneh's winning essay.
4th Quarter, 2005
StraightForward Media is proud to congratulate our 4th Quarter, 2005
winner Terrance Smith. He is a junior at Columbia University
in New York City, pursuing a degree in Economics and History.
Terrance will be studying abroad next year in Europe and
eventually hopes to start his own business. He grew up in
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to read an excerpt from Terrance's winning essay.
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2nd Quarter, 2005
StraightForward Media is proud to congratulate Jennifer Johnson of Arizona
State University on winning the 2nd Quarter, 2005 Mesothelioma
Memorial Scholarship. She is looking to get her PhD in Physical Chemistry.
Please click here to read an excerpt
from Jennifer's winning essay.
We'll be posting Jennifer's bio and photo very shortly; in the meantime, please bookmark this page and keep checking back.
Will you be the next scholarship winner? You can't win if you don't apply. Apply now and maybe you'll be next quarter's winner!
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