Scholarship recipients start college careers
—Courtesy photo Bonner County Human Rights Task Force scholarship recipients pose for a photo. Pictured, from left, are Solange Marcotte, scholarship recipient; Gabriel Burns, president of the Sandpoint High School Human Rights Club; Justin Marks, scholarship recipient; Logan Finney, scholarship recipient; and Christina McClelland, Model UN student.
The Bonner County Human Rights Task Force recently recognized the three 2016 Darby & Amber Campbell Memorial Scholarship recipients as they begin their freshman year in college.
The scholarship is administered by the task force and funded through donations.
The recipients — Justin Marks, Solange Marcotte, and Logan Finney — were selected based on their essays on human rights topics and their activities in support of human rights.
The three scholarship recipients attended the BCHRTF annual meeting on July 23 and spoke about their essays, activities, and plans for the future.
• Justin Marks, a graduate of Sandpoint High School, is attending Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, and is planning to major in music.
• Solange Marcotte graduated from the Forrest Bird Charter High School with dual enrollment at the Sandpoint High School. She is attending Willamette University in Salem, Ore., and intending to major in theater with minors in music and gender/women’s studies.
• Logan Finney, a Sandpoint High School graduate, is attending the University of Idaho and will likely major in political science and obtain a law degree.
The Darby & Amber Campbell Memorial Scholarship is granted annually and is open to any graduating high school senior in Bonner County, including public private or home schools.
Details about the 2017 scholarship should be available by February 2017 and available from high school counselors and on the BCHRTF website at bchtf.org.