For the past three years Gavilan student Domingo Payne has been
balancing school work and raising his five children with realizing
his dream to become a college professor and writer. Payne is the
recipient of a $20,000 transfer scholarship to the University of
California at Santa Cruz that will help him achieve his goal.
For the past three years Gavilan student Domingo Payne has been balancing school work and raising his five children with realizing his dream to become a college professor and writer.
Payne is the recipient of a $20,000 transfer scholarship to the University of California at Santa Cruz that will help him achieve his goal.
“It’s a huge help and I was thankful to get it,” Payne said.
Payne was among 118 other Gavilan students awarded scholarships Thursday night at the annual Gavilan College Awards Ceremony. In all $90,000 in financial assistance was distributed.
Graduation takes place at 6:30pm Friday, May 27, in the college gym at the Gilroy campus, 5055 Santa Teresa Blvd.
San Benito County Sheriff Curtis Hill will deliver the keynote speech and Lori Head, a 2003 graduate of Gavilan, will deliver the alumni address to the class of 2005.
Space is limited. Overflow seating will be available in the Adaptive Physical Education gymnasium. Photography and video are permitted from designated areas only.
