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By: Phi Theta Kappa

Serena Langen, a student at North Dakota State College of Science, Wahpeton, has been named a 2019 New Century Workforce Pathway Scholar and will receive a $1,250 scholarship.

This scholarship is the first of its kind to support students at associate degree-granting institutions who plan to enter the workforce upon the completion of a degree or certificate on a national scale. The program is sponsored by The Coca-Cola Foundation and Phi Theta Kappa.

“Education helps ensure that young people can realize their full potential,” said Helen Smith Price, president of The Coca-Cola Foundation. “The Coca-Cola Foundation places a high priority on supporting education to help build strong communities.”

New Century Workforce Pathway Scholars are selected based on their academic accomplishments, leadership, activities, and how they extend their intellectual talents beyond the classroom. Over 2,000 students were nominated from more than 1,200 college campuses across the country. Only one New Century Workforce Pathway Scholar was selected from each state.

“We congratulate Serena for receiving this prestigious scholarship, and we are honored to partner with The Coca-Cola Foundation to recognize her outstanding achievements,” said Phi Theta Kappa’s President and CEO Dr. Lynn Tincher-Ladner. “Scholarship programs like this are integral for creating opportunities for students to succeed as they prepare to enter the workforce and for putting college completion within reach.”

The New Century Workforce Pathway Scholars will be recognized during the Association of Community College Trustees’ (ACCT) Congress in San Francisco, California, in October 2019.

The NDSCS Performing Arts department will present two concerts in April, with the Concert Band and Concert Choir performing on April 16, and the Jazz Band and Wildcat Singers performing on April 30. Both concerts will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Harry Stern and Ella Stern Cultural Center on the North Dakota State College of Science campus in Wahpeton.

The NDSCS Concert Band and Concert Choir will present their last concert of the season on Tuesday, April 16. The Concert Band, under the direction of Dr. Adam Hollingsworth, will perform a variety of pieces, including music from Gustav Holst’s “The Planets”, as well as a medley from the motion picture “The Greatest Showman”. The Concert Choir, under the direction of Bryan Poyzer, will perform four pieces, including the a cappella piece “Sing Your Way Home” by Joseph M. Martin, as well as the song “Waitin’ for the Light to Shine” from the Broadway musical “Big River”.

The NDSCS Jazz Band and Wildcat Singers will present their final home concert of the season on Tuesday, April 30. The concert will include jazz standards, pop favorites and country classics.