Scholarships totaling more
than $81,000 were awarded September 10 to 135 Grossmont and Cuyamaca College
students at the fall scholarship banquet held by the Foundation for Grossmont
& Cuyamaca Colleges. Every student has a compelling story about the impact
that community college has had on their life. Here's one student's story.
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Carolyn Fisher |
It’s not every day that a five-time world arm wrestling
champion is told to get a life, but that’s what Carolyn Fisher’s son and
daughter suggested to her after they grew up and moved out of the house,
leaving Carolyn with a classic case of empty-nest syndrome.
“They said it in a loving way,” laughed Carolyn,
“but they were right.”
Carolyn got a life at Grossmont College, where she
started taking classes three years ago and found her passion in communications
and public speaking. Now a full time student who spends most of her waking
hours at the El Cajon campus, the 54-year-old Spring Valley resident works as a
tutor in the Communication Department, has a 4.0 grade point average, is on
track to graduate with three associate degrees in the spring, is set to
transfer to San Diego State University to further her studies, and is eyeing a
future as a communications professor – at Grossmont College – after earning her
master’s degree.
Her dedication led to Carolyn being honored with a
$500 Betty D. Krueger Memorial Scholarship and a $500 Osher Scholarship, both
of which were presented at a Sept. 10 awards banquet sponsored by the
Foundation for Grossmont & Cuyamaca Colleges.