Friends of Human Relations

Carrying on the Legacy of Jim McEntee

Scholarship Recipient Graduations

We are committed to support and track all scholarship recipients until they graduate from a four year college or university. Most of our scholarship recipients are the first in their family to attend college and staying the course can be difficult; we are proud of these students and their determination to succeed. As of June 2017, 75% of awardees (with sufficient time enrolled to graduate) have graduated from a four year school. At SJSU, the average time taken to graduate is six years, while most McEntee scholarship students have averaged five years to graduate.

McEntee Scholarship Recipient – Graduates 2008 – 2017:   October 25, 2018

  1. Jordan Bryant                        SCU, 2010
  2. *Kenny Gutierrez                   UCB, 2912
  3. Jaime Lopez-Miramontes  UCSD, 2014
  4. Diana Bustamante                 SJSU, 2015
  5. *Tommy Stakiewicz               UCB, 2015
  6. *Judy Lema                              SJSU, 2015
  7. *Ruby Luna                               SCU, 2015
  8. *Quinh Minh                            U. of Minnesota, 2015
  9. *Viviane Nguyen                     UCB, 2015
  10.  Pauline Lu                               UCLA, 2015
  11. Thanh Phuong Mai                UCLA, 2015
  12. *Yi Tao Zhao                            Loma Linda University, 2015
  13. *Aheli Lama                             UC Davis, 2015
  14. *Phuong Ngan K. Nguyen     SJSU, 2015
  15. *Van T. Vu                                 UCB, 2015
  16. *Binh Nguyen                          UCD, 2018
  17. *Francesca Filice                    UCSB, 2016
  18. *Vanessa Aldaco                     SJSU, 2016
  19. *Francesca Santiago              UCSC, 2016
  20. *Ryan Shook                             UCSC, 2016
  21. *Diana Cuevas                          UCSC, 2016
  22. *Carla Davila                            SJSU, 2016
  23. *Danitza Morante                   UCB, 2017
  24. *Hy Nguyen                              UCD, 2017
  25. *Thelma Valadez                    SCU, 2017
  26. *Yin Yin                                    UCB, 2017
  27. *Zainab Yusuf                          SJSU, 2018
  28. *Amarani Jimenez                UCSC, 2018
  29. *Margarita Jimenez              UCSC, 2018
  30. *Nelida Cedano                       SJSU, 2018
  31. *Abibat Oshiobugle               UCD, 2018

(NOTE: The thirty-five (35) McEntee Scholarship recipients awarded in the 2017/18 and 2018/19 academic years have not had sufficient time to graduate.)

  1. Initial list of students expected to graduate in June, 2019:
  2. *Kenny Jackson UC Merced
  3. *Andy Nguyen SJSU
  4. *Edith Martinez Cal Poly San Luis Obisp

Several attempts have been made to contact recipients below, but to date, graduation outcome is unknown:

  1. Jessica Garcia, 2007
  2. Lucina Sanchez, 2011, 2012
  3. Victor Gonzales, 2013
  4. Frances Martinez, 2014
  5. Huy Truong, 2014
  6. An Tran, 2015