There is plenty to brag about. Honors students go on to do great things...
Anyssa El Manfaa, Honors 2019 From tending the bakery counter to a earning a full scholarship to Swarthmore College was the quite the journey. Anyssa is a remarkable young woman who won the 2019 Jack Kent Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship and is now studying at Swarthmore. |
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Hazim Hardeman, Honors 2016 North Philly to Oxford College once seemed unlikely for Hazim Hardeman. Here’s how he became CCP and Temple’s first and only Rhodes scholar. Hazim continued his studies at Saint Johns at Oxford University studying U.S. History with a focus in issues of race and in now enrolled in a Ph.D. program at Harvard University. |
![]() Jamail Kahn, Honors 2019 Jamail was a student athlete at CCP. He received All-America honors for the 2019 NJCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field and more importantly was a star in the Honors program. Jamail is continuing his studies at Swarthmore College and running track. |
![]() Larry Lui, Honors 2012 Larry was named Jack Kent Cooke's first Oxford Scholar. This scholarship provides up to $85,000 for study at Oxford. Larry graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 2015 with a degree in Sociology, he was named the first Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Oxford Scholar. He earned a Master's in Comparative Social Policy at Oxford University's Lincoln College and is currently working on his Ph.D. in Sociology at Princeton University. Read about it here. |
Sarah Aubrey, Honors 2009-2010 Sarah Aubrey studied political theory and comparative politics at Bryn Mawr College, where she graduated Magna Cum Laude and with Honors in 2013. She was awarded the Thomas J. Watson Fellowship, which offers college graduates of "unusual promise" a year of independent, purposeful exploration and travel. The stipend for the fellowship year is $25,000. She is currently Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) at USA Architects, Planners + Interior Designers, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |

Patrick Houston, Honors 2014
Patrick graduated from Swarthmore College in 2017 with a degree in political science and environmental policy. While at Swarthmore Patrick was chosen to introduce President Obama at a Campaign event in 2016. He is currently a Climate and Inequality Campaigns Associate at New York Communities for Change in Brooklyn.
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Jeff Copeland, Honors 2012
Jeff is a success story in two ways. Not only has he been the kind of success that the college's Reentry Support Project hopes to achieve, but he is also completed two semesters with the college's Honors Curriculum. And he get's a shout out from President Obama. Jeff graduated with a degree from Temple University in 2015 and is working on his Master's Degree at the University of Pennsylvania. |
Michael Novak, Honors 2014-2015
2015 Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship
Michael is working on his bachelor's degree at the University of Pennsylvania.
The Jack Kent Cooke Award provides 85 undergraduates from across the country up to $40,000 a year, for up to three years, to complete their bachelor’s degree at a four-year college or university.
Jason Morgan, Honors 2013
Jason was featured in the University of Pennsylvania's publication Penn News. The article, "Serendipitous Path Opens Doors to an Education at Penn," offers Jason's own account of his educational path.
Maria Morrero, Honors 2012
Working on a master's degree in Social Work at the University of Michigan.
Graduated from Bryn Mawr College (2016)
Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (2014)