CCC's Cassidy named to All-USA Academic Team

大卫卡西迪, CCC student and All-Arizona Academic Scholarship awardee, was also selected to receive the All-USA Academic Team Scholarship. Cassidy was one of 22 students nationwide who received the award, and they were all recognized during an event in Denver on Monday, 4月3日, 2023.

亚利桑那州的弗拉格斯塔夫. - 大卫卡西迪, a student at 威尼斯安卓版, is one of 22 college students named to the prestigious All-USA Academic Team and will receive a $5,000年奖学金. More than 2,400 students were nominated nationwide for the award.

“这是我的荣幸, 崇高的荣誉, 这是出乎意料的,卡西迪说, who also is one of CCC’s two All-Arizona Academic Team scholarship awardees who were honored during a ceremony in Phoenix last month. “It means that I have the opportunity to receive an education and to pursue a career that will enable me to contribute as meaningfully as possible.”

All-USA Academic Team members were selected for their outstanding intellectual achievement, 领导, community and campus engagement, according to information from the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, which recognizes the academic achievement of students at two-year colleges like CCC.

“We’re thrilled and incredibly proud of David’s achievement as an All-USA recipient,” said Dr. Eric Heiser, president of CCC. “His dedication to being of service of helping others is a reminder to us all that ‘community’ is more than just a word, it is a steadfast focus on holding out a hand to our fellow human beings to help as best we are able.”

Cassidy was recognized during the American Association of 社区 Colleges’ (AACC) convention in Denver, 科罗拉多州.4月3日星期一. In addition to the scholarship funds, recipients were presented with commemorative medallions, and their college presidents received commemorative obelisks.

作为CCC2NAU的学生, Cassidy is completing his last semester at CCC before heading to Northern Arizona University to complete a bachelor’s degree in Psychological Sciences. His ultimate goal is to complete a master’s degree in Clinical Psychology.

Shortly before the start of the pandemic, Cassidy began participating in counseling sessions provided by the Whale 基金会, a nonprofit devoted to offering mental health services to people in the Grand Canyon river guiding community. During these sessions, 卡西迪说 he began planning to attend college. 大流行期间, 卡西迪说 he saw a severe shortage of people in social work, counseling and similar social service careers and wanted to be a part of addressing that shortage.

As for the scholarships he has received to continue to work toward his goal, 卡西迪说, “It’s the only way I would go to a four-year university. It was either get it and transfer, or not get it and not transfer.”

His emphasis is on service and commitment to community.

“I think everyone has a responsibility to do good, 这是我能做到的, 希望, 尽我所能做好事吗,卡西迪说. “我们都会的。, 在某个时候, 需要帮助, 如果我们不, 在某个时候, 提供帮助, that means some of us will go without the help we need.”

During his time at CCC, Cassidy was Vice 总统 of Service for the CCC chapter of PTK. In 2021, he helped organize a mental health awareness event on campus. In 2022, while serving as chapter 总统, he was very involved in starting and overseeing an outdoor club and securing grant funding for students to receive therapeutic benefits from participating in a community-based outdoor recreation club.

The All-USA Academic Team is sponsored by Cengage, with additional support by PTK and the AACC. For more information about CCC, visit 1r.bucarshopideas.com. For more information about PTK, visit www.强.org.

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