Inaugural Cohort of Honors College Chancellor’s Fellows Graduates Feeling Prepared and Confident for Success

Lone Star College CyFair News

Published on: May 26, 2016
Graduating the largest class in Lone Star College-CyFairs history with more than 2,300 students was only one milestone this year. Recognized among 523 graduates at Mays commencement were 17 members of the inaugural cohort of Honors College Chancellors Fellows.
This elite group of graduates included Kyra Aftosmes, Lyvia Alvarez, Chantal Badillo, Tareasha Bell, Taylor Carter, Ana De Angulo, Estephany Hernandez, Laura Howell, Kody Kitchen, Ya Xing Li, Alessandra Napieralski, Anh (Dao) Nguyen, Huy Phan, Sandra Pineda, Jordan Snow, Duyen Vo and Kennedy Williams.
These students exemplify the importance of providing an opportunity for academically gifted high school students to improve the research, writing and presentation skills necessary to be successful as they transfer to the next stage of their academic career, said LSC-CyFair Honors College Director Esther Robinson.
With passion, positivity, hard work and persistence, these students supported each other for two years as they gained confidence in their abilities to succeed. Robinson has many stories of success these students have achieved since the cohorts start in 2014.
For example, Li, the only student selected for early admission for the cohort, overcame challenges, such as language barriers, homelessness, and working three jobs to help support her family while being a full-time student, to earn her associates degree. This Student Ambassador and Phi Theta Kappa members determination to do her best every day earned her many scholarships. In addition to being a national semi-finalist for the prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship, awarded the Gee Foundation Scholarship and named to the Texas All-Academic Team, she received a $5,000 award as one of 20 students nationwide chosen to be on the All-USA Community College Academic Team. Li is on track to transfer to the University of Houston and become a college-level finance teacher.
Another student has shined as an artist while at LSC-CyFair. A Robert McGehee Scholarship recipient earned for her artistic endeavors, Alvarez won first ...

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