GCC Student receives prestigious Scholarship

IRONWOOD – Gogebic Community College is proud to announce that Jailynn Sprewer, of Bessemer, was one of 72 high achieving recipients of the prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Transfer Scholarship. This highly competitive national transfer scholarship will provide Sprewer with up to $40,000 a year to complete her bachelor’s degree. Sprewer grew up in Green Bay, WI and moved to Bessemer her Junior year. She graduated in May with a degree in General Science at GCC and plans to transfer to either the University of Michigan or John Hopkins University in the fall with the goal of becoming an OBGYN. This year’s 72 recipients were chosen from a pool of over 1,500 applicants attending 398 community colleges in 44 states and the District of Columbia. Jailynn is only one of four students selected from the State of Michigan.