Homestead Campus Student Wins PTK Guistwhite Scholarship

Daniel Yantani Coto, an Honors College student at Homestead Campus, was one of nine Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society members nationwide to receive the Guistwhite Scholarship. 

The $5,000 prize aims to fund students’ expenses at a four-year university. It is awarded to PTK members who have at least a 3.5 GPA and have completed at least 45 semester credits. 

“I was honestly surprised because I didn’t think I did [my application] well, [and] I didn’t think I had enough time,” said Coto, a sophomore studying economics. “I’m very happy and excited.”

In March, he was also selected as a Jack Kent Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship semifinalist. 

That scholarship provides students pursuing a bachelor’s degree at a four-year university with up to $55,000 annually to cover tuition, housing, materials and other required fees.