{"id":11796,"date":"2017-08-23T17:42:54","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T21:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=11796"},"modified":"2021-02-22T14:49:13","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T19:49:13","slug":"mdc-aviation-students-awarded-timothy-e-johnson-jr-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/mdc-aviation-students-awarded-timothy-e-johnson-jr-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"MDC Students Awarded Timothy E. Johnson Jr. Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"

Six aviation students were awarded the Timothy E. Johnson Jr. Scholarship on May 31. Each student can receive up to $8,000. <\/span><\/p>\n

This year\u2019s winners are Miami Dade College\u2019s Eig-Watson School of Aviation students: Christopher Bazaka, 19, Rodolfo Cabezas, 21, Henry Golembeski, 20, German Melo, 27, Sebastian Metral, 20, and Corey Pritchard, 24.<\/span><\/p>\n

To qualify, students must be enrolled in the Professional Pilot Technology A.S. program and maintain a GPA of 3.0 or higher, be a U.S citizen, complete at least 12 credits at MDC and submit two letters of recommendation (one being from a School of Aviation faculty member). <\/span><\/p>\n

Established in 2013, the Timothy E. Johnson Jr. Scholarship is named after the late South Florida pilot who passed away in an aviation accident. In his memory, the Johnson family and The Eig-Watson School of Aviation<\/span><\/strong><\/a> created the scholarship. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m very grateful for the opportunity that the Johnson family has given me,\u201d Melo said. \u201cWith this scholarship, I\u2019ll be able to finish my private license and start my instrument license. It\u2019s a door into this career and will help me fulfill my dreams.”<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Six aviation students were awarded the Timothy E. Johnson Jr. Scholarship on May 31. Each student can receive up to $8,000. This year\u2019s winners are Miami Dade College\u2019s Eig-Watson School of Aviation students: Christopher Bazaka, 19, Rodolfo Cabezas, 21, Henry Golembeski, 20, German Melo, 27, Sebastian Metral, 20, and Corey Pritchard, 24. To qualify, students […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":438,"featured_media":9008,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,2751],"tags":[184,224,2029],"class_list":{"0":"post-11796","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-briefing","8":"category-homestead-campus","9":"tag-school-of-aviation","10":"tag-scholarship","11":"tag-aviation"},"yoast_head":"\nMDC Students Awarded Timothy E. Johnson Jr. Scholarship<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Six aviation students were awarded the Timothy E. Johnson Jr. Scholarship on May 31. Each student can receive up to $8,000.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/mdc-aviation-students-awarded-timothy-e-johnson-jr-scholarship\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MDC Students Awarded Timothy E. Johnson Jr. Scholarship\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Six aviation students were awarded the Timothy E. Johnson Jr. Scholarship on May 31. Each student can receive up to $8,000.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/mdc-aviation-students-awarded-timothy-e-johnson-jr-scholarship\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-08-23T21:42:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-02-22T19:49:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/briefing_header_3.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Justin Marcano\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Justin Marcano\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/mdc-aviation-students-awarded-timothy-e-johnson-jr-scholarship\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/mdc-aviation-students-awarded-timothy-e-johnson-jr-scholarship\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Justin Marcano\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ff28e47d0dd4f278346b8e6fca2f7cde\"},\"headline\":\"MDC Students Awarded Timothy E. Johnson Jr. Scholarship\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-08-23T21:42:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-02-22T19:49:13+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/mdc-aviation-students-awarded-timothy-e-johnson-jr-scholarship\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":186,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/mdc-aviation-students-awarded-timothy-e-johnson-jr-scholarship\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/10\\\/briefing_header_3.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"School of Aviation\",\"Scholarship\",\"aviation\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Briefing\",\"Homestead Campus\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/mdc-aviation-students-awarded-timothy-e-johnson-jr-scholarship\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/mdc-aviation-students-awarded-timothy-e-johnson-jr-scholarship\\\/\",\"name\":\"MDC Students Awarded Timothy E. Johnson Jr. Scholarship\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/mdc-aviation-students-awarded-timothy-e-johnson-jr-scholarship\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/mdc-aviation-students-awarded-timothy-e-johnson-jr-scholarship\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/10\\\/briefing_header_3.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-08-23T21:42:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-02-22T19:49:13+00:00\",\"description\":\"Six aviation students were awarded the Timothy E. Johnson Jr. Scholarship on May 31. Each student can receive up to $8,000.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/mdc-aviation-students-awarded-timothy-e-johnson-jr-scholarship\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/mdc-aviation-students-awarded-timothy-e-johnson-jr-scholarship\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/mdc-aviation-students-awarded-timothy-e-johnson-jr-scholarship\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/10\\\/briefing_header_3.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/10\\\/briefing_header_3.jpg\",\"width\":1500,\"height\":1000,\"caption\":\"briefing header\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/mdc-aviation-students-awarded-timothy-e-johnson-jr-scholarship\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"MDC Students Awarded Timothy E. Johnson Jr. Scholarship\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"MDC The Reporter\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/08\\\/R_reporter_logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/08\\\/R_reporter_logo.png\",\"width\":315,\"height\":309,\"caption\":\"MDC The Reporter\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ff28e47d0dd4f278346b8e6fca2f7cde\",\"name\":\"Justin Marcano\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/09\\\/R_reporter_logo-1-1-125x125.png\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/09\\\/R_reporter_logo-1-1-125x125.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/09\\\/R_reporter_logo-1-1-125x125.png\",\"caption\":\"Justin Marcano\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/author\\\/justin-marcano\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"MDC Students Awarded Timothy E. Johnson Jr. Scholarship","description":"Six aviation students were awarded the Timothy E. Johnson Jr. Scholarship on May 31. Each student can receive up to $8,000.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/mdc-aviation-students-awarded-timothy-e-johnson-jr-scholarship\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"MDC Students Awarded Timothy E. Johnson Jr. Scholarship","og_description":"Six aviation students were awarded the Timothy E. Johnson Jr. Scholarship on May 31. Each student can receive up to $8,000.","og_url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/mdc-aviation-students-awarded-timothy-e-johnson-jr-scholarship\/","og_site_name":"The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College","article_published_time":"2017-08-23T21:42:54+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-02-22T19:49:13+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1500,"height":1000,"url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/briefing_header_3.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Justin Marcano","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Justin Marcano","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/mdc-aviation-students-awarded-timothy-e-johnson-jr-scholarship\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/mdc-aviation-students-awarded-timothy-e-johnson-jr-scholarship\/"},"author":{"name":"Justin Marcano","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/#\/schema\/person\/ff28e47d0dd4f278346b8e6fca2f7cde"},"headline":"MDC Students Awarded Timothy E. Johnson Jr. Scholarship","datePublished":"2017-08-23T21:42:54+00:00","dateModified":"2021-02-22T19:49:13+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/mdc-aviation-students-awarded-timothy-e-johnson-jr-scholarship\/"},"wordCount":186,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/mdc-aviation-students-awarded-timothy-e-johnson-jr-scholarship\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/briefing_header_3.jpg","keywords":["School of Aviation","Scholarship","aviation"],"articleSection":["Briefing","Homestead Campus"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/mdc-aviation-students-awarded-timothy-e-johnson-jr-scholarship\/","url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/mdc-aviation-students-awarded-timothy-e-johnson-jr-scholarship\/","name":"MDC Students Awarded Timothy E. Johnson Jr. Scholarship","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/mdc-aviation-students-awarded-timothy-e-johnson-jr-scholarship\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/mdc-aviation-students-awarded-timothy-e-johnson-jr-scholarship\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/briefing_header_3.jpg","datePublished":"2017-08-23T21:42:54+00:00","dateModified":"2021-02-22T19:49:13+00:00","description":"Six aviation students were awarded the Timothy E. Johnson Jr. Scholarship on May 31. Each student can receive up to $8,000.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/mdc-aviation-students-awarded-timothy-e-johnson-jr-scholarship\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/mdc-aviation-students-awarded-timothy-e-johnson-jr-scholarship\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/mdc-aviation-students-awarded-timothy-e-johnson-jr-scholarship\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/briefing_header_3.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/briefing_header_3.jpg","width":1500,"height":1000,"caption":"briefing header"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/mdc-aviation-students-awarded-timothy-e-johnson-jr-scholarship\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"MDC Students Awarded Timothy E. Johnson Jr. Scholarship"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/#website","url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/","name":"The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/#organization","name":"MDC The Reporter","url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/R_reporter_logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/R_reporter_logo.png","width":315,"height":309,"caption":"MDC The Reporter"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/#\/schema\/person\/ff28e47d0dd4f278346b8e6fca2f7cde","name":"Justin Marcano","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/R_reporter_logo-1-1-125x125.png","url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/R_reporter_logo-1-1-125x125.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/R_reporter_logo-1-1-125x125.png","caption":"Justin Marcano"},"url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/author\/justin-marcano\/"}]}},"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":"","source_text":"","source_url":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/438"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11796\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}