{"id":39358,"date":"2025-04-02T22:12:24","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T02:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/?p=39358"},"modified":"2025-04-03T08:50:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T12:50:08","slug":"three-mdc-students-win-7500-hites-transfer-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/three-mdc-students-win-7500-hites-transfer-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"Three MDC Students Win $7,500 Hites Transfer Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Miami Dade College students <b>Nicole Liethof<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Isabel Paz <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and<\/span><b> Chabeli Quincoces<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> have been awarded the Hites Transfer Scholarship.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The $7,500 prize is awarded to Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society members for their academic performance, leadership and civic engagement.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Twenty-two students nationwide were selected in March from a pool of more than 2,800 applicants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Nicole Liethof<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Liethof is a biology major in the Honors College at Eduardo J. Padr\u00f3n Campus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2020, the 19-year-old immigrated from Spain and faced some initial difficulties.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cBeing an immigrant, it was hard to know the opportunities [available] here, especially when finishing high school and transferring to college,\u201d Liethof said. \u201c[MDC has] opened a lot of doors for me, [and] now I know I can accomplish many things.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Liethof has been active in PTK events, including volunteering at nursing homes, organizing food drives for low-income families and participating at the 2024 Miami Marathon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She is also the vice president of community involvement at the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sharknet.mdc.edu\/organization\/tri-beta\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beta Beta Beta<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> National Biological Honors Society and a member of\u00a0 Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Liethof\u00a0 plans to transfer to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Emory University in Atlanta or the University of Pennsylvania. She aspires to work in biomedical research, focusing on Alzheimer\u2019s disease.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI want to be able to create less invasive treatments in the future for patients,\u201d Liethof said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Isabel Paz<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paz is a pre-nursing student in the Honors College at Kendall Campus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a 13-year-old, she spent weeks in the hospital after being diagnosed with ventricular tachycardia, a disorder that produces rapid heart rhythms. That experience motivated Paz to pursue a career in nursing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sophomore serves as vice president of community service at PTK\u2019s Omicron Tau chapter, organizing events like beach cleanups and representing the chapter at symposiums.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since the fall of 2023, Paz has also worked as an illustrator and photographer for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Reporter<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition, she is vice president of Health Occupations Students of American, treasurer of N.U.R.S.E., the pre-nursing club at Kendall Campus, and program coordinator for Xplora, a club that teaches STEM lessons virtually to children in Peru.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 19-year-old is also founder of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/kendall-campus-launches-student-led-podcast-storybytes\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">StoryBytes<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a student podcast platform at Kendall Campus. In March, she was selected as a finalist for the National Public Radio College Podcast Challenge for her entry: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When Faced with the Barrel of a Gun<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paz hopes to transfer to the University of Pennsylvania and aspires to be a travel nurse.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI&#8217;m so happy about [winning the scholarship], because it could cover the majority of the dorm [costs] wherever I&#8217;m staying, which is such a huge weight off of my shoulders,\u201d Paz said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Chabeli Quincoces<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quincoces, who immigrated from Cuba in 2020, is a sophomore studying biology in the Honors College at Padr\u00f3n Campus.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 19-year-old serves as the treasurer of PTK\u2019s Iota Chapter. She also created volunteering opportunities for students and led an Honors in Action project to raise awareness about neurodiversity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last summer, Quincoces was a part of an internship program at the University of Miami that allowed her to do <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.neustemlab.com\/research.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">research on<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the effectiveness of cell culture systems for neural stem cells.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt was an amazing opportunity,\u201d Quincoces said. \u201cIt gave me the idea that I really like research.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She hopes to transfer to the University of Miami or John Hopkins University in Maryland to pursue a career as a surgeon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAll that I did and that I&#8217;m doing, and what I want to pursue in the future is just helping people [and] my community,\u201d Quincoces said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click<\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.us19.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=4fc6146412415baee32007fd7&amp;id=b5cd3712dc\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> here<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to subscribe to our bi-weekly newsletter, The Hammerhead. For news tips, contact us at mdc.thereporter@gmail.com.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miami Dade College students Nicole Liethof, Isabel Paz and Chabeli Quincoces have been awarded the Hites Transfer Scholarship. The $7,500 prize is awarded to Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society members for their academic performance, leadership and civic engagement.\u00a0 Twenty-two students nationwide were selected in March from a pool of more than 2,800 applicants. 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