Career Launcher Student Scholarships are funded by the National Court Reporters Foundation (NCRF). NCRF will be offering five to seven scholarships each quarter that will cover the cost for students to participate in the NCRF Career Launcher program.
Number of scholarships: Up to seven
Scholarship award: Free Career Launcher registration
Eligibility criteria
To be eligible to apply for the NCRF Career Launcher Student Scholarships, students must meet the following criteria:
Affirm they are currently a court reporting student enrolled in a court reporting school and/or can provide verification that they have passed one skills test at 180 wpm or higher.
- Applications that are received and include all required information will be entered into a drawing that will be announced on social media.
- Applications not drawn as winners will be included in all future drawings in which five to seven more entries will be chosen.
- Scholarship winners will be featured in an article in an issue of the JCR Weekly and the Up-to-Speed quarterly student newsletter.
Upcoming submission date(s)
Application deadline dates (by 5 p.m. Eastern)
Drawings will be held the week following each deadline date above.
Career Launcher scholarship winners
2024 Winners
- Berta Cardenas, EV360
- Yachet Chesney, Hardeman School of Court Reporting
- Teresa Collins, College of Marin
- Kelly Cullen, Mark Kislingbury
- Charles Dao, Cypress College
- Delainey Dutch, Mark Kislingbury
- Kylie Feist, Downey Adult School
- Lacey Haskel, Self Study, Realtime Coach
- Liane Hatch, College of Court Reporting
- Julie Krueger, Macomb Community College
- Zelma Lee, Simply Steno
- Emelyn Lih, Plaza College
- Ariela Llanos, South Coast College
- Jacqueline Mack, Alfred State College
- Alecia Madison, Tulsa Community College
- Veronica Morin, DelMar College
- Danielle Peterson, College of Court Reporting
- Karen Potter, Atlantic Tech College
- Kelsey Walker, Tulsa Community College
2023 Winners
- Jordan Fair, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
- Jennifer Fuller, Self study (EV360)
- Gabrielle Osdale, Taft College at Westec Court Reporting School
- Danielle Peterson, College of Court Reporting
- Lily Walker, Alfred State College
- McKalie Bellew, Tulsa Community College (Allie Hall)
- Jenna Hall, Hardeman School of Court Reporting & Captioning
- Hayley Long, Self study (EV360)
- Cristin Relyea, Self study (EV360)
- Emma Ridge, Oklahoma State Univ (Allie Hall)
- Dana Spear, Tulsa Community College (Allie Hall)
- Jill E. Wright, Clark State Community College
- Madeline Dub, College of Marin
- Alexa Gieco, Long Island Business Institute
- Alexandra Owens, Arlington Career Institute
- Elizabeth Peterson, Anoka Technical College
- Isabella Robaina, College of Court Reporting
- Mary Solis, South Coast College
2022 Winners
- Stacey Brantley, South Coast College
- Wendy Chunn, Macomb Community College
- Stephanie Cole, Poway Adult School
- Karen Collis, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
- Kimberly Coltrain
- Kathryn DiMarzio, Macomb Community College
- Tessa Farias
- Felise Ferradino, Self study
- Jaiden Camille Hernandez, Mark Kislingbury Academy of Court Reporting
- Yolanda Kong, Downey Adult School
- Larie Kuzma, College of Court Reporting
- Susan Lee-Cho, South Coast College
- Camille Linton, Laura Axelsen’s CareerLuv Program
- Laurel Loh, Realtime Center for Learning
- Patricia Menjivar, Downey Adult School
- Christine Moers
- Sophia Morris
- Tyffiney Moser, Simply Steno
- Aimee Olson, College of Court Reporting
- Paige Reardon, Madison Area Technical College
- Sara Sapp, Hardeman School of Court Reporting & Captioning
- Jessica Smalley
- Danielle Springer, South Coast College
- Linda Tarr
- Melissa Thai, Downey Adult School
- Jordan Urrutia, San Antonio College
- Tera (Chetera) Walker
- Janice Willier, Cuyahoga Community College
Contact
For more information on this and other Foundation scholarships, please contact NCRF at ncrfoundation@ncra.org.