June 4, 2007

CONTACT: Luke Brymer, Communications and Marketing, Wallace State
Community College, luke.brymer@wallacestate.edu, 256/352-8231



Wallace State Student Nominated for Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship



HANCEVILLE, Ala.- Wallace State-Hanceville student Kevin Edmondson of
Cullman has been selected as nominee for the 2007 Jack Kent Cooke
Scholarship.



The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation offers full scholarships to outstanding
students with financial need who are transferring from two-year schools
to four-year institutions to pursue a bachelor's degree. Scholarship
awards may be used for tuition, books, fees and living expenses at the
students' transfer institution. Winners will receive up to $30,000 per
year per student to cover two years of tuition and expenses at a college
or university.



Edmondson is a member Wallace State's Phi Theta Kappa honor society and
has been named Who's Who Among American Junior College Students. He is
active in campus activities such as intramural sports and his community
service includes volunteering as a boys' basketball coach in Cullman.
Edmondson will be attending the University of Alabama at Huntsville this
fall where he plans to major in civil engineering.


Kevin Edmondson of Cullman

  Kristen Holmes
  Director, Communications and Marketing
  Wallace State Community College
  P.O. Box 2000
  Hanceville, AL 35077
  256/352-8118
  E-mail: Kristen.Holmes@WallaceState.edu