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COC Sign Language Student Awarded Statewide Scholarship

An American Sign Language student from College of the Canyons was awarded a $1,000 scholarship for an essay about her intern experience as an interpreter in the Sulphur Springs School District.


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Courtney Wiscarson won the California Internship and Work Experience Association’s Dr. Bernard L. Hyink Scholarship, becoming the first student from COC to do so.

The scholarship was open to students from California’s 113 community colleges, and 10 students from COC applied for the award’s two-year college category.

“Fingers flutter and hands slide as they form pictures and words; each sign comes together to create the beautiful art of American Sign Language,” Wiscarson wrote in her essay.

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At 750 words, the essay “highlighted the resilience of the deaf and hard-of-hearing students with whom she worked,” college officials said, noting that Wiscarson also discussed her worries about signing incorrectly to the district’s children.

Despite these concerns, Wiscarson wrote that her mentor helped to guide her through her internship experience, stating, “She did everything in her power for these kids, and she did everything in her power for me.”

Wiscarson told college officials that her successful internship helped to cement her career goal of working as an interpreter with elementary school children.

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COC Sign Language Student Awarded Statewide Scholarship

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Melissa Lampert-Abramovitch has been writing for KHTS since Feb. 2014. She currently writes “Community Spotlight” and feature stories, and coordinates all aspects of both the”KHTS Adopt a Pet” video feature series and “Top Things to Do in Santa Clarita.” She is the creator of “KHTS Adopt a Pet” and acted as News Editor from 2019-2020, as well as Features Director and Newsroom Manager from 2016-2018. A former Valley Publications Staff Writer, Melissa was a contributor to the Santa Clarita Gazette and Canyon Country Magazine from 2015-2016. She has published feature stories with Pet Me Magazine, The Pet Press, The Signal, COC's Cougar News, and KJAMS Radio.