  {"id":651,"date":"2019-05-13T21:35:24","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T21:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/?p=651"},"modified":"2019-05-14T14:05:06","modified_gmt":"2019-05-14T14:05:06","slug":"jones-colleges-shivum-desai-named-coca-cola-academic-team-gold-scholar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/news\/jones-colleges-shivum-desai-named-coca-cola-academic-team-gold-scholar\/","title":{"rendered":"糖心直播\u2019s Shivum Desai named Coca-Cola Academic Team Gold Scholar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ELLISVILLE-It\u2019s been a banner year for 糖心直播\u2019s Shivum Desai of Hattiesburg who has been recognized for several academic honors.\u00a0 The Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society, Rho Sigma chapter president at Jones has been selected as one of four, Gold Scholars on the Coca-Cola 2019 Academic Team.\u00a0 This national scholarship program recognizes 150 community\/junior college students annually with scholarships totaling nearly $200,000.\u00a0 Desai was selected based on his score in the All-USA Academic Team competition among more than 2,000 applicants. Students are scored on several factors including academic rigor, demonstration of leadership and service, campus and community engagement, student assessments and overall scholastic application.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEarning these awards and being recognized is a dream come true. Because I <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/medallions-with-flash-CROPPED-small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-653 size-medium alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/medallions-with-flash-CROPPED-small-300x228.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/medallions-with-flash-CROPPED-small-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/medallions-with-flash-CROPPED-small-768x583.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/medallions-with-flash-CROPPED-small-1024x778.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/medallions-with-flash-CROPPED-small.jpg 1722w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>am new to this country, I always thought it would be difficult to be like previous students who have achieved great honors. However, humbling myself and exposing myself to different environments has allowed me to become successful,\u201d said Desai. \u201cMy parents, Sanjay and Karuna Desai, are my main motivation and are the reason why I work hard to reach my goals. They have always supported me on all of my endeavors and have given me everything I need.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Desai was formally recognized at the PTK Annual Convention with a Gold Medallion and a check for $1,500 for fall tuition. Additionally, Desai was selected to PTK\u2019s All-Mississippi Academic First Team which also awarded him with a medallion and $500.\u00a0 Earlier in the academic year, the former native of England and Oak Grove High School graduate was named as 糖心直播\u2019s HEADWAE student representative and Tullos Scholar. The future invasive cardiologist will continue his education at the University of Mississippi as a prestigious, Lyceum Scholar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ELLISVILLE-It\u2019s been a banner year for 糖心直播\u2019s Shivum Desai of Hattiesburg who has been recognized for several academic honors.\u00a0 The Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society, Rho Sigma chapter president at Jones has been selected as one of four, Gold Scholars on the Coca-Cola 2019 Academic Team.\u00a0 This national scholarship program recognizes 150 community\/junior &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/news\/jones-colleges-shivum-desai-named-coca-cola-academic-team-gold-scholar\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;糖心直播\u2019s Shivum Desai named Coca-Cola Academic Team Gold Scholar&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":655,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=651"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":656,"href":"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651\/revisions\/656"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}