USAG BAVARIA – HOHENFELS, Germany — From left, Angela Lane, deputy garrison manager for U.S. Army Garrison Bavaria – Hohenfels, applauds Hohenfels Middle / High School senior Malea Jobity as she received the Scholarship for Military Children from the Defense Commissary Agency during a ceremony June 4 at the Hohenfels commissary. (U.S. Army photo by Bryan Gatchell, USAG Bavaria Public Affairs)
VIEW ORIGINAL
USAG BAVARIA – HOHENFELS, Germany — From left, Angela Lane, deputy garrison manager for U.S. Army Garrison Bavaria – Hohenfels; Malea Jobity, Hohenfels Middle / High School senior; and Fitzgerald Hairston, Hohenfels commissary store director, pose for a photo after Jobity received the Scholarship for Military Children from the Defense Commissary Agency during a ceremony June 4 at the Hohenfels commissary. Jobity, who is attending the University of Vermont in the fall, plans on pursuing a PhD and teach elementary school students. (U.S. Army photo by Bryan Gatchell, USAG Bavaria Public Affairs)
VIEW ORIGINAL
USAG BAVARIA – HOHENFELS, Germany — From left, Angela Lane, deputy garrison manager for U.S. Army Garrison Bavaria – Hohenfels, poses in a photo with Malea Jobity, Hohenfels Middle / High School senior after Jobity received the Scholarship for Military Children from the Defense Commissary Agency during a ceremony June 4 at the Hohenfels commissary. Jobity is attending the University of Vermont and plans on pursuing a PhD and teach elementary school students. (U.S. Army photo by Bryan Gatchell, USAG Bavaria Public Affairs)
VIEW ORIGINAL
USAG BAVARIA – HOHENFELS, Germany — From left, Angela Lane, deputy garrison manager for U.S. Army Garrison Bavaria – Hohenfels, passes a certificate to Malea Jobity, Hohenfels Middle / High School senior, as sister Jalissa Jobity watches and father Lt. Col. Brando Jobity, chief nursing officer at U.S. Army Health Clinic Hohenfels, takes a photo. Malea Jobity received the Scholarship for Military Children from the Defense Commissary Agency and plans on pursuing a PhD and teach elementary school students. Malea Jobity is attending the University of Vermont in the upcoming academic school year. (U.S. Army photo by Bryan Gatchell, USAG Bavaria Public Affairs)
VIEW ORIGINAL
USAG BAVARIA – HOHENFELS, Germany – Commissary and community leadership gathered before the store opened June 4 to honor a Hohenfels Middle / High School student for earning a scholarship from the Defense Commissary Agency.
Malea Jobity, a senior at the high school who is slated to attend the University of Vermont and pursue a career in teaching elementary school, wrote an essay describing the impact volunteering had on her path in life.
Jobity had spent a previous summer at Hohenfels volunteering with the Religious Support Office during Vacation Bible School. She found the work rewarding enough that she wanted to continue working with small children.
“Volunteering at VBS was part of the reason why I decided that I wanted to become an elementary school teacher,” she said.
“In recognition of the challenges faced by military Families, their contribution to the readiness of the fighting force and the role of the commissaries in the community, the Scholarship for Military Children program was created to provide needed education opportunities to the children of Family members,” said Fitzgerald Hairston, Hohenfels commissary store director.
Angela Lane, the deputy garrison manager for Hohenfels, took part in the ceremony as well.
“I love to see our young adults striving for higher education,” she said. “You guys are amazing!”
Jobity was joined by her Family, including her father Lt. Col. Brando Jobity, chief nursing officer at U.S. Army Health Clinic Hohenfels; mother Mary Jo Jobity, and twin sister Jalissa Jobity, who has accepted an appointment at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York.
“I’m the proudest person there is,” said Lt. Col. Jobity. “I really do appreciate the fact that with all her accolades, it’s the humility she has. She doesn’t brag about it, so I’m super proud.”
“I’m very proud of both of them,” Mary Jo said of her daughters. “They show me how to be a better person every day, and I’m super happy about their success. They earned it.”
Both sisters are scheduled to graduate from Hohenfels Middle / High School during a ceremony June 6 on post. The ceremony will be preceded by a parade.
