Catrena Ross-Keys, a captain with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Department, has been selected to receive a scholarship honoring Dr. Gordon Hoffman, long-time instructor at Beaufort County Community College. Ross-Keys is pursuing an associate’s degree in criminal justice from BCCC.
Ross-Keys, 42, is a graduate of Chocowinity High School. She is employed in the detention center as a captain. Ross-Keys is the daughter of Virgel Ross of Chocowinity and Floyd and Evelyn Ross of Washington. Upon graduation from BCCC, she plans to continue her work at the sheriff’s department while pursuing a bachelor’s degree.
Created from the sale of land donated to the BCCC Foundation by Hoffman, the endowment provides a scholarship awarded to a law enforcement officer seeking to further his or her education with a degree in criminal justice and who does not have access to other financial assistance.
Before his retirement in 2003, Hoffman was the director of BCCC’s Basic Law Enforcement Training program. He is now living in Florida.
“I want to thank Mr. Hoffman very much,” she said. “Even though I work, money is still very hard to come by. I needed this scholarship to help assure me of making it at least one more semester.”
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