Pictured are Darnell Roberts, SCC Student Government vice president; Lisa Turlington, SCC Foundation Executive Director; Gregory Fredericks, SCC Student Government President. Not pictured is Jessica Kidd, Student Government secretary. All of these students receive Foundation Scholarships for leadership and service to SCC.
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The SCC Foundation has awarded a total of $46,356 in scholarships for the 2010-11 year, and those within the foundation have selected high school seniors from across the county to benefit from these awards.
“Our office, and the scholarship committee, has worked with the Financial Aid Office to help recipients connect personally with the donors,” said SCC Foundation executive director Lisa Turlington.
The Foundation, she noted, uses a variety of methods to raise funds for the scholarships that are awarded. One way is through the organization’s annual scholarship drive, a time when local businesses and individuals are contacted and asked for donations to the fund. In addition, an annual telethon, helped greatly by efforts from Star Telephone, is held where area businesses and other individuals within and outside the area with an interest in the community college are contacted.
In the fall of each year, the Foundation holds its annual Sampson Classic in honor of Bill Johnson, one more fund-raising leg of the organization’s efforts to raise funding for scholarships.
Turlington also noted that many people establish endowments and others make contributions to existing scholarship each year, all in an effort to help students secure the education they need.
The executive director said she encourages anyone wishing to establish an endowment or to contribute to any of the scholarship funds already established to please call her office at Sampson Community College, 910-592-808.
The Scholarship Committee is made up of two representatives from student services, college president Dr. Bill Aiken, the vice president of Academic Affairs, and two representatives from the financial aid office. “The financial aid people really know the students and can speak to the committee regarding their needs,” said Turlington.
In order to qualify for scholarship or be considered to be awarded a scholarship, students must apply for financial aid. Full time students must qualify by keeping their grade point average up and remain as full time students. Scholarship recipients receive half of the award for fall semester and the remaining half in the second semester.
Turlington also noted that the Foundation also awarded merit scholarships to one student at each high school in the county as long as a student from the school applies. All but one high school in the county this year received a scholarship. The school not awarded funds did not have an individual to apply. She also stated that members of the Student Government Association were awarded merit scholarships for their services and also have to maintain their GPA and be full time students.
The Foundation began a new merit scholarship program this year entitled the Ambassador Program. The students serve as ambassadors for the college and like all other award recipients must maintain their full time status and grade point average.
“The Foundation is very grateful to all the benefactors and contributors who have given so generously over the past years to make it possible for us to help so many deserving young people further their education,” concluded Turlington.
The majority of scholarships were awarded at the various schools in the county during their award nights and/or graduations.
Recipients were: Allen Britt, Newton Grove, Sampson County Troopers' Scholarship; Alyssa Jackson, Garland, Captain David Neil Faircloth Memorial Scholarship; Alyssa Jackson, Garland, Coleman and Mary Carter Heritage Memorial Scholarship; Amanda Brewington, Clinton, Dr. Donnie M. Royal and Dorothy T Royal Heritage Nursing Scholarship; Amelia Jackson, Salemburg, Star Communications, Inc. Scholarship; Annie Boykin, Clinton, Clinton Garden Club Scholarship; Brittany Jones, Clinton, SCC Academic Scholarship; Byron Rickett, Salemburg, SCC Anonymous Scholarship; Casey Young, Roseboro, R E and Annie Lou Williams Student Aid Fund; Christie Fordham, Dunn, Alice Smith Harris Nursing Scholarship; Courtney Cooper, Salemburg,
The Leo and Margaret Benson Heritage Endowment Scholarship; Daniel McPhail, Salemburg, Sampson County Troopers' Scholarship; Darnell Roberts, Clinton, SCC Student Government Association Scholarship; Evelyn Alonzo, Clinton, Star Communications, Inc. Scholarship; Gail Ferris, Salemburg, Ryan Arthur Faircloth Heritage Endowed Scholarship; Gary Williams, Roseboro, Mary Z and James E. Bryan Memorial Endowed Scholarship; Gregory Frederick, Clinton, SCC Student Government Association Scholarship; Heather Godwin, Newton Grove, Sampson County Troopers' Scholarship; Holly Davis, Clinton, Dr. Donnie M. Royal and Dorothy T. Royal Heritage Nursing Scholarship; Jairo Najera, Salemburg, Jerson Industrial Maintenance Technology Scholarship; Jairo Najera, Salemburg, SCC Ambassador's Scholarship; Jason Lee, Clinton, Dr. Donnie M Royal and Dorothy T Royal Heritage Nursing Scholarship; Jason Lee, Clinton, SCC Ambassador's Scholarship; Jasonne Everette, Autryville, John Thurman and Verna Teachey Denning Heritage Scholarship; Jessica Kidd, Wallace, SCC Ambassador's Scholarship; Jessica Kidd, Wallace, SCC Student Government Association Scholarship; John Austin, Roseboro, Ryan Arthur Faircloth Heritage Endowed Scholarship; Jonathan Poole, Roseboro , Clinton Kiwanis Club/Francis B Fussell Memorial Scholarship; Jonathan Poole, Roseboro, Mary Z and James E. Bryan Memorial Endowed Scholarship; Jonathan Weeks, Clinton, Butterball LLC Scholarship; Joseph Brown, Clinton Star Communications, Inc. Scholarship; Joseph Brown, Clinton Trooper Randy Ward Memorial Heritage Endowed Scholarship; Karla Naylor, Clinton, Dr. Donnie M Royal and Dorothy T Royal Heritage Nursing Scholarshiponnie M Royal and Dorothy T Royal Heritage Nursing Endowment; Kayla Barefoot, Dunn, SCC Academic Scholarship; Kelly Layton, Clinton, Dr. Donnie M Royal and Dorothy T Royal Heritage Nursing Scholarship; Annie M Royal and Dorothy T Royal Heritage Nursing Endowment; Kelsey Wallum, Dunn, SCC Academic Scholarship; Lena House, Godwin, Star Communications, Inc. Scholarship; Lena House, Godwin Temporary Connections Scholarship; Mary Ann Walker, Roseboro, SCC Ambassador's Scholarship; Mary Crenshaw, Dunn, Mossette Lee Butler Memorial Heritage Endowed Scholarship; Mary Crenshaw, Dunn, Peterson-Rose Rotary Scholarship; Mary Jenkins, Clinton, William M "Bill" Johnson, Jr., Heritage Endowed Scholarship; Melissa McClain, Clinton, John T and Lois Fulghum Denny Scholarship; Michael Jernigan, Salemburg, Mary Z and James E. Bryan Memorial Endowed Scholarship; Michael Jernigan, Salemburg, The Leo and Margaret Benson Heritage Endowed Scholarship; Morgan Odum, Clinton, Sampson County Troopers' Scholarship; Morgan Odum, Clinton, SCC Academic Scholarship; Nacole Manuel-Dumpson, Clinton, William M "Bill" Johnson, Jr., Heritage Endowment Scholarship; Paula Weeks, Clinton, John Allison McDaniel Heritage Scholarship; Paula Weeks, Clinton, Star Communications, Inc. Scholarship; Robert Libby II, Clinton, Sampson County Association for Home Builders Scholarship; Sara Escalante, Clinton, Sampson County Troopers' Scholarship; Sarah Kinlaw, Clinton, Lucinda Parnell Gurley Nursing Scholarship; Sharon West, Clinton, James L. Austin Memorial Heritage Scholarship; Shekeria Faison, Clinton, R E and Annie Lou Williams Student Aid Fund; Silvia Tyndall, Clinton, Miss Tammy Irene Pickett Scholarship; Spencer Hamm, Salemburg, Star Communications, Inc. Scholarship; Stacy Brausch, Goldsboro, Dr. Donnie M. Royal and Dorothy T Royal Heritage Nursing Scholarship; Summer Goodman, Clinton, Go Automotive Scholarship; Tanya Lewis, Clinton, John Thurman and Verna Teachey Denning Heritage Scholarship; Tiffany Williams, Autryville, James L. Austin Memorial Heritage Scholarship; William King, Willard, Joseph Leon Sr. and Anna Matthis Cashwell Heritage Scholarship; William King, Willard, Sampson County Troopers' Scholarship; Zachary Smutko, Clinton, R E and Annie Lou Williams Student Aid Fund.
To contact Billy Todd, call 910-592-8137 ext. 117 or e-mail siobits@heartlandpublications.com.
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