The board of trustees at Wor-Wic Community College recently recognized the recipients of scholarships awarded to local high school graduates.
This year’s scholarship recipients include Abagail East from Crisfield High School and Academy, Alec Foote from Stephen Decatur High School, Shanza Ghazanffer from Washington High School, Ashley Miles from Holly Grove Christian School, Samuel Myer from James M. Bennett High School, Tanairy Paguay from Parkside High School, Kayla Phippin from Mardela Middle and High School, Laurin Rabon from Snow Hill High School and Cassady Williams from Pocomoke High School.
The board of trustees provides a two-year full-tuition scholarship for the most academically-talented high school senior applicant from each of the 10 public high schools and two of the four private high schools in Wicomico, Worcester and Somerset counties.
In order to qualify for the scholarship, applicants must have at least a 3.25 GPA on an unweighted 4.0 scale. They must also apply for admission to Wor-Wic before April 1 of their senior year in high school, as well as complete a board of trustees scholarship application form.
The scholarships are awarded to the applicant with the highest GPA from each school, followed by the highest total number of credits earned and the earliest admission application. Recipients must maintain a 3.0 GPA.
High school students interested in more information about the scholarship should call the college’s financial aid office at 410-334-2905.
BOARD SCHOLARSHIPS.
The board of trustees at Wor-Wic Community College recently recognized the recipients of scholarships awarded to local high school graduates from Wicomico, Worcester and Somerset counties. The scholarship recipients, seated from left, are Alec Foote from Stephen Decatur High School, Shanza Ghazanffer from Washington High School, Ashley Miles from Holly Grove Christian School, Samuel Myer from James M. Bennett High School, Kayla Phippin from Mardela Middle and High School, Laurin Rabon from Snow Hill High School and Cassady Williams from Pocomoke High School. In the back, from left, are Andrew W. Booth, Kimberly C. Gillis and Morgan Hazel, members of Wor-Wic’s board of trustees, Bob Culver, Wicomico County Executive, Martin T. Neat, chairperson of the board of trustees, Russell W. Blake, vice chairperson of the board of trustees, Dr. Ray Hoy, president of Wor-Wic, and William H. Kerbin and Lorraine Purnell-Ayers, members of the board of trustees. Not pictured are scholarship recipients Abagail East, from Crisfield High School and Academy, and Tanairy Paguay from Parkside High School.