The board of trustees of Wor-Wic Community College recently awarded scholarships to 11 local high school graduates.
This year’s scholarship recipients include Tiffany Biles of Parkside High School, Dakota Branch of Pocomoke High School, Carole Byrd of Mardela Middle and High School, Kiersten Gray of Stephen Decatur High School, Samantha Hall of Washington High School, Justin McCain of Delmar Junior-Senior High School, Christine Mesadieu of Wicomico High School, Collin Shockley of Snow Hill High School, Nhon Tran of James M. Bennett High School, Briana Whittington of Crisfield High School and Academy and Katelyn Coulbourne of Holly Grove Christian 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 of Wor-Wic Community College recently awarded scholarships to 11 high school graduates from Wicomico, Worcester and Somerset counties. The scholarship recipients pictured seated in the front, from left, are Tiffany Biles of Parkside High School, Dakota Branch of Pocomoke High School, Carole Byrd of Mardela Middle and High School, Kiersten Gray of Stephen Decatur High School, Samantha Hall of Washington High School, Justin McCain of Delmar Junior-Senior High School, Christine Mesadieu of Wicomico High School, Collin Shockley of Snow Hill High School, Nhon Tran of James M. Bennett High School and Briana Whittington of Crisfield High School and Academy. In the back, from left, are Dr. Ray Hoy, president of Wor-Wic, Morgan Hazel, board chair, Russell W. Blake, board vice chair, D. Gary Boggs, Andrew W. Booth, Velda E. Henry, William H. Kerbin and Martin T. Neat, members of the board of trustees. Not pictured is scholarship recipient Katelyn Coulbourne of Holly Grove Christian School.