The board of trustees at Wor-Wic Community College recently awarded scholarships to 10 local high school graduates.
This year’s scholarship recipients include Alexis Bloxom of James M. Bennett High School, Taylor Earley of Mardela Middle and High School, Julie Evans of Crisfield High School and Academy, Haley Franz of Parkside High School, Jacobb Hardwick of Pocomoke High School, Erica Jones of Snow Hill High School, Myron Jones of Washington High School, Hunter Morris of Stephen Decatur High School, Chase Murphy of Salisbury Christian School, and Megan Rickards of Wicomico 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 awarded scholarships to 10 high school graduates from Wicomico, Worcester and Somerset counties. The scholarship recipients, seated from left, are Alexis Bloxom of James M. Bennett High School, Taylor Earley of Mardela Middle and High School, Julie Evans of Crisfield High School and Academy, Haley Franz of Parkside High School, Jacobb Hardwick of Pocomoke High School, Erica Jones of Snow Hill High School, Hunter Morris of Stephen Decatur High School, Chase Murphy of Salisbury Christian School and Megan Rickards of Wicomico High School. In the back, from left, are Dr. Ray Hoy, president of Wor-Wic, William H. Kerbin, vice chair of Wor-Wic’s board of trustees, and Russell W. Blake, D. Gary Boggs, Andrew W. Booth and Morgan Hazel, members of the board of trustees. Myron Jones, board scholarship recipient from Washington High School, is absent from the photo.