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Elsie Mae White Memorial Scholarship Fund

Description:
The fund was established by John White, Sr., in memory of his late wife, Elsie Mae, who was concerned with improving the lives of disadvantaged children. Mrs. White was a self-taught woman with impeccable manners and style. The fund provides scholarship assistance in the form of tuition and fees to African-American students who are pursuing higher education or training at both the undergraduate and graduate levels to achieve specific goals. This scholarship is primarily for students attending, or planning to attend, land grant colleges and universities.

Eligibility Requirements:

  1. Scholarships can be used for either full-time or part-time undergraduate or graduate study at any accredited public or nonprofit independent college or university in the United States.
  2. Candidates must be an African-American high school senior ranking in the upper one-third of his/her graduating high school class or an African-American college student maintaining a minimum 2.8 GPA average (on a 4.0 scale).

Deadline:
May 28, 2010

Award Amount:
Up to $1,000

Contact person for more information:
Scholarship Administrator
The Columbus Foundation
1234 East Broad Street
Columbus, OH 43205
614/251-4000
dhigginb@columbusfoundation.org


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