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Twenty Scholarship Opportunities for Dayton-area African-American Students

February 14, 2019 By Dayton Most Metro

The Dayton Foundation and the African-American Community Fund offer multiple scholarship opportunities specifically for African-American students planning to attend a four-year institution or a Historically Black College or University (HBCU). The following 20 scholarship opportunities are for the 2019-2020 school year and range from $450 to $2,000. The application deadline is March 8, 2019.

  • Wahid Abdullah Memorial Fund, By Jim Bucher:
    • Description: The Wahid Abdullah Memorial Fund provides scholarships to Montgomery County graduating seniors to pursue studies in communications or journalism at a four-year institution.
    • Award: Up to $1,000

 

  • Dora A. Carson/Keith A. Byars Scholarship Fund:
    • Description: The Dora A. Carson/Keith A. Byars Scholarship Fund was established to assist graduating seniors from Dayton Public Schools who are scholar athletes and exemplify academic, school and community involvement and spiritual growth. Graduating seniors from any Dayton Public School who has participated in a varsity sport may apply.
    • Award: Up to $1,000

 

 

  • Hazel Carter Scott Scholarship
    • Description: The Hazel Carter Scott Scholarship provides scholarships to African-American students in Montgomery County who plan to attend a four-year post-secondary institution on a full-time basis. Students must have a 2.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale.
    • Award: Up to $1,500

 

 

  • The Colbert Family Scholarship
    • Description: The Colbert Family Scholarship was established in 2018 to award a scholarship to a graduating senior from Dayton Public Schools who plan to major in nursing. Students must have a 2.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale.
    • Award: $1,000

 

  • The Culture Works Leonard P. Roberts Memorial Scholarship
    • Description: In recognition of Mr. Roberts’ career as a businessman and his passion for the arts, Culture Works is pleased to offer scholarships to Dayton Region graduating high school seniors or local college students who demonstrate participation in and patronage of the arts. Students must have a minimum 2.0 GPA, and be a graduating senior living in the Dayton Region, or a college student, at any level, living in and attending college in the Dayton Region.
    • Award: Up to $4,000

 

  • Robert S. Early, Sr. Memorial Youth Scholarship
    • Description: The Robert S. Early, Sr. Memorial Youth Scholarship provides scholarships to Dayton Public School students who participated in golf, baseball or softball extracurricular activities.
    • Award: Up to $1,000

 

  • The Major John F. Harris, Jr., Memorial Scholarship Fund
    • Description: The Major John F. Harris, Jr., Memorial Scholarship Fund affords Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps graduates from Dayton Public Schools the chance to further their education at an institute of higher learning. Students should demonstrate leadership skills through exemplary participation in school and community activities, have a GPA in the 2.0-3.0 range and have passed all sections of the Ohio Graduation Test.
    • Award: Up to $500

 

  • Nelson J. Houck and Alvin R. Houck Scholarship
    • Description: The Nelson J. Houck and Alvin R. Houck Scholarship Fund of The Dayton Foundation was established to offer financial assistance to Montgomery County high school graduating seniors who have participated in cross country or track and field activities and are planning to attend a two- or four-year college, community college or university. Students must be planning to continue participating in cross country or track and field in college.
    • Award: $1,000, per year for four years

 

  • C.J. McLin, Jr., Scholarship Fund
    • Description: The C.J. McLin, Jr., Scholarship Fund provides college scholarships to help Montgomery County residents who have demonstrated academic success, financial need and community involvement. Students must be attending a Historically Black College or University (HBCU) or a four-year Ohio college or university.
    • Award: Up to $1,000, renewable for three additional years

 

 

  • Paul R. and Frieda M. Miller Scholarship Fund
    • Description: The Paul R. and Frieda M. Miller Memorial Scholarship Fund was established to enable a deserving student, who is of good moral character, to attend an accredited college and pursue a degree in education. Students must have a minimum 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale, be a Dayton Public School graduate and be accepted to a Historically Black College or University (HBCU). Preference may be given to a student who plans to major in Education.
    • Award: Up to $2,000

 

  • Herbert Scott Scholarship
    • Description: The Herbert Scott Scholarship provides scholarships to Dayton Public School graduating seniors who are currently in foster care or have aged out of foster care.
    • Award: Up to $1,000

 

  • The Scott Neal Simpson Scholarship Fund
    • Description: The Scott Neal Simpson Scholarship Fund provides scholarships to Montgomery County high school graduates attending an accredited college or university. Students must have participated in organized high school sports.
    • Award: Up to $500

 

  • Twentig Incorporated Endowment Fund (Willis “Bing” Davis Scholarship)
    • Description: The Twentig Incorporated Endowment Fund (Willis “Bing” Davis Scholarship) provides scholarships to graduating seniors who wish to pursue a degree in the arts, specifically visual arts.
    • Award: Up to $1,000

 

  • Trotwood Madison Education Foundation Scholarship
    • Description: The Trotwood Madison Education Foundation Scholarship recognizes the efforts of graduating seniors whose academic achievement during their junior and senior years has shown significant improvement.
    • Award: up to $1,000
  • The Professor E. Champ and Alma Warrick Memorial Scholarship
    • Description: The Professor E. Champ and Alma Warrick Memorial Scholarship awards scholarships to high school seniors graduating from a school in the Miami Valley who plan to attend Wilberforce University or Central State University and major in liberal arts.
    • Award: Up to $1,000

 

  • Doris H. Wilson Scholarship Fund
    • Description: The Doris H. Wilson Scholarship was established by friends and colleagues in honor of Doris Wilson, founder of Multi-Cultural Supporters, Inc. Students must have a GPA between 2.0 and 2.9 on a 4.0 scale, and demonstrate active participation in activities and organizations that are related directly to supporting or developing diversity.
    • Award: Up to $450

 

  • Deloris L. Winslow Scholarship for Community Excellence
    • Description: The Deloris L. Winslow Scholarship for Community Excellence was established in 2013 to help support Clark and Montgomery County minority students pursuing degrees in social work, political science, counseling, psychology, social services, or the treatment of alcohol and substance abuse. Students must have a minimum 2.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale, demonstrate commitment to community service or service involving the treatment of alcohol or substance abuse, and demonstrate leadership and participation in school and community activities.
    • Award: $1,000

 

 

 

Scholarships for students already attending college:

  • Thyrsa Frazier Svager Scholarship Fund
    • Description: The Thyrsa Frazier Svager Scholarship provides scholarship assistance to African-American females majoring in mathematics and attending Central State University, Wilberforce University, Wright State University, the University of Dayton, Howard University or Spelman College.
    • Award: up to $2,000

 

 

  • The Waverly Glover Scholarship Fund:
    • Description: The Waverly Glover Scholarship Fund will assist African-American students in pursuing a business or accounting degree at Central State or Wilberforce Universities. Students must be entering into their junior or senior year in college for the fall semester of the 2018-2019 academic year.
    • Award: Up to $750

 

  • Yvonne Walker-Taylor – Women for Wilberforce Scholarship
    • Description: The Yvonne Walker-Taylor – Women for Wilberforce Scholarship

was established to recognize and honor all women of achievement in America who have provided vision, leadership and a personal commitment for the pursuit of freedom in her country. Individuals eligible for this scholarship are full-time female students at Wilberforce University, who will have obtained at least sophomore status and a minimum 3.5 GPA.

    • Award: up to $1,000

 

Students can apply for these and other scholarship opportunities through the Foundation’s ScholarshipCONNECT system by visiting daytonfoundation.org/scholars.

 

 

Filed Under: Community, The Featured Articles Tagged With: African American Community Fund, College scholarships


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