However, persistence paid off-she succeeded on her second try this past year, and she said it is “really a blessing to be able to have the scholarship.” Receiving the Melissa Segars scholarship allows Domaleski to focus more on her studies rather than worrying about paying for her school expenses.įrances Pass, a culinary arts student at Southern Crescent Technical College, applied for the Technical scholarship two years ago and did not receive it. “I’m paying for college on my own,” she said. Victoria Domaleski, a Georgia State University student studying Early Childhood Education, received a Melissa Segars scholarship in 2017. He is interested in Human Resources and recruiting as well as human-centered design. When Johnson graduates, he would like to use his engineering and psychology for human-centered work in tech fields. He does new student outreach for Yale’s Afro-American Cultural Center is a part of the Student Activities Committee the Black Men’s Union and serves as a first-year counselor helping to mentor new students. Yale offered Johnson a good financial aid package, but having the Melissa Segars scholarship “helped with the anxiety of the transition.” The extra $3,000 award covered costs that other financial aid did not.įast forward to 2017, Johnson, a senior double-majoring in mechanical engineering and psychology, is active on campus. That was where Coweta-Fayette EMC’s Melissa Segars scholarship came in. After the initial excitement, he thought about Yale’s “really big sticker price tag.” “I honestly kind of forgot about it,” he said of applying to Yale. What he didn’t expect to see was his mother in the doorway, holding a large acceptance packet from Yale. Johnson wanted to go to Duke, but when Duke waitlisted him, he was convinced he would study at University of Georgia instead. Johnson, already dedicated to serving his community, participated in QuestBridge, which is a matchmaking-type service that pairs high-achieving, low-income students with elite colleges around the nation.
Michael Johnson, then a Senior at Whitewater High School in Fayetteville, applied for the Melissa Segars Memorial Scholarship for Outstanding Community Service after hearing about it from his mother.
In 2014, one of Coweta-Fayette EMC’s Melissa Segars scholarship recipients suddenly found he was bound for Yale University. Coweta-Fayette EMC announces Bright Ideas Grant Recipients, awards $29,926.33 to local educators on behalf of Operation Round Up.3rd Annual Clays for Community Operation Round Up Sporting Clay Shoot… Mark Your Calendars!.1st Annual “Swing Fore Operation Round Up” Golf Tournament Fundraiser.Applications can be downloaded below or may be obtained by mail upon request. Applications must be received by Tri-County EMC by February 1. Students residing within the Tri-County EMC service area may apply for the Walter Harrison Scholarship through Tri-County. Rural Electrification" for his pioneering efforts in the electrical cooperative industry and for his lifelong dedication to improving life in rural areas. Harrison was known in Georgia and across the nation as "Mr. Georgia's EMCs started the scholarship program in 1985 to honor the late Walter Harrison. The scholarships are awarded on the basis of academic achievement and financial need. More than $85,000 has been awarded since the program began. Please check back here for next year's application.Įach year the Walter Harrison Scholarship program awards $1,000 scholarships to high school seniors and undergraduate students attending any vocational school or two- or four-year accredited college or university in Georgia. Walter Harrison Scholarship The 2023 WHS application is now closed. Cooperative Youth Leadership Conference.
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