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SHEILA B. JONES ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP

To honor Sheila B. Jones, a longtime employee of the Wake Soil and Water Conservation District, the Friends of the Wake Soil and Water Conservation District are launching the Sheila B. Jones Environmental Education Scholarship. Due June 16th!

Applicants must either be a high school senior attending a high school in Wake County with plans to attend a college for Environmental Education OR a current college student at any NC college, with residence in Wake County. One outstanding individual will receive a $1,000 scholarship to support their journey toward a career in environmental education.

Interested applicants must submit the following required application materials:

Information forms
High school and college transcript (if applicable)
Letter of recommendation
Essay (400-500 words)

https://www.wake.gov/departments-government/soil-and-water-conservation-district/environmental-education/sheila-b-jones-environmental-education-scholarship

AMERICAN COLLEGE FOUNDATION VISIONARY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

There are five (5) awards given with each bi-annual deadline – with a total of ten (10) college scholarships awarded for each school year. Awards range from $1,000 to $2,500 each.

All components of the application must be received completely at the time of submission. Applicant will NOT be notified of a partial and/or incomplete application. All applications for the American College Foundation’s Visionary Scholarship Program will consist of:

Completed ACF Visionary Scholarship Application
Student’s most recent unofficial high school transcript
500-word essay on “Why College is Important to Me”

https://americancollegefoundation.org/college-planning-visionary-scholarship-details/

North Carolina Prestigious Scholarships

As a school, we are able to nominate a few students each year to several prestigious scholarship programs including the Morehead-Cain (UNC), Levine Scholars (UNCC) and Cheatham-White Scholars (NCCU). In order to select our nominees, we ask that if you are interested, to please complete the google form below to assist our selection committee.

Google Form: SCHOLARSHIP NOMINEE FORM

More information can be found on the form above. If your student is not selected as our nominee, they can still self-nominate to be considered by the university scholarship committee. We will notify seniors when the selections have been made in August.

MOREHEAD-CAIN NOMINEE APPLICATIONS DUE JUNE 14TH AT 3:00 PM.

LEVINE and CHEATHAM WHITE nominee applications due on AUGUST 16th at 11:59PM.

The scholarships below are often 4-year, full-tuition scholarships with added benefits such as study abroad, research funding, etc. Some schools ask that we nominate students each year who would be quality candidates for the scholarship requirements. An application can be filled out the summer before Senior Year to apply for the allotted nominations from Wakefield HS. If your student is not selected, the scholarships with an (*) next to them allow for students to self-nominate as well! Please use the links below to learn more about each scholarship.