Congratulations to the DREF Golden Anniversary Scholarship Awardees
The scholarship awardees will receive an email confirmation, giving instructions on how to receive the scholarship award check; all checks will be payable to the student and university and mailed directly to the institution. Congratulations to the 50 students who have been selected to receive the DREF Golden Anniversary scholarship:
1. Ebony Ashford, Rider University
2. Arynn Auzout, Texas A&M University
3. Ebony Baylor, Howard University
4. Ameerah Battle, Howard University
5. Morgan Biggs, University of Maryland (College Park)
6. Kamryn Bond, Pacific Lutheran University
7. Javon Bracy, Iliff School of Theology
8. Khristen Charity, Temple University
9. Emmanuel Cofie, University of Michigan
10. Ki-Jana Curtis, Southern University A&M College
11. Josiah Darnell, Pace University
12. Elon Epps, Sewanee: The University of the South
13. Jazmyn Ferguson, University of Missouri (Columbia)
14. Shantel Franklin, Indiana University
15. Nia Fraser, Temple University
16. Ashley Gray, Howard University
17. Olivia Harris, Northeastern University
18. Marcus Hatley, II, University of Arkansas (Fayetteville)
19. Alexis Holman, Clark Atlanta University
20. MacKenzie Jenkins, Southern Methodist University
21. Kaitlyn Jones, University of Texas (Austin)
22. Zachyre Lane, Howard University
23. Rhonda Lee, Florida Memorial University
24. Franklin McCain, III, North Carolina A&T State University
25. Jaelyn Magee, Hampton University
26. Nia Matherson, University of Georgia (Athens)
27. Gabrielle Miller, Indiana State University
28. Evvan Morton, Arizona State University
29. Kelly Page, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
30. Faith Parker, Mercer University
31. Sydney Parker, Morgan State University
32. SaVannah Pasley, South Carolina State University
33. Jordan Peace, Wake Forest University
34. Cayman Pearsall, Cornell University
35. Kamille Perkins, Prairie View A&M University
36. Aiyanna Sanders, Emory University
37. Naiya Speight-Leggett, Yale University
38. Marquis Taylor, Howard University
39. Jordan Thornton, North Carolina A&T State University
40. Charmaine Troy, Morgan State University
41. Khanay Turner, Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University
42. Ryan Wallace, Florida A&M University
43. Federickia Washington, University of North Texas (Denton)
44. Racquel Washington, Texas A&M University
45. Ato Watson, Florida Memorial University
46. Acneal Williams, Howard University
47. Kwentoria Williams, Texas Women’s University
48. Najya Williams, Harvard College
49. Valencia Williams, Tuskegee University
50. Arthur Wright, Bethune-Cookman College
Appreciation is extended to the Golden Anniversary Scholarship Review Committee for volunteering their time and offering their expertise to evaluate the applications. The Committee was comprised of the following persons: Larry G. Coleman, Ph.D., educator/training consultant; Delores C. Cooke, retired guidance counselor; Johni Cruse Craig, Ed.D., Delta Teacher Efficacy Campaign (DTEC) project director; Geraldine E. Finch, retired guidance counselor; Aryn A. Frazier, 2017 Rhodes Scholar; Therese A. Griffin, corporate manager; Karen Jones Herbert, Esq., retired attorney; Barbara Powell Jones, retired educator; Stephanie V. Lee, retired administrator; Lora Mayo, information technology consultant; Mabel Lake Murray, Ed.D., educator; and Deborah Peaks Coleman, DREF program director, coordinated the DREF Golden Anniversary Scholarship program.