Four Anson County high school seniors were recently awarded thousands of dollars in scholarhips.
Madison Martin and Zadadria Clark, seniors at Anson High School, Cierra Boggan, a senior at Anson County Early College, and Jackson Poulnott, a senior at Anson New Technology High School, were each given $12,000 scholarships.
The students were chosen by the North Carolina State Education Assistance Authority for the $12,000 Golden LEAF Foundation Scholarship. The students will each receive $3,000 scholarships per year. They were notified on April 7, according to Rashonn Albritton, a grants, training and outreach employee for the N.C. State Education Assistance Authority.
Martin plans to attend Western Carolina University, Clark will go to Winston-Salem State University, Boggan will attend the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and Poulnott will go to the University at North Carolina at Asheville.
The four were some of only 215 students to receive the Golden LEAF Foundation Scholarships, which are awarded to students who go to “a participating North Carolina public university or private non-profit college or university,” according to the foundation.
“Recipients are from rural, economically distressed North Carolina Counties and are selected based on a number of criteria, including a review of school and community service activities, goals, and expressed intent to contribute to rural communities upon graduation from college,” the foundation said in a press release.
“The Golden LEAF board of directors has been pleased to assist more than 15,800 students from families in rural communities attend college since 2000,” Dan Gerlach, president of Golden LEAF, said in a press release. “The Golden LEAF Scholarship is one of the many tools we have to help fulfill our purpose of growing North Carolina’s rural economy. Our hope is that through this scholarship opportunity, scholars will be able to help gain valuable knowledge and skills and come back to their hometowns or another rural area to help our communities prosper.”
To learn more, visit CFNC.org or call the College Foundation of North Carolina toll-free at 866-866-2362.