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Scholarships

Juanita Williams Scholarship

Scholarship criteria:

  • Female or Male high school junior or senior

  • Cumulative GPA of 2.5 or better

  • One letter of recommendation

  • An essay expressing your interest in giving service

​Applications must be electronically submitted no later than May 1, 2025 by 11:59 p.m.

Former Presidents Leadership Scholarship

​Scholarship criteria:

  • Female matriculating full-time student at one of the following HBCUs:  Cheyney University, Lincoln University, University of Maryland Eastern Shore or Delaware State University

  • Current sophomore or junior

  • Cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better

  • One letter of recommendation

  • An essay explaining how the applicant's leadership skills were shown in an activity which occurred in the last twelve months 

 

Applications must be electronically submitted no later than

May 1, 2025 by 11:59 p.m.

H.O.P.E. Memorial Scholarship
Helping Other People through Everyday encounters

​Scholarship criteria:

  • Female high school senior

  • Live in New Castle County, DE

  • Planning to major in Behavioral Science, Counseling, Human Services, Psychology, Social Science, Social Services, Social Work, or Sociology in college

  • Attending a historically black college or university (HBCU)

  • Cumulative GPA of 2.5 or better

  • One letter of recommendation

  • An essay expressing why you selected your major and how you will utilize your degree to help
    people in underrepresented communities

Applications must be electronically submitted no later than May 1, 2025 by 11:59 p.m.

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