Delta Sigma Theta, NYAC

Scholarship Committee along with New York Alumnae Deltas, Inc. distributes the Mary McLeod Bethune Scholarship award to college bound youth from the Harlem community. The purpose of this scholarship is to support graduating high school seniors through four years of college in the pursuit of a baccalaureate degree. Scholarships are renewable annually based on academic performance. Additional scholarships are granted, contingent upon the proceeds from fund-raising activities. Most scholarship funds are raised at our Annual Evening of Elegance Scholarship Award Dinner Dance held in the spring of every year. This year we will hold a Scholarship Brunch. Our Past Scholarship Awardees have attended numerous prestigious Colleges and Universities.

To be considered for the scholarship, the applicant must be:

1. Be a student of African descent residing within our area of service as explained below:
2. Live within our service area: Manhattan east to west from the East River to the Hudson River and north to south below 155th Street south to Battery Park.
3. Be a graduating high school senior and have an "80" or above high school average.
4. Be active in an extra-curricular activity, do volunteer work, have a part-time job or be active in a community organization (church activity is acceptable).
5. Be admitted to a Baccalaureate Degree program at an accredited institution by the fall semester (a Bursar's receipt or letter from Registrar/Admissions Office is required at that time).

Download the Mary McLeod Bethune Scholarship application here.
DUE SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 2012

For questions about scholarship, please email scholarship[at]dstnyac.org

Valerie Boone
Scholarship Committee Chair
2011-2012

Marjorie Fort-Dees
Scholarship Committee Co-Chair
2011-2012

Past scholarship awardees:

2008
Britney Sampson - Bryn Mawr College
Ondrae Jackson - Howard University

2007
Sharvonne Williams - Buffalo State College
Jabari Scutchins - Utica College

2006
Denera McCoullough - Benedict College
Sarah Clarke - Villanova University

2005
Shonnell Beckles - St. Johns University
Lorelle Moody - University of Maryland - Eastern Shore

2004
Donavan Ramon - Hunter College
Samba Tague - Morehouse College
Shanton Tyson - Boston College

2003
Allassane Coulibaly - Dickinson College
Eric Frazer - Cornell University

2000/2001/2002
Lamone Downey — Cornell University
Wilda Orisme — Florida Memorial University
George Suttles — Wesleyan University
Doris Lewis — Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

1998
Magdia DeJesus — New York University
Shinikequa Gibson — University of Rochester
Khalilah Phillpotts — Hampton University
Sean F. Scott — Yale University

1992
Taha Abdul-Bassir — Harvard University
Gemini Cotton — Syracuse University
Alisha Ellis — Spelman College
Nicole Harding — Marymount College
Nafeesah Muhammed — Virginia State University
Hilda Ramirez — Columbia University

1989
Kwesi Arno — Cornell University
Petula Brown — Cornell University
Rudolph Brioshe — John Jay College (CUNY)
Luther Burroughs — Virginia State University
Dexter Davenport — Franklin and Marshall College
Stacey Felder — Barnard College
Kaisha Harrington — SUNY at Stony Brook
Donyale Harris — Georgetown University
Tanya Leake — Stanford University
Ruth Roman — Yale University
Panetta Thomas — City College (CUNY)

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