WASHINGTON, DC— Congressman Mel Watt today congratulated this year’s winners of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF), Cheerios Brand Health Initiative and Wal-Mart Strive for Excellence Scholarships. 

Congressman Watt said: “I am pleased to congratulate these eighteen students on being selected to receive these merit-based scholarships.  Each year my office recommends 12th District students who have demonstrated academic talent and motivation to receive this prestigious scholarship award.  These scholarship winners will now be able to focus more on learning and less on paying their bills.”

The CBC Spouses Educational Scholarship is a national program that awards scholarships to academically talented and highly motivated students who intend to pursue full-time undergraduate, graduate or doctoral degrees.  The Cheerios Brand Health Initiative Scholarship provides financial assistance to undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students pursuing careers in a health related profession.

Last year, Wal-Mart donated a million dollars to create the Wal-Mart Strive for Excellence Scholarship in support of CBCF and the CBC Spouses initiatives to expand educational opportunities for young people nationwide.

 

 

 

Kristi Norton (Senior) – Winston-Salem State University

 

 

Melanie Beatty (Freshman) – North Carolina A&T State University
Jordan Brown (Senior) – UNC Greensboro
Craig S. Burt Jr. (Freshman) – Johnson & Wales University
Shari Y. Carter (Freshman) – UNC Wilmington
Alexandria Grace (Freshman) – North Carolina A&T State University
Priscilla D. Johnson (Freshman) – Queens University
Brian Leach (Freshman) – North Carolina A&T State University
Taqwanjelique S. Mungo (Freshman) – Bennett College for Women
Isaiah Scott (Freshman) – Morehouse College
Lindsay Smith (Freshman) – UNC Chapel Hill
Millicent E. Woodruff (Freshman) – Elizabeth City State University