Coca-Cola First Generation Scholarship
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Posted By: Reginald Claremont on 06/13/2012 | |||||
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The Coca-Cola Foundation has awarded a $50,000 grant to Alcorn State University to provide Coca-Cola First Generation Scholarships to four students who are the first in their families to go to college. Each student will receive $12,500 in scholarships over four years.
A first for Alcorn, this grant is part of $7.4 million in grants awarded by the Foundation for education in the first quarter, with more than $4.3 million in First Generation Scholarship grants. Including these grants, the Foundation awarded $26 million to benefitting organizations across the globe. Minimum scholarship criteria: - Not have a biological parent or sibling that has attended college - Not have previously received a baccalaureate degree - Enroll full-time at Alcorn State University - Maintain a grade point average of 2.8 (4.0 scale) Interested students should follow the link to apply www.alcorn.edu/scholarships . Applications will be available beginning August 1, 2012. | |
| Scholarship/Grant Site: http://www.alcorn.edu/scholarships |
