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Willis H. Overby Scholarship

Award Amount
$600
Award Amount
Application deadline
April 30, 2025
Application deadline
Awarded By:

Winston-Salem Foundation

Number of Awards & Eligibility: Two awards offered annually.
In order to qualify, students must meet the following criteria:
  1. This award is for international and U.S. students.
  2. Must be a resident of Stokes County, North Carolina, AND attend a Stokes County high school.
  3. Must be a graduating high school senior who will go directly to an accredited vocational/technical school, community college, or college/university in pursuit of a certificate, diploma, or degree.
  4. Must have a cumulative unweighted grade point average of 3.0 or higher and a transcript reflecting a challenging course selection.

In order to qualify, students must meet the following criteria:

Description: This scholarship is open to high school seniors who reside and attend school in Stokes County, NC, and have a grade point average of 3.0 or higher. Students must demonstrate financial need as well as outstanding leadership, school service, and community involvement.

Application requirements for the Willis H. Overby Scholarship are:

  • Application form
  • Official Transcript
  • Recommendation letter
  • Tax return
Additional Information: Applicants must demonstrate initiative and a desire to succeed as exemplified by outstanding leadership, school service, and community involvement. Applicants must also demonstrate demonstrate financial need, but eligibility is not restricted to lower incomes (the student's financial need and merit will be equally weighted). In order to be eligible to apply for financial aid from the Foundation, 50 percent or more of the student's college courses must be taken in a traditional classroom setting. A Student Aid committee of The Winston-Salem Foundation will select recipients. The committee reserves the right to rescind an award should a recipient's circumstances change, such as failure to graduate from high school or failure to enroll at an accredited institution. The Foundation reserves the right to withhold the award in the event that no applicants are deemed to meet the qualifications.

Award Amount: $600 annually, non-renewable. Scholarships will be applied to the cost of undergraduate tuition, fees, room and board, and other college expenses. Once recipient(s) have been selected, checks will be issued jointly to the college and to the recipient, and will be mailed to the recipient's home address for the student to deliver to the college's financial aid office. Separate checks will be issued for fall and spring semesters. Check processing requires approximately two weeks.  The total dollars awarded for this scholarship is $600.

About Winston-Salem Foundation:
Contact Information: Edna Barker ,Student Aid Associate
Address: 751 W. Fourth St. Suite 200 Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27101-2702

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