Available Academic Scholarships
Claudius N. Shropshire Trustee Scholarship:
Scholars for this award are chosen from the top three rising
seniors at the University.
Francis I. Parker Scholarship:
Awarded to outstanding African American students from North
or South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee or Virginia who are committed
to concentrating in pre-law.
Cato Corporation Scholarship:
Awarded to students majoring in Business
Administration and Economics who demonstrate financial need,
academic distinction, and who live in a Cato Store community.
Jack S. Brayboy Endowed Scholarship:
This athletic award is given to the athlete with the highest
academic average.
Reader’s Digest Endowed Scholarship:
Given to highly qualified upperclassmen in need of financial
assistance.
National Presbyterian College Scholarship:
Awarded to incoming freshmen at a college related to the
Board of Christian Education, United Presbyterian Church, USA.
James and Susie Morrison Scholarship Award:
Awarded to a student who is in need and demonstrates
integrity, ambition, and involvement.
J.A. Jones Construction Company Scholarship:
Awarded to National Merit Scholarship semi-finalists and
National Achievement Scholarship Program semi –finalists.
Horace A. Davenport Endowed
Scholarship:
Awarded to a student who demonstrates outstanding academic
excellence.
The James B. Duke Endowment Scholarship:
Given to students with high academic promise and honor grade
point averages.
A.O. and Dorothy Steele
Scholarship:
Awarded to a rising junior with high academic records and documented
leadership qualities, which enrich campus and/or community life.
Dr. Charles L. Kennedy Endowed Scholarship:
Given to a rising junior with a 3.0 GPA majoring in
Chemistry, Math, Biology, Physics, Computer Science, or Engineering.
Rosemarie & Dean L. Buntrock Endowed Scholarship:
Awarded to an outstanding student majoring in Engineering.
Valencia Jumper Endowed Scholarship:
Given to a student who maintains a 3.0 or better GPA and
demonstrates financial need.
Alex Hemby Endowed Scholarship:
Awarded to a student in financial need who demonstrates a record of
outstanding academic excellence.
John D. & Catherine T.
MacArthur Endowed Scholarship:
Given to a student with a demonstrated record of good moral
character and academic excellence.
Eddie McGirt Endowed
Scholarship:
Awarded to an outstanding athlete with a demonstrated record
of academic achievement.
This student must possess good moral character and leadership
qualities.
Robert C. and Sadie G. Anderson Endowed Scholarship:
Awarded to students demonstrating outstanding academic
excellence and financial need.
Ivan & Juanita Reeves Endowed Scholarship:
Available to students showing strong academic excellence,
good moral character, and financial need.
The American Schlafhorst Endowed Engineering Scholarship:
Restricted to students from North and South Carolina,
majoring in Engineering with a 3.0 or better GPA.
Barnhardt / Thomas Family
Endowed Scholarship:
Awarded to a student demonstrating financial need and
outstanding academic excellence.
Rosa Rogers Stratford Endowed Scholarship:
Restricted to students from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg County
with a demonstrated financial need and a minimum 3.0 GPA.
The Robert L. Davis Endowed Scholarship:
Available to a Charlotte-Mecklenburg County student majoring
in Education who demonstrates the highest leadership potential,
scholarship, and financial need.
George I. Alden Endowed Scholarship:
Awarded to a student displaying academic integrity, good
moral character and financial need.
Rev. Jack S. Bailey Endowed Scholarship:
Given to an incoming first year student from Georgia who
demonstrates financial need or merit.
Robert L. (Bob)
Walton Endowed Scholarship:
Awarded to a student with outstanding academic qualities,
good moral character, financial need and who has a genuine
interest in their community.
Boyd Gatheright Endowed
Scholarship:
Given to a student majoring in the field of science who
displays an outstanding academic record with a 3.0 or better GPA.
Thomas H. McPhatter Endowed Scholarship:
Awarded to a student showing a sincere effort to stay in
college. The student
must maintain a B average with not less than a 2.8 GPA and must
display a peculiar loyalty to the University.
Vernilla T. Glenn Endowed Scholarship:
Given to outstanding students studying in the field of
Mathematics with a demonstrated record of academic excellence and a
grade point average of 3.0 or better.
Eugene A. Dawkins Endowed
Scholarship:
Awarded to a student with financial need and demonstrated academic
excellence with a 3.0 or better grade point average.
Harry M. Jefferson Endowed Scholarship:
Awarded to a
student with financial need and demonstrated academic excellence.
Charlotte Alumni Chapter Endowed Scholarship:
Given to a student with outstanding academic record of
achievement with a minimum 3.0 GPA.
The student must display good moral character and leadership
abilities.
Glaxo-Wellcome Women in Science Endowed Scholarship:
Awarded as an incentive for women students studying to enter
the science profession and demonstrating outstanding academic
excellence with a 3.0 or better GPA.
Sarah Belk Gambrell Endowed Scholarship:
Awarded to a student who demonstrates outstanding leadership
qualities, good moral character and the relentless pursuit of
academic excellence.
The scholar must maintain a 3.0 or better GPA.
The Duke Power Endowed Scholarship:
Given to a student studying in the field of Pre-Engineering
Education with a minimum grade point average of 3.0.
The Cummins Atlantic Endowed Scholarship:
Any student with a 3.0 or better GPA may apply.
Pepsi-Cola Endowed
Scholarship:
Awarded to a student with outstanding record or achievement,
excellent moral character and leadership qualities.
WBTV Jefferson Pilot Communications Endowed Scholarship:
Given to students studying in the field of Communications.
The scholars must maintain a 3.0 or better GPA and display
outstanding leadership ability.
Royal Insurance Endowed Scholarship:
Awarded to a student completing his or her freshman year and
has an internship component.
The scholar must be of good moral character and show great promise
for achievement.
Xerox Endowed Scholarship:
Awarded to a student studying in the field of Engineering.
The scholars are also eligible for the Xerox Summer
Engineering Workshop.
Each scholar must maintain an outstanding record of academic
excellence and display strong leadership qualities.
Matthew J. Whitehead Endowed Scholarship:
Awarded to an outstanding male scholar majoring in Teacher
Education. Students
must display an outstanding record of academic excellence and good
moral character.
The John McDonald Endowed Scholarship:
Given to a student with outstanding leadership ability and excellent
academic standing studying in the field of Public Relations or
Business.
Charles Stewart Mott Endowed Scholarship:
Awarded to students studying academic excellence in their
field of study.
Scholars must display good moral character and leadership ability.
Richard C. Ervin Endowed
Scholarship:
Available to students who demonstrate a financial need and display
outstanding academic excellence.
The Wilhemina L. Seabrooks Simms Endowed Scholarship:
Restricted to 3rd or 4th year students
majoring in Economics.
The scholarship is also based on financial need with the scholar
having a 3.0 or better GPA.
Neal-Brooks Scholarship
Award:
Students majoring in Mathematics and the Sciences are eligible for
this award.
Robert L. Blackmon Endowed Scholarship:
Restricted to an African American female scholar with a 3.0
or better GPA. The
scholar must be of good moral character and dedicated to the spirit
of Johnson C. Smith University.
William S. Roddey Endowed Scholarship:
Awarded to a student that demonstrates outstanding academic
excellence by having a 3.0 or better GPA.
The Public Service Endowed Scholarship:
Designed to provide financial assistance for worthy students.
Scholars must maintain a 3.0 or better GPA and demonstrate
good moral character and leadership ability.
The Caldwell E. and Ariana
Bampfield Boulware Endowed Scholarship: Awarded
to any sophomore, junior or senior who has clearly demonstrated
outstanding character, leadership and scholastic achievements in the
areas of the Humanities, the Sciences, Mathematics, and Computer
Sciences.
The IBM Endowed Scholarship:
Established as an incentive for students majoring in Computer
Science, Mathematics or Engineering.
Scholars must display an outstanding record of academic excellence
and leadership ability.
The Lowe’s Companies Scholars’ Program:
Awarded to a student who is in good academic standing with
the University and displays good moral character and leadership
ability.
The Betty J. Livingstone Endowed Scholarship:
Available to any students studying in the fields of Chemistry
or Business. Scholars
must maintain high standards of excellence in their academic
endeavors with a continuous pursuit of higher education.
William A. Hawkins Endowed Scholarship:
Awarded to any student displaying outstanding academic excellence
and financial need.
Winson R. Coleman Endowed Scholarship:
Awarded to an outstanding Junior scholar in the Humanities.
Juan J. Flowers and Marion E. Robinson Scholarship:
Award is restricted
to students with junior status and a minimum 3.0 GPA majoring in
Computer Science.
Pfizer Scholarship:
Students selected for this award must be either a junior or
senior Biology major with a minimum GPA of 3.0.
*Contact the Office of Student
Financial Aid
(704)378-1035 for additional
scholarship criteria, award amounts and other scholarship
opportunities.
