PROGRAM AND SCHOLARSHIP ENDOWMENTS

Advocates ($100,000+)
Charles R. Benson and James C. Deberry Memorial Scholarship
Food Lion Endowed Scholarship
Dr. Richard Brownell Endowed Merit Scholarship and Faculty/Staff Development Fund
Ervin W. and Miriam R. McCulloch Endowed Scholarship
Martha Edith Walker Estate Memorial Endowed Scholarship

Champions ($75,000+)
AkzoNobel Corporation Endowed Scholarship

Partners ($50,000+)
Dean R. and Betty I. Andrews Endowed Scholarship
Evelyn Kenerly Germann and William Joseph Germann Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Dai Nippon Endowed Scholarship
Edward and Susan Norvell Endowed Scholarship

Promoters ($25,000+)
Cabarrus Rescue Squad Endowed Scholarship
Lane C. Drye Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Susan Elaine Harrison Memorial Endowed Nursing Scholarship
The North Carolina Paraplegia Association Endowed Scholarship
The Optimist Club Endowed Scholarship
The Salisbury Lions Club Clyde H. Harriss Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Student Emergency Scholarship Endowment
Susan J. and Robert M. Smith Endowed Scholarship
Waddell Professional Development Endowed Fund

Food Lion Feeds Charitable Foundation: funding to support the student resource pantry and nutrition education – $2,000

Gene Haas Foundation: funding supports scholarships for machining and engineering technology students and sponsorship of project teams in competitions such as Skills USA – $15,000

The Leon Levine Foundation (Year 3): Funding for Healthcare Education – $60,000 (Total Award $300,000 over a five year grant period)

The Margaret C. Woodson Foundation: Annual scholarships and student emergency funds – $35,000

National Institutes of Health (NIH): Bridges to Baccalaureate (B2B) program – in collaboration with UNC-Charlotte and Gaston College, this sub-award via UNC-C will support activities to address the needs of academically qualified students to foster success beginning at the Community College and continuing through UNC-C in the area of Biomedical Sciences. $50,701 (Year 1 of 5)

National Science Foundation (NSF) Advanced Technological Education (ATE): Increasing Women in Engineering and Industrial Technologies (WE IT) – funding will support strategies in changing the perceptions of these industries within the populations of career influencers and potential students, specifically targeting and engaging female students to increase their awareness of these occupations. – $224,093 (three year grant period)

National Science Foundation (NSF) Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (S-STEM): STEM Persistence and Retention via Curricula, Centralization, Cohorts, and Collaboration (SPARC4) – this grant, a collaboration with UNC-Charlotte and Gaston College, will improve students’ academic and social preparation for the college context and reduce the probability of experiencing “transfer shock” upon enrollment at a four-year institution. Funds will provide eligible students’ scholarships to both Rowan-Cabarrus and UNC-C upon transfer. Approximately 15 students may receive up to $6,000 per year to cover unmet financial need. – $1,027,715 (five year grant period)