Furman University has awarded major scholarships to 14 graduates of Greenville County high schools for the 2015-16 academic year.\u00a0The students are currently enrolled as freshmen at the university.<\/p>\n
Established in fall 2012, the $20,000 scholarship is available yearly to one student at each of the 18 Greenville County high schools. This year, students from 14 of the 18 schools showed intent to attend Furman. Recipients for 2015-16 include students from 12 public high schools, one charter school, and the South Carolina Governor\u2019s School for the Arts & Humanities. The goal of the scholarship is to encourage talented local students to remain in the area and strengthen their commitment to the Upstate.<\/p>\n
The Heller Community Scholarship is named in honor of the late Max Heller, former mayor of Greenville and Furman trustee who was well known for his exemplary work in the Greenville community, and whose life was a monument to leadership, education, mentorship and a passion for learning.<\/p>\n
The scholarships are awarded based on the recommendation of the student\u2019s high school administration, commitment to attending Furman, and evidence of admissibility to Furman\u2019s undergraduate program. The scholarships are renewable for four years provided the student remains in good academic standing with the university.<\/p>\n
The recipients of the 2015-16 Max Heller Community Scholarships are:<\/p>\n
Blue Ridge High School Eastside High School Greenville High School Greer High School Greer Middle College Charter High School Hillcrest High School JL Mann High School Mauldin High School Riverside High School Southside High School Travelers Rest High School Wade Hampton High School Woodmont High School South Carolina Governor\u2019s School for the Arts & Humanities For more information about the Max Heller Community Scholarship, contact Furman\u2019s Office of Admission at (864) 294-2034.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Furman has awarded major scholarships to 14 graduates of Greenville County high schools for the 2015-16 academic year.\u00a0Established in fall 2012, the $20,000 scholarship is available yearly to one student at each of the 18 Greenville County high schools. The goal of the scholarship is to encourage talented local students to remain in the area and strengthen their commitment to the Upstate.\u00a0The Heller Community Scholarship is named in honor of the late Max Heller, former mayor of Greenville and Furman trustee who was well known for his exemplary work in the Greenville community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":257,"featured_media":3965,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,26,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-department-page","category-administrative","category-student-life"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/257"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3964\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>Sarah Livingston
\n<\/strong>From Taylors, Ms. Livingston plans to study music at Furman. She is the daughter of Robert and Susan Livingston (29687).<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Finley Buchanan
\n<\/strong>A Greenville resident who will pursue art at Furman, Ms. Buchanan is the daughter of Furman and Kim Buchanan (29615).<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Sarah Moyd
\n<\/strong>Greenville resident Sarah Moyd is the daughter of Daniel and Telisa Moyd (29615). Ms. Moyd will study health sciences at Furman.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Harmony Thomas
\n<\/strong>From Greer, Ms. Thomas plans to major in education, and is the daughter of Clark and Nancy Thomas (29615).<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Mutaz Sarhan
\n<\/strong>Mr. Sarhan of Greer is the son of Mohammed Sarhan and Saeda Eid (29650). He will begin a pre-health track at Furman.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Sean Allwurden
\n<\/strong>Fountain Inn resident Mr. Allwurden is the son of Klaus and Kathleen Allwurden (29644). He plans to study earth and environmental science.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Amal Momani
\n<\/strong>Ms. Momani, a Greer resident, is the daughter of Radi and Reem Momani (29650). She will pursue an education track at Furman.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Reed Horton
\n<\/strong>A Simpsonville resident who plans to major in education, Mr. Horton is the son of Anthony Horton and Tammy Goodlett (29681).<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Juhi Saxena
\n<\/strong>A resident of Simpsonville, Ms. Saxena will enter the pre-health program at Furman. She is the daughter of Drs. Naveen Saxena and Vinita Srivastava (29681).<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Haley Brummett
\n<\/strong>Greenville resident Ms. Brummett is the daughter of Richard and Celeste Brummett (29605). Her academic focus will be health sciences.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Hezekiah Cooper
\n<\/strong>Mr. Cooper, a Greenville resident who plans to major in economics, is the son of Wyndel and Amanda Cooper (29611).<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Elizabeth Garcia Ponte
\n<\/strong>Elizabeth Garcia Ponte of Greer is the daughter of Elbio Garcia and Alicia Ponte (29651). Ms. Garcia will study chemistry at Furman.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Abigail Emerson
\n<\/strong>Simpsonville resident Abigail Emerson is the daughter of John and Heidi Emerson (29680). Ms. Emerson plans to major in political science.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Rachel Cooke
\n<\/strong>Music student Rachel Cooke is a Greenville resident, and daughter of Gary and Barbara Cooke (29615).<\/p>\n