{"id":899,"date":"2016-02-17T19:48:54","date_gmt":"2016-02-18T00:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/2016\/02\/17\/furman-creates-scholarship-program-for-graduates-of-greenville-county-public-high-schools\/"},"modified":"2022-11-07T13:53:10","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T18:53:10","slug":"furman-creates-scholarship-program-for-graduates-of-greenville-county-public-high-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/furman-creates-scholarship-program-for-graduates-of-greenville-county-public-high-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Furman creates scholarship program"},"content":{"rendered":"

OCTOBER 31, 2012
\nby Vince Moore, Director of News and Media Relations<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>GREENVILLE, S.C.\u2014Furman University has established a new program to award up to 18 $20,000 scholarships each year to qualified students from Greenville County public high schools, part of Furman\u2019s continuing effort to encourage talented students in the Upstate to remain in the area as they pursue their educational goals and to strengthen their commitment to the Upstate.<\/p>\n

Beginning in the fall of 2013, the university will award the Max Heller Community Scholarship to one student at each of the 15 public high schools (including the Governor\u2019s School for the Arts and Humanities) and three charter schools, based on the recommendation of the high school principal, commitment to attending Furman, and evidence of admissibility to Furman\u2019s undergraduate program.<\/p>\n

The $20,000 scholarship is renewable for four years if the student remains in good academic standing with the university. Students receiving the scholarship are still eligible to apply for Furman\u2019s other merit-based financial awards.<\/p>\n

Furman also has extended special scholarships to graduates of St. Joseph\u2019s Catholic School, similar to the program established at Christ Church Episcopal School last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to encourage more of Greenville County\u2019s top students to make a commitment to the Upstate and to attend Furman, and we are committed to addressing affordability issues that might otherwise cause our best local students to look elsewhere,\u201d said Furman President Rod\u00a0Smolla.\u00a0 \u201cThese students represent the future of our community, and it is our hope that spending four years at Furman will strengthen their commitment to the region.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Brad Pochard, the university\u2019s Associate Vice President for Admission, there are no specific academic qualifications associated with the Heller Community Scholarship.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are looking for well-rounded students who want to come to Furman and become leaders on campus, students who are passionate about learning and their involvement in the Upstate community,\u201d Pochard said.\u00a0 \u201cThe Heller Scholars will need to be competitive in Furman\u2019s admissions pool, but we will consider much more than a student\u2019s academic credentials.\u00a0 We want students who are highly recommended by their high school administration, and we look forward to them being committed to making a difference at the university and in the community.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Heller Community Scholarship is named for the late Max Heller, the former Mayor of Greenville and Furman trustee who was well known for his devotion to and hard work on behalf of the Greenville community.<\/p>\n

Students interested in receiving the Heller Community Scholarship should contact the principal at their schools.\u00a0 The due date for nominations for the 2013-14 academic year is Jan. 15, 2013.<\/p>\n

For more information about the scholarship, contact Furman\u2019s Office of Admission at 864-294-2034.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

OCTOBER 31, 2012
\nby Vince Moore, Director of News and Media Relations<\/p>\n

Furman has established a new program to award up to 18 $20,000 scholarships each year to qualified students from Greenville County public high schools.\u00a0Beginning in the fall of 2013, the university will award the Max Heller Community Scholarship to one student at each of the 15 public high schools and three charter schools.\u00a0The $20,000 scholarship is renewable for four years if the student remains in good academic standing with the university.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":265,"featured_media":900,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-administrative","category-admission"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899","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\/265"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}