One of the most significant challenges facing students is how to pay for their education. Thankfully, there are organizations that can help. Recently, one of those organizations, the General Board of Higher Education Ministries (GBHEM), announced scholarship awards for 19 students in our North Carolina Conference.
The awards were part of a larger award of $4 million in scholarships for 2022 awarded by GBHEM. Allyson Potts, Executive Director of Loans and Scholarships for GBHEM, thanked annual conferences for their support of students. “Thank you for your support in recognizing United Methodist Student Day, World Communion Sunday, and Native American Sunday, which help fund a portion of our scholarships. The remaining funds for these awards come from gifts, annuities, and endowments GBHEM has invested in and administered for decades.”
Students receiving scholarships range from freshmen in their first year all the way up to seminary and doctoral students across a wide variety of institutions. Here is the list of recipients from our North Carolina Conference:
Crystal DesVignes
Miles Hunt
Jay Locklear
Sujatha Balasundaram
Joseph Lane
Kathryn Distefano
Britt Taylor
Chloe Hultman
Julianna Mitchell
Margaret Stern
Charlie Hatch
Emily Thorne
Izabelle Ackerman
Taylor Lawrence
Elizabeth Belvin
Jalyn Herndon
Reginald Oxendine
Abigail Lawrence
Rachel Ward
Congratulations to these students! We are grateful for GBHEM and all the ways they support higher education in the North Carolina Conference and beyond.
Students who are members of United Methodist churches can apply now for Fall 2023 scholarships. The application is open until March 30, 2023. Visit gbhem.org for all the details.