by Wendy Poteat | May 25, 2021 | Scholarship Recipient
“I am very lucky to have parents who care so much and want us to succeed and be in a better spot than they were.” Nicolette Robinson knows her parents’ story well; she sees the challenges they’ve overcome and the love that binds them. “My mom is white, and my dad is...
by Wendy Poteat | May 10, 2021 | Scholarship Recipient
Growing up in a family of seven, Ron Robinson learned how to compromise, how to share and most importantly, to be at the table on time for supper. “Everyone loves cooking in our family, and dinner is really important. We eat a lot. My mom cooks; my dad cooks;...
by Wendy Poteat | May 3, 2021 | Scholarship Recipient
Socrates said, “To know thyself is the beginning of wisdom.” The last couple of years Teagan Gillam has come to understand that. The Eastern Guilford graduate didn’t know what they wanted to do with their life or really who they were until college. “I want to become a...
by Wendy Poteat | Apr 13, 2021 | Scholarship Recipient
Like a lot of little girls, Shaolyn Robinson dreamed of becoming a singer, “but I can’t sing now,” she says with a laugh. When she was in middle school she thought physical therapy sounded like a promising career choice, “but I really just liked the idea of the...
by Wendy Poteat | Mar 22, 2021 | Scholarship Recipient
“I always wanted to be an elementary school teacher, even before I started school,” Lynsey Sharpstene remembers. Her sister was three years older, and Lynsey would ride with her mom to pick her up each day.” I thought school was the coolest thing, and that’s when I...
by Wendy Poteat | Mar 8, 2021 | Scholarship Recipient
In spring 2020, Erika Ajqui-Zapil was poised to graduate from Smith High School with a nursing certification. She planned to go to work in a nursing home while applying to college. Just three days before she was to begin her clinicals to complete that certification,...
