Scholarships in English
Endowed funds support scholarships for English majors. Applications are taken in September, with awards made for the spring semester.
Ida Freeman Jenkins Endowed Scholarship
Requirements include:
- Full-time English major.
- 3.0 or higher GPA.
- Active in collegiate extra-curricular activities.
- Must submit a 300-word essay on goals and why the applicant should be awarded the scholarship.
Richard E. Moore Endowment
Available to journalism or English majors who are sophomores, juniors, or seniors.
Hilda Hayes Fountain Satterfield Scholarship Fund
The late Hilda Hayes Fountain Satterfield was born in Lynchburg, Virginia, December 19, 1899 as one of eleven children of Cora Brown and Thomas C. Hayes. She received her early education in Lynchburg schools – graduating from Lynchburg Seminary. She received her master's degree from Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia. Satterfield had a distinguished teaching career which spanned forty-three years. She taught for one year at Nash County Training School in Nashville, North Carolina; four years in Greensboro, North Carolina.
She then taught thirty-eight years at Person County Training School, which was later named Person County High School in Roxboro, North Carolina. When she retired, former students from one end of the country to the other sang her praises. Shortly after coming to Roxboro, she married Jesse Fountain and the union lasted for twenty years. Although she never had children, she managed to rear two nephews to manhood: Richard W. Hayes and William E. Knox.
In addition to the many nephews and nieces who remember her with love, there are hundreds of students whom she nurtured and inspired. She was an active member of the National Education Association and the North Carolina Teachers' Association. She organized the Classroom Teachers Division of the North Carolina Teachers' Association and was its president from 1949-1953. After she retired, she served on the Person County Board of Education. In addition to her educational organizations, she was a member of the Person County Senior League and a host of other clubs.
Hilda Hayes Fountain Satterfield Scholarship Endowment Fund Criteria
Scholarships from the Hilda Hayes Fountain Satterfield Scholarship Endowment Fund will be awarded to deserving students as determined by the Scholarship Committee based on the criteria cited below. In making the selection, this committee shall consider such attributes as scholarship, leadership, community service, exceptional talent and financial need. The committee shall give special selection consideration to:
- Junior and/or senior students with a minimum GPA of 3.0.
- Students showing evidence of college/university and/or community involvement.
- Students providing three letters of recommendation, an official transcript, and a recent photograph along with the application.
- Students providing a personal essay of 500 words or less explaining why he/she feels deserving of the Satterfield Scholarship.
