by Tyler Sparks | Nov 12, 2020 | Scholar Stories
Harvard sounds very, very far away for a lot of high school students. It certainly did for Betty Lulseged. “I didn’t want to apply, because I thought there was no way. I thought I was throwing away my application fee.” With a little encouragement from dad, the...
by Tyler Sparks | Nov 12, 2020 | Scholar Stories
Foresight and hustle. On the basketball court, Katie Lewis was always thinking about the next game, the next possession, the next play, and at the same time she was right in the action giving her all. She needed those qualities to complete her degree in health...
by Tyler Sparks | Nov 9, 2020 | Scholar Stories
Hers is the first face most see when they walk through the doors of Gillespie Park Elementary. Even behind plexiglass and a mask you can tell she’s smiling as she takes the temperatures of students and staff back to school for the first time since spring. As general...
by Tyler Sparks | Nov 9, 2020 | Scholar Stories
Madison Powers is a woman with a plan. She knows what she wants, “I want to be a school teacher; I want to directly impact children.” And she knows what it takes to get there, “I majored in elementary education at Greensboro College with a minor in child and family...
by Tyler Sparks | Nov 9, 2020 | Scholar Stories
The edge of his dream, And he watches from inside With a grateful heart. Poetry brings Douglas McCollum a lot of joy, even when it hurts a little. That’s the way he feels about graduation this weekend. “It’s tough to not be able to have the ceremony,” he says. “The...
by Tyler Sparks | Oct 3, 2020 | Scholar Stories
Neikya Slade radiates joys as she walks the campus of North Carolina A&T University. She’s almost floating. With good reason: Neikya just realized a dream that began when she was a little girl growing up in Greensboro. “I knew I wanted to help people: a doctor, a...
