Community Scholars
In 1998, the Jaguars Foundation established what is now a $500,000
scholarship fund in partnership with the University of North Florida. The
Community Scholars program is a novel scholarship program that involves UNF Honors
students mentoring selected high school students who have participated in the
Jaguars Foundation Honor Rows program.
The scholarship candidate must be nominated by his/her youth agency,
currently a sophomore or junior in high school, committed to a drug-free
lifestyle, and has demonstrated a commitment to public service. Scholarship
recipients receive full tuition for up to four years, as well as mentorship
support before and during their college experience. This increases their chances
for lasting academic, volunteer, and professional success.
| Scholarship recipients with their respective Honor Rows Agency and High School. |
| Year |
Recipient |
Agency |
High School |
| 1998 |
Ivory Orr |
Big Brothers/Big
Sisters |
Ribault |
| 2000 |
John Allen, Jr. |
MOSH |
Paxon |
| 2001 |
Angie Gibson |
daniel, Inc. |
Raines |
| 2003 |
Indya Pittman
Tamieka
Wright |
daniel, Inc.
The
Bridge of NE Florida |
Raines
Andrew Jackson
|
| 2004 |
Tillery
Brickell
Lawrence Williams |
The Bridge of NE
Florida
The Bridge of NE Florida |
Edward
White
Raines |
| 2005 |
Deanna Keane
Melissa Lewis
Robert Allen
Tiffany Nealy
|
The Children's Place
Guardian of Dreams
MOSH
Bethel
Baptist Inst. Church |
Englewood
Bishop
Kenny
Paxon
Wolfson |
The mentoring component of the program assists scholars to:
- make a successful transition into college;
- develop the academic and social skills necessary for higher education;
- research and participate in service learning projects; and
- foster on-going relationships with their mentor and their scholar peers.
For more information about this unique program, contact Heather Burk, UNF
Service Learning Coordinator, at (904) 620-3933 or at hburk@unf.edu.