The Heritage Fund — The Community Foundation of Bartholomew County has announced 10 finalists for its 2022 Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship.
The finalists are:
Columbus North: Zane Glick, Nicole Meza Sanchez, Ashley Lara and Megan Allman
Columbus East: Zoe Barnsfather, Eliza Whiteside and Ella Thompson
Columbus Signature Academy New Tech: Jessyka Brown and Carlie Menefee
Hauser Jr./Sr. High School: Graham Kennedy
Of these students, two will be chosen to receive full tuition for four years of undergraduate study at “an accredited public or private nonprofit college or university in Indiana.” The scholarship also covers required fees and provides an allocation for books and equipment.
The 2021 winners were Hayley Barr and Jadi Miller, both from CSA New Tech.
To be eligible for the scholarships, students must be Bartholomew County residents on track to graduate with a diploma, have a minimum 3.5 GPA on a 4.0 system at the end of their sixth semester of high school, demonstrate a “significant financial need for pursuing postsecondary education” and plan to attend an Indiana university or college full-time.
Other requirements include school and community involvement, leadership abilities and good character. Students must be available for a personal interview with the selection committee if chosen as finalists.
The Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Program annually provides 143 scholarships statewide. Lilly Endowment created the scholarship program in the 1997-98 school year and has supported the program every year since with tuition grants totaling more than $424 million. Nearly 5,000 Indiana students have received Lilly Endowment Community Scholarships since the program’s inception.
The primary purposes of the scholarship program are:
to help raise the level of educational attainment in Indiana
to increase awareness how Indiana community foundations benefit their communities
to encourage and support the efforts of current and past Lilly Scholars to engage with each other and with Indiana business, governmental, educational, nonprofit and civic leaders to improve the quality of life in both Indiana generally and in local communities throughout the state.
