2016 Scholarship Winners with YWCA President/CEO Barbara Perez and Committee Co-Chairs Sue Allen and Barbara Smitherman
Ten high school females have been awarded scholarships through the YWCA’s Mamie Earl Sells Scholars program. Presented by Kroger, the YWCA Mamie Earl Sells Scholarship recognizes female African American senior high school students for academic achievements and qualities of leadership, extracurricular involvement and community service.
The YWCA Mamie Earl Sells Scholarship Fund, established in 1993, provides financial assistance to support the recipients’ post-secondary education costs.
Each Fall, nearly 50 applications from over 20 schools are accepted and an independent panel of community leaders and educators makes the final decision on the scholarship recipients.
The scholarship serves as a memorial to Mamie Earl Sells, a dedicated community volunteer who gave her time, intellect, and enthusiasm to the YWCA. The scholarship upholds the vision and leadership she provided to the YWCA and its Career Women of Achievement program through enacting her philosophy that we must “lift as we climb” by acting as role models to the young women of today and tomorrow.
The Mamie Earl Sells Scholarship is awarded each year in coordination with the YWCA Career Women of Achievement Luncheon. This year’s luncheon is Wednesday, May 11.
This year’s honorees include Honorable Mentions each receiving a $250 Scholarship Hemen Aklilu, Mother of Mercy High School, Leola Colvin, Clark Montessori High School, Precious Gary, Oyler High School, Danielle Udosen, Fairfield High School, Kayla Walker, Princeton High School, Felicia White, St. Ursula Academy, Tianna Woodford, Purcell Marian High School; Runners-Up each receiving a $1,000 scholarship: Miracle Flowers, Western Hills High School and Janiah Miller, Newport High School and Top Scholarship Recipient receiving a $3,000 scholarship Sydney Mantell, North College Hill High School.
