2008 Ballentine Scholarships
February 4, 2008
If you are the parent of a high school senior living in House District 71 that plans to attend USC, Clemson, Midlands Tec, or Winthrop/Columbia College in fall 2008, click here for information and an application for a one year scholarship. There are two $500 scholarships for Midlands Tec, and three $1,000 scholarships (one each) for USC, Clemson, and either Winthrop or Columbia College.
Please note: the student may be educated at any public/private high school in our state or be homeschooled. To be eligible though, the student must live in House District 71. The student may confirm he/she lives in House District 71 by visiting www.scstatehouse.net and choosing “Find Your Legislator”.
Past winners include include:
(2007)
Kristin Leskoske – Dutch Fork High School: John Dewey Winburn, Jr. Scholarship
Logan Ross - Chapin High School: Bernard Carroll Ballentine Scholarship
(2006)
Chelsey Moses – Dutch Fork High School: Margaret Jane Winburn Clarke Scholarship
Zach Brunson – Homeschool Student: Bernard Carroll Ballentine Scholarship
Jessica Corley – Dutch Fork High School: John Dewey Winburn, Jr. Scholarship
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Why the limitation on which college/university your child attends to qualify for the scholarships? Our son is going to Newberry and was going to apply, but we noticed that you have a very small list of institutions that qualify.
Mr. Porter,
These scholarships represent $5,000 of my legislative salary ($10,400 annually) that I return to our community. The five scholarships are named in memory of family members and their respective colleges or universities where they graduated.
Nathan
Nathan,
Glad to see you are doing great work!!! Keep it up.
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