The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill recently honored 39 first-year students, four undergraduate nursing students and 12 graduate nursing students with its most prestigious need-based merit awards, the annual James M. Johnston Scholarships. The first-year scholarships are renewable for three more years of study.
Note: Scholarship recipients are listed below. For students receiving UNC scholarships based solely on merit, see http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/4085/75/
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill recently honored 39 first-year students, four undergraduate nursing students and 12 graduate nursing students with its most prestigious need-based merit awards, the annual James M. Johnston Scholarships. The first-year scholarships are renewable for three more years of study.
Undergraduates entering the School of Nursing as juniors and first-year graduate nursing students are eligible for Johnston Nursing Awards, a special focus of the Johnston program.
Thirty in-state and nine out-of-state students won the first-year awards. All students with financial need are considered for Johnston Scholarships, but merit determines the winners. Awards vary among recipients according to need for first-year students and the undergraduate nursing students. Graduate nursing recipients receive $8,000 per year.
UNC awarded more than $378,000 to entering first-year students, more than $43,000 to undergraduate nursing students and $96,000 to graduate nursing students for a total of more than $517,000 in new Johnston Scholarships this year. Awards for new and returning Johnston Scholars totaled more than $1.7 million.
The awards are funded by the Johnston Trust of Chevy Chase, Md., founded by the late James M. Johnston, an Orange County native and UNC student (1912-15). He went on to establish a successful investment banking firm in Washington, D.C., and he owned the Washington Senators baseball team in the 1960s.
Johnston Scholars have numerous opportunities to widen their intellectual horizons and grow personally and socially, said Dan Thornton, Ph.D., associate director of the Office of Scholarships and Student Aid. Each is assigned a faculty mentor who organizes extracurricular learning opportunities and offers friendship, guidance and support.
“The Johnston Awards Program has had a distinguished history at Carolina that has benefited from 40 years of financial support from the James M. Johnston Trust,” he said. “This is one of the most engaging groups of incoming Johnston Scholars that I have seen, so I expect that they will shape the life of the University in very visible ways over the next four years.”
The 2010 Johnston recipients are listed below alphabetically by North Carolina county and then by state. Below that are lists of the four undergraduate nursing scholars and 16 graduate nursing scholars.
FIRST-YEAR SCHOLARS
NORTH CAROLINA RECIPIENTS
Alamance
Cameron D’vonte Poole from Cummings High School, son of Beverly and Frankie Poole of Burlington.
Brunswick
Craven Chandler Inions from West Brunswick High School, son of Deanna and Alan Inions of Shallotte.
Buncombe
Thomas Maxwell Hays from Asheville High School, son of Connie and Tommy Hays of Asheville.
Chatham
Guile Jonathan Contreras from Jordan Matthews High School, son of Delmi and Jose Contreras of Siler City.
Cleveland
Seth Miller Barkley from Shelby High School, son of Victoria Barkley of Shelby and the late Jeff Barkley.
Columbus
Haley Brianne Cook from Whiteville High School, daughter of Leigh and William Cook of Whiteville.
Craven
Phillip Alexander Caprara from Arendell Parrott Academy, son of Melanie and Anthony Caprara of Vanceboro.
Cumberland
Justin Haines Reid from Pine Forest High School, son of Susan and Keith Reid of Fayetteville.
Marissa Angelica Washington from Jack Britt High School, daughter of Gladys and Tony Washington of Fayetteville.
Dare
Carson Noel Fish from First Flight High School, daughter of Amy and Timothy Fish of Kitty Hawk.
Forsyth
Michael Joseph Lananna from West Forsyth High School, son of Linda and Anthony Lananna of Clemmons.
Guilford
April Lee from The Early College at Guilford, daughter of May and Bill Lee of Greensboro.
Garret Alexander Stell from Northwest Guilford High School, son of Linda and Brett Stell of Colfax.
Halifax
Chelsea Lashay Martin from KIPP Pride High School, daughter of Dorine and Alonza Martin of Roanoke Rapids.
Harnett
*Benjamin Marcel Blue of Carrboro, from Triton High School in Erwin, son of Carla Barrett and William Blue of Dunn.
Diamond Leggett from Triton High School, daughter of Cristina and Gary Leggett of Dunn.
Henderson
*Ashley Marie Roy from West Henderson High School, daughter of AnnMarie Buhrmaster of Hendersonville and Ken Roy of Key West, Fla.
Johnston
Stephanie Marie Tolar from West Johnston High School, daughter of Donna and Stephen Tolar of Willow Spring.
Mecklenburg
Olivia Keyanna Lindsey from East Mecklenburg High School, daughter of Sabine Lindsey of Charlotte.
Moore
Sydney Winslow Leonard from Union Pines High School, daughter of Bonna and Lee Leonard of Pinehurst.
Nash
*Donald Miller McLean III, from Rocky Mount High School, son of Betsy McLean of Rocky Mount and Donald McLean of Florence, S.C.
New Hanover
Lucy O’Neal Guttenberger from New Hanover High School, daughter of Denise and Rick Guttenberger of Wilmington.
Orange
*Benjamin Marcel Blue of Carrboro, from Triton High School in Erwin, son of Carla Barrett and William Blue of Dunn.
Keila MeLia Purnell of East Chapel Hill High School, daughter of Dondrea Purnell of Chapel Hill and Melvin Brooks.
Union
Thomas Marshall Ashcraft from Charlotte Latin School, son of Marsha and Mark Ashcraft of Waxhaw.
Colby Janelle Robbins from Porter Ridge High School, daughter of Karen and Steven Robbins of Indian Trial.
Wake
Hannah Faith Burke from Needham Broughton High School, daughter of Sheila and Mark Burke of Garner.
Anwuli Cynthia Chukwurah from Southeast Raleigh Magnet High School, daughter of Rita and Peter Chukwurah of Raleigh.
Staci Margaret Cooper from Enloe Magnet High School, daughter of Margaret and Paul Cooper of Raleigh.
Washington
Raven Nicole Jones from Plymouth High School, daughter of Wanda and Rodrigo Hyman of Plymouth.
Yancey
Brian Houston Morrow from Mountain Heritage High School, son of Sharon and Mike Morrow of Burnsville.
OUT-OF-STATE RECIPIENTS
Arizona
Kinnari Rajesh Buch from Chandler High School, daughter of Heena and Rajesh Buch of
Chandler.
Florida
James Wattley Carras from St. Thomas Aquinas High School, son of Alicia and James Carras of Fort Lauderdale.
Amberly Anne Nardo from Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart, daughter of Ileana and Tony Nardo of Miami.
*Ashley Marie Roy from West Henderson High School, daughter of Ken Roy of Key West and AnnMarie Buhrmaster of Hendersonville, N.C.
Illinois
Kyle Ann Sebastian from York Community High School, daughter of Anita and David Sebastian of Elmhurst.
Maryland
Nneka Ifeoma Ndubisi from Parkdale High School, daughter of Ifeoma and Victor Ndubisi of Riverdale.
New Jersey
*Zou Weilin from Beachwood High School, son of Zhiyang Zou of Bergen and Jinbo Liu of Beachwood, Ohio.
Ohio
Jonathan Lucas Stupak from Fairfield High School, son of Melanie and Richard Stupak of Hamilton.
*Zou Weilin from Beachwood High School, son of Jimbo Liu of Beachwood and Zhiyang Zou of Bergen, N.J.
South Carolina
*Donald Miller McLean III from Rocky Mount High School, son of Donald Nash of Florence and Betsy Nash of Rocky Mount, N.C.
Virginia
Luke Armilla Campbell from The Covenant School, son of Arlene and Patrick Campbell of Charlottesville.
Wisconsin
Filip Michal Wodnicki from Brookfield East High School, son of Magda and Pawel Wodnicki of Brookfield.
UNDERGRADUATE NURSING SCHOLARS
NORTH CAROLINA RECIPIENTS
Mecklenburg
Rebekah Marie Hardin from Hopewell High School, daughter of Jeffie and Christopher Hardin of Huntersville.
Orange
Victoria Theresa Neff from Chapel Hill High School, daughter of Kathleen and Gary Neff of Chapel Hill.
Camila Antonia Salvo-Lewis from Chapel Hill High School, daughter of Virginia Lewis of Carrboro and Carlos Salvo of Hillsborough.
Wake
*Scott Edward Taylor from Warren Township High School in Gurnee, Ill., son of Alfred Taylor of Cary and Nancy Taylor of Berlin, Md.
OUT-OF-STATE RECIPIENT
Maryland
*Scott Edward Taylor from Warren Township High School in Gurnee, Ill., son of Nancy Taylor of Berlin, Md., and Alfred Taylor of Cary.
GRADUATE NURSING SCHOLARS
NORTH CAROLINA RECIPIENTS
Chatham
Deirdre Brett Fraller of Pittsboro, from UNC-Chapel Hill
Durham
Barbara Maria Buerke of Durham, from Villanova University
Stephanie Lyn Koedyker of Durham, from Belmont University and Trinity Christian College
Bethany R. Sellers of Durham, from UNC-Chapel Hill
Forsyth
Nicole Marie Terpening of Winston-Salem, from the University of Florida
Orange
Lindsay Renee Bauer of Chapel Hill, from UNC-Chapel Hill
Jane Marie Bower of Chapel Hill, from the University of Arizona
Joanna Elizabeth Long of Chapel Hill, from UNC-Chapel Hill
Pitt
Jessica Farmer Turner of Greenville, from East Carolina University
Wake
Katherine Nicole Bumgarner of Raleigh, from UNC-Chapel Hill
OUT-OF-STATE RECIPENT
Vermont
Maria Heidenreich of Topsham, from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
INTERNATIONAL RECIPIENT
Beata Jermakowicz-Chuba of Zlocieniec, Poland, from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poland and Youngstown State University in Ohio
Office of Scholarships and Student Aid contact: Dan Thornton, (919) 962-4168
News Services contact: LJ Toler, (919) 962-8589