Scholarships

The Blowing Rock Community Foundation has awarded scholarships to qualified students for over 30 years. Each scholarship has been for four years and/or 12 semesters of higher education.

 

To date, 120 scholarships have been awarded with 95% of these recipients completing their degrees. Scholarships to date have totaled over 1.3 million dollars. 

 

For 2021, the Foundation is proud to present the following:

Jane and Dan Wolfe Scholarship – $15,000 – Bella Knight

Tessien Family Scholarship – $5,000 – Daisy Coffey

Jean and Walter Wilkinson Scholarship – $5,000 – Libby Glidewell

Burns Scholarship – $5,000 – Abe Bachman

Ted and Marty Couch Scholarship  – $2,000 – Lena Westwood

Blowing Rock Community Foundation Scholarship – $2,000 – Riley Kiker

Blowing Rock Community Foundation Scholarship – $2,000 – Paige Smith

 

With the addition of these seven students, the Foundation will provide during the 2021-2022 academic year, scholarships for 19 students.

 

At Spring Commencements programs in May the following scholarship students received their diplomas: 

 

Conner Badger – Auburn University

Kevin Kapral – University of North Carolina at Chapel hill

Collin Linnville – New York University

 

The Foundation is proud of these students and is assured of their success in the future.