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American Legion Auxiliary Post No. 21 Scholarships: Pays matriculation, clinical, athletic, and activity fees for two semesters. Qualifications: (1) child of Tift County veteran, (2) financial need, and (3) scholastic ability. Apply through Guidance Department of the high school. American Legion Post No. 21 Scholarships: Pays matriculation, clinical, athletic, and activity fees for two semesters. Qualifications: (1) child of Tift County veteran, (2) financial need, and (3) scholastic ability. Apply through Guidance Department of the high school. American Legion Multi-State High School Rodeo Scholarship: This scholarship will be awarded annually when funded. The American Legion Rodeo Committee will select the recipient. Recipient must be an entering freshman at ABAC with a grade point average of 2.5 or higher; must have a been a contestants from one of the States that participated in the American Legion Multi-State High School Rodeo in Tifton. Applicants should contact their State Director for further information. O.V. Barkuloo Memorial Scholarship: Awarded to an entering freshman from Tift County High School or Tiftarea Academy. Pays up to full matriculation, clinical, athletic, and activity fees for two semesters. Qualifications: Student must have a background of achievement in 4-H Club work in the sophomore, junior and/or senior years of high school. Student need and academic potential shall be considered equally. Student must maintain a 2.8 current grade point average with a full load (minimum 12 credit hours) each semester to be eligible for the succeeding semester’s allocation. Applications forms may be obtained from the Office of Academic Affairs. Closing date for application is March 1. Louis Beard Nursing Scholarship: $2,000 awarded to a worthy nursing student in the Thomasville area. Apply to the Administrator of Archbold Memorial Hospital, Thomasville, Georgia. No closing date for application. Dolly W. Bearden Forestry Scholarship: A maximum $1500 scholarship will be awarded annually. To be eligible one must meet the following criteria: must be a resident of Thomas County, must be enrolled in either the two-year or four-year forestry curricula, and must have completed 30 hours of academic work with a 2.0 grade point average or higher. Apply to the Office of Academic Affairs. Closing date is March 1. Lanier Carson/Kelly Manufacturing Company: A full scholarship awarded to a Kelly manufacturing Company employee or employee’s dependent with preference given employees. May be awarded to an entering freshman or rising sophomore with a 2.5 or higher grade point average. Citizen’s Bank of Tifton Scholarship: Pays matriculation, clinical, athletic, and activity fees for one semester. Qualifications: (1) resident of Tift County, (2) rank in upper ten percent of class, (3) financial need. Apply through Guidance Department of the high school. Coca-Cola/ABAC Athletic Scholarship: $1,000 awarded to a graduate of a high school located within the Tifton Coca-Cola Market, which includes the following counties: Tift, Irwin, Turner, Worth, Ben-Hill, Crisp, Berrien, Cook Brooks, Thomas, and Colquitt. Preference will be given to the student proving both athletic and academic excellence. Colquitt Electric Membership Corporation Scholarship: Pays matriculation, clinical, athletic, and activity fees for two semesters. Qualifications: (1) predicted academic success, (2) financial need, and (3) must be a member of Colquitt County EMC cooperative which covers portions of Berrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Lowndes, Tift and Worth counties. A student may be awarded scholarship for one year only. Application forms may be obtained from the Office of Academic Affairs. Completed forms must be returned to the Office of Academic Affairs by March 1. Community National Bank-Ashburn, Georgia: The amount of $1,000 will be awarded annually to a high school graduate of the public or private school systems serving Turner or Crisp Counties and must attend ABAC. Other factors to be considered include: character qualities such as integrity, honesty, loyalty and dependability; personal qualities such as enthusiasm, initiative and leadership ability, cooperativeness and consideration of others; professional qualifications such as thoroughness in work habits and ability to organize, respond to supervision and to grow. Recipient may be a freshman or rising sophomore with a grade point average of 2.5 or higher to receive/continue the scholarship. Closing date is March 1. H. Gordon Davis Nursing Scholarship: Two $1,000 scholarships will be awarded to entering freshmen at ABAC declaring nursing as a major. A student must have earned a high school grade point average of 2.5 or higher, must be a resident of Worth County, and a graduate of Worth County High School. Applications may be obtained from the Worth County High School counselor’s office or from the Office of Academic Affairs. Closing date is March 1. John H. Davis/First Community Bank of Tifton Scholarship: Pays matriculation, clinical, athletic, and activity fees for two semesters. Qualifications: (1) resident of Tift County, (2) rank in upper ten percent of class, and (3) financial need. Apply through Guidance Department of the high school. John Kimbrel English Memorial Scholarship: The amount and number of scholarship will depend in part on earnings of the endowment. Recipient must be a resident of Miller County, Georgia, with preference given to graduates of Miller County High School or South Georgia Academy, Damascus, Georgia. Recipient may be an entering freshman or a rising sophomore who does not qualify for the HOPE scholarship. Application forms may be obtained from the Office of Academic Affairs . Completed forms must be submitted by March 1. Allen & Lelia Garden Scholarship: Qualifications: May be an entering freshman or a rising sophomore with a grade point average of 2.0 or higher and not receiving the HOPE scholarship. Preference will be given to non-traditional and/or part-time students from Ben Hill, Irwin, or Wilcox counties. Deadline is March 1 for rising sophomores and March 1 for entering freshman. Georgia Vegetable Company Scholarship: A $1,500 scholarship will be awarded annually to an employee of Georgia Vegetable Company or an employee’s dependent. Open to entering freshmen or rising sophomores with a 2.5 grade point average. Joseph A. Haley, Sr. Scholarship: Awarded to a worthy entering freshman or rising sophomore. Qualifications: Student must be from Tift or contiguous counties; entering freshman must have a 2.5 average or higher; rising sophomore must have completed 30 hours of academic work with a 2.5 average or higher. The amount of the scholarships will vary depending on the money available from the corpus earnings. Application forms may be obtained from the Office of Academic Affairs and returned by March 1. E. B. Hamilton, Jr. Memorial Scholarship: The ABAC Scholarship and Awards Committee will select the recipient(s) each year from the recommendations received from the E. B. Hamilton Scholarship and the ABAC Softball Coach. The recipient will be from Tift County High School Softball program. May be an entering freshman or a rising sophomore with a 2.5 grade point average. John and Julie Hunt Scholarship: A graduate of Tiftarea Academy will be awarded a $500 scholarship to attend Abraham Baldwin. The money will be divided over two-semester periods. To qualify for the second and third semester’s grant, the student must maintain a 2.2 or higher grade point average each semester. Middle South Georgia Soil and Water Conservation District Scholarship: A full scholarship will be awarded annually to the first place district winner of the high school essay contest on soil and water conservation. High school students in Ben Hill, Brooks, Colquitt, Crisp, Irwin, Tift, Thomas, Turner and Worth counties are eligible to participate. C. L. Morehead Scholarship: Awarded to an entering freshman or rising sophomore from Ben Hill and Irwin Counties with a 3.0 or higher grade point average. John P. O’Connor Memorial Scholarship: The amount and number of scholarship will depend in part on earnings of the endowment. Criteria: Student must have a 3.0 high school grade point average and maintain a minimum current academic average of 2.5 to continue receiving the scholarship; Student must be a graduate from Manatee County High School, Bayshore High School, Palmetto High School, and Southeast High School. Application forms may be obtained from the Office of Academic Affairs . Completed forms must be submitted by March 1. Hugh and Norma Erwin Perry Scholarship: $500 for an entering freshman graduating from Calhoun High School. Preference will be given to the student with financial need. Deadline for application is March 1. Prince Automotive Group Scholarship: This scholarship will be awarded annually and will only cover tuition and fees. Criteria: Recommended by Mr. John Prince or his representative; must be an employee of Prince Chevrolet-Oldsmobile, Inc. or employee’s dependent with preference given employees; must be a resident of Berrien, Ben Hill, Colquitt, Cook, Tift, Turner, or Worth Counties. Recipient may be a freshman or sophomore and must have a 2.5 grade point average or higher. Weetie and Homer Rankin Scholarships: Young Georgia high school graduates with academic potential as judged by SAT scores, high school records and possibly other tests, who have demonstrated leadership potential and possess financial need are encouraged to apply for these entering freshmen scholarships. To be eligible, a student must pursue full-time study toward an associate degree and not have previously attended college. (Joint Enrollment students are eligible.) Recipients are paid $200 per semester with a maximum of $1,600 per student. Specific criteria for these scholarships and application forms may be obtained from the Financial Aid Office or the Office of Academic Affairs. Completed forms must be returned to the Office of Academic Affairs by June 1. Regents’ Scholarships: Qualifications: (1) a high prediction of academic success, (2) financial need, (3) Georgia resident, and (4) agreement to serve in Georgia after completion of education. Information and application forms may be secured from the high school counselor or the Financial Aid Office at Abraham Baldwin College. Priority date for application is March 1. Rotary Club of Tifton Scholarship: Two scholarships awarded, with the funds to be divided equally over two semesters. An eligible student must be a Tift County resident enrolled at Tift County High School or Tiftarea Academy, must plan to enroll full time at Abraham Baldwin, and must show evidence of scholastic ability and financial need. Application forms may be obtained from the Office of Academic Affairs. Completed forms must be returned to the dean’s office by March 1. Arch Rowan Scholarship: The amount and number of scholarships awarded each year will depend in part on the earnings of this endowment. Recipients must be a Screvens County resident. The selection committee will give first preference to students wishing to study animal science or related subjects. The recipient can be an entering freshman or a rising sophomore. Contact the Farmers & Merchants Bank of Sylvania for an application. Shoney’s Scholarship: Scholarship will pay matriculation, clinical, athletic, and activity fees for one academic year. The scholarship recipient will be chosen by Julie Hunt from among employees and families of employees of Shoney’s of Tifton, Inc. The recipient must have a 2.0 or higher high school or college cumulative grade point average. Student may be either an entering freshman or an enrolled ABAC student, must be planning to attend ABAC for three additional semesters to graduate within the next two semesters, and student must maintain a 2.2 or higher GPA each semester to be eligible for each succeeding semester. Jessie Lee Stephens Scholarship: A scholarship will be awarded annually to a Tift County 4-H member graduating from Tift County High School or Tiftarea Academy during the year of application. The candidate must have a: 2.5 high school average or higher and a SAT score of 750 or higher; must earn a semester grade point average of 2.5 or higher, and enroll in at least 12 or more hours in any field at ABAC. B. Frank Strickland Memorial Scholarship: This $500 scholarship will be awarded annually to an entering freshman from a Georgia tobacco-producing county. Preference will be giving to a student majoring in an agriculture related field. For an application or more information, contact the Georgia Tobacco Commission. Tift County High School Football Scholarship: A $500 scholarship will be awarded annually to an entering freshman from Tift County High School. Recipient must have played football for Tift County High School for at least three years of their 9th, 10th, 11th or 12th grade. Application forms may be obtained from the Office of Academic Affairs. Closing date is March 1. Tifton Junior Woman’s Club Scholarships: Pays matriculation, clinical, athletic, and activity fees for two semesters. Qualifications: (1) female, (2) graduating senior from Tift County High School, (3) upper ten percent of class, and (4) financial need. Apply through Guidance Department of the high school. Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of Georgia Foundation: Qualifications: Georgia resident, attending an institution in the University System of Georgia, academic excellence, and financial need. Priority date for application is March 1. Contact the Financial Aid Office. Ernest Yates Memorial Scholarship (Tifton Kiwanis Club): Pays $375 per semesters for two semester for two students. Qualifications: (1) full-time college student, (2) scholastic ability, (3) financial need, and (4) preference given to Tift County students, but others considered. Apply through Guidance Department of the high schools. |