THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Wednesday, September 11, 1996 TAG: 9609110498
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B7 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: BRIEFS
DATELINE: NORFOLK LENGTH: 28 lines
City officials and Norfolk State University announced Tuesday a set of new scholarships for city residents that will pay full tuition for four years.
The university created the scholarships in return for the city's donation to NSU of the Brambleton Multi-Service Center and several streets within the campus.
NSU will provide these scholarships for at least the next 20 years, officials said. Four were awarded this year to local high school seniors, although any Norfolk resident will be able to apply for the scholarships.
This year's scholarships were awarded to: Jennifer A. Self, a Booker T. Washington High School graduate who plans to become a teacher; Lisa R. Joyner, a Maury graduate who wants to be a psychologist; Eyo N. Ebong, a Maury graduate who plans to become an architectural engineer, and Derrick L. Hayes, a Booker T. Washington graduate who wants to be a nurse and is a volunteer at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital.
Vice Mayor Herbert M. Collins, who attended NSU in the 1960s, credited the school with giving him his start and instilling the discipline that ultimately led to his political career and election to council. He and Councilman Paul Riddick helped choose the scholarship winners.
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