2013 CIAA /FOOD LION/ COCA-COLA® SCHOLARSHIP CONTEST

 

Food Lion and Coca-Cola Zero have partnered this year to award a total of $35,000 in scholarship grants to deserving students of CIAA schools. To receive a scholarship, students were asked to submit a 500-to-700 word essay on two topics: why they chose to attend their CIAA school OR what does attending a CIAA school mean to their community. There were four Grand Prize winners who will each received a $5,000 scholarship and 15 First Place Winners, who each received a $1,000 scholarship.

 



 

As a result of their outstanding essay submission, the four Grand Prize winners of a $5,000 Coca-Cola Zero and Food Lion scholarship are:

  1. Ayanna Puryear, Winston-Salem State University
  2. Levi Prince, Livingstone College
  3. Joshua Finney, Elizabeth City State University
  4. Claire Vilain, Lincoln University

 

The 15 first place winners of a $1,000 Coca-Cola Zero and Food Lion CIAA Scholarship Essay Contest are:

 

  1. Oluwanife Ogundipe                                      Bowie State University
  2. Kaniqua Thomas                                               Chowan University
  3. Timothy Watts                                                  Chowan University
  4. DeVon McNair                                                  Elizabeth City State University
  5. Sierra-Bethany Henderson-Holmes         Fayetteville State University
  6. Melinda Milone                                                Fayetteville State University
  7. James Veal, Sr.                                                  Johnson C. Smith University
  8. Tyeasha Savage                                                Johnson C. Smith University
  9. Tiana Wilson                                                       Lincoln University
  10. Corren Brown                                                    Livingstone University
  11. Willie Alexander                                               Shaw University
  12. Danielle Green                                                  Shaw University
  13. Shalia Watts                                                       Virginia State University
  14. Shauneice Ragland                                          Virginia State University
  15. Stephanie Young                                              Winston Salem State University