RALEIGH – The N.C. Department of Transportation's Office of Historically Black Colleges and Universities Outreach awarded 13 students with scholarships of $1,100 apiece.
The scholarships came about thanks to $15,000 the NCDOT program received from the Southeastern Association of State Highway Transportation Officials.
The eligible recipients are North Carolina residents with 24 college credit hours who are attending a North Carolina HBCU or Minority Serving Institution and pursuing degrees related to the transportation field.
A committee made up of NCDOT employees and others selected the scholarship winners by scoring each student’s academic achievements and a personal statement expressing the student’s interest in transportation.
NCDOT plans to announce the application period for 2025 scholarships later this year and post applications
online.
The 2024 scholarship recipients and their respective colleges are:
N.C. Agricultural and Technical State University
- Amir Javadi, of Greensboro
- Jessica Dawes, of Garner
- Mustafa Noori, of High Point
- Zachaya Ozuna, of Garner
- Ahniyah Nicholson, of Greensboro
- Antonio Thorpe, of Oxford
- Keith Archibald, of Charlotte
- Teren McNeill, of Cary
- Isaak Gibson, of Gastonia
- Miles Durant, of Durham
- Justin Bullock II, Greensboro
UNC Pembroke
- Chioma Nwakalor, of Charlotte
Winston-Salem State University
- Quentin Glass, of Durham