Zeta Phi Beta Sorority’s National Educational Foundation Awards $125,000 Founders’ Centennial Scholarship
major.
she was a member of the National Honors Society and
Howard Mock Trial Club, and a committed volunteer
within the deaf community.
health counselor. “With this scholarship, it is our hope
that Ms. Smith-Williams will achieve her dream to shatter
the stereotypical belief that deaf persons are inferior,
and use her strength and resiliency to impact the lives
of our youth,” said Valerie Hollingsworth Baker, Zeta
Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated president.
strength, perservance, commitment to community, and academic achievement exemplifies the spirit of Zeta’s
founders. I know she is destined for greatness and will
certainly make ZNEF proud,” said Dr. JacQueline Lawton,
ZNEF chairperson.
The sorority has initiated a diverse membership of more than 125,000 college- educated women with more than 855 chapters in North America, Europe, Asia, the Caribbean, Africa
and the Middle East. The Founders’ Centennial Scholarship will be awarded annually for five consecutive years in honor of the sorority’s five founding members.
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