WS Chronicle

Each year the Alpha Pi Lambda chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. in Winston-Salem provides scholarships valued at $1,000 each to deserving African American and minority males in the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School system through its Youth Life Skills Institute, Inc. Foundation.

Applicants must be a graduating high school senior and must enroll in a four-year college or university immediately upon graduating from high school. In addition, applicants must have a minimum 2.7 GPA (weighted) and submit a typed essay. 
This year, the essay theme was: The current political moment is conflicted by “facts” versus “alternative facts.”  As your generation engages this political reality, what political issue do you believe is most critical for Black America and how would you bring attention to it?
We were excited to interview several well-deserving scholarship candidates. Each applicant had impressive academic achievements, leadership roles, and outstanding service to our communities. 

Of the candidates we interviewed, the five who were selected to be recipients of the 2020 Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Alpha Pi Lambda Chapter Scholarship awards are:

Nathan Bailey

High School: Atkins Academic & Technology High 

School Attending: North Carolina A&T State University

Najashi Belcher

High School: Walkertown High

School Attending: University of San Francisco

Allen Choyce

High School: Reagan High

School Attending: University of North Carolina Greensboro

Jacob Gallant

High School: Mount Tabor High

School Attending: University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Jean-Luc Theard

High School: Mount Tabor

School Attending: North Carolina State University

Thank you to Bro. Ron Davis, director of educational activities, Bro. Ken Patridge, scholarship committee chair, and committee members, Bros. Chris Burris, Nate Barber, Nate French, Alvin Keyes, Fred Evans, Fred Terry, Darrel Clodfelter, Stanley Mitchell and Charlie Wall.

For more information about Alpha Pi Lambda, visit our Facebook site at: https://www.facebook.com/AlphaPiLambda/.

For more information about Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., visit our website at: https://apa1906.net/.