Scholarships for African American Males in Education

Cecil Mayo Scholarship

• The Cecil Mayo Scholarship for African American Males is $500 per semester academic award provided for full-time African American males enrolled at Texas State University. Criteria for eligibility include a minimum GPA of 2.75, a two-page essay and manifest commitment to leadership or community service. The Black Men United organization raises and supplies this funding exclusively for African American men.

  Cecil Mayo Scholarship

  Texas State University- San Marcos

  Center for Multicultural & Gender Studies

  Flowers Hall 313

  601 University Dr.

  San Marcos, TX 78666

  512-245-2361

  txstate.edu

Adair Scholarship for African American Males

• The Adair Scholarship for African American males donates $750-$1,500 for black male students who are Arizona residents, belong to one of the Maricopa County community colleges or high schools affiliated to the ACE, or Architecture, Construction and Engineering, mentor program and have earned a minimum GPA of 2.5. The Wesley G. Adair Scholarship Trust sponsors this scholarship. Frequency of the award can be either per semester or per year.

  Adair Scholarship for African American Males

  Maricopa Community Colleges Foundation

  2419 West 14th Street

  Tempe, Arizona 85281

  480-731-8407

  maricopa.edu

The Watkins Award Scholarship

• The Watkins Award is a scholarship given in memory of Franklin D. Watkins, a dynamic African American community leader, coach and former American naval sergeant who passed away in 1992. In league with the National League of African American Athletes, the nominees are expected to participate in a sport, display sterling academic achievement and be role models. High school black male students aspiring to college are preferred for this scholarship.

  Watkins Award

  The National Alliance of African American Athletes

  P.O. Box 60743

  Harrisburg, PA 17106-0743

  717-234-6352

  Fax.: 717-652-3207

  naaaa.com

Call Me MISTER Scholarship

• The Call Me MISTER (Mentors Instructing Students Toward Effective Role Models) Scholarship has African American males at heart. The objective is to diversify the teaching body by equipping African American men with a hands-on internship for classroom instruction while simultaneously investing in the aspiring man’s college education. The program draws from a pool of applicants who are high school graduates, considered disadvantaged and are recommended by other teachers. To qualify, applicants must submit two essays describing their motives and goals.

  Call Me MISTER

  203 Holtzendorff,

  Clemson University

  Clemson, South Carolina 29634

  864-656-4646 or 800-640-2657

  clemson.edu