Minority Scholarships in Tennessee

Don Sahli and Kathy Woodall Scholarship Program

• The Sahli-Woodall Scholarship Program provides a $1,000 scholarship to a graduating minority high school student who plans to major in education at a college or university in Tennessee. Scholarships are awarded on the basis of academic achievement, leadership skills, community service and commitment to a career in teaching. Students must be recommended by a member of the Tennessee Education Association to be considered.

  Don Sahli and Kathy Woodall Scholarship Program
  Tennessee Education Association
  801 Second Avenue
  North Nashville, TN 37201
  (615) 242-8392
  teateachers.org/cms/Don+Sahli-Kathy+Woodall+Scholarship+Program/74.html

Minority Teaching Fellows Program

• The Minority Teaching Fellows Program is open to minority high school and undergraduate students who are pursuing or planning to pursue teaching degrees at Tennessee colleges and universities. The $5,000 award is presented to students who demonstrate academic achievement and a commitment to pursuing a teaching career.

  Minority Teaching Fellows Program
  404 James Robertson Parkway
  Suite 1510, Parkway Towers
  Nashville, TN 37243-0820
  (615) 741-1346
  tennessee.gov/collegepays/mon_college/minority_teach.htm

Diversity Engineering Scholarship Program

• The University of Tennessee at Knoxville offers the Diversity Engineering Scholarship Program to undergraduate African-American students pursuing degrees in engineering. The program allows these students to receive up to $46,000 over the course of a four-year degree through a combination of scholarship awards and paid positions at co-op engineering internships.

  The University of Tennessee
  Office of Professional Practice
  Attention: Diversity Engineering Scholarship Program
  310 Perkins Hall
  Knoxville, TN 37996
  (865) 974-1000
  engr.utk.edu/desp/

Tennessee Tech Diversity Fellowship

• The Tennessee Tech Diversity Fellowship Program provides full tuition scholarships and a monthly stipend to minority students pursuing graduate studies at the university. In return, recipients must teach a minimum of twenty hours per week and maintain a minimum 3.0 GPA. Applicants are selected on the basis of minority or underrepresented population status, academic achievement and commitment to pursuing graduate studies.

  Tennessee Tech University
  Scholarship Office
  PO Box 5166
  Cookeville, TN 38505
  (931) 372-6159
  tntech.edu/bcc/minscholarship/

Pilot Oil Corporation Minority Scholarship

• The Pilot Oil Corporation Minority Scholarship program provides scholarship awards to incoming freshman minority students at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Preference is given to students who are residents of the Knoxville area although all applicants will be considered equally on the basis of academic, leadership skills, community service and financial need.

  Pilot Oil Corporation Minority Scholarship
  University of Tennessee, Knoxville
  115 Student Services Building
  Knoxville, TN 37996
  (865) 974-3131
  scholarships4school.com/scholarships/pilot-oil-corp-minority-scholarship.html

East Tennesse State University Diversity Scholarship Program

• The Diversity Scholarship Program at East Tennessee State University provides $2,000 to entering minority freshmen who demonstrate academic achievement at the high school level. Scholarships may be renewed for $2,000 or $3,000 annually for students who meet minimum GPA requirements.

  Mary V. Jordan
  Special Assistant to the President for Cultural Diversity
  P.O. Box 70734
  East Tennessee State University
  Johnson City, TN 37614
  (423) 439-4211
  etsu.edu/equity/diversity/diversityscholarship.aspx