Seven students at North Carolina Central University (NCCU) will find their wallets a big fatter thanks to scholarships from the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT).
The Office of HBCU Outreach at NCDOT has awarded six students a HBCU/MSI Transportation Scholarship for $2,500. Those students are:
- Myla Crawford
- William Taylor
- Tamira Campbell
- Layson Brown
- Saniyah West
- Ashley Bush
In addition, NCDOT awarded student Bushra Orpa a $700 scholarship.
Students were required to fill out an application and create a video about themselves, said Jarrett Eason, Ed.D., HBCU outreach coordinator at NCDOT.
The program awards scholarships to students pursuing undergraduate and graduate degrees in transportation-related fields, according to a letter announcing the scholarship awards.