Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation Awards Sherry Holt $1,000 Scholarship

ASHEBORO (August 31, 2007)

Randolph Community College
President Bob Shackleford (left)
presents the Coca-Cola Scholarship
to Sherry Holt, a second-year student
double majoring in Business
Administration and Accounting.

Charleen “Sherry” Holt of Ramseur, a student at Randolph Community College, has been awarded a $1,000 scholarship from the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation. Through the Coca-Cola Two-Year Colleges Scholarship Program, the Foundation awards a total of 400 scholarships annually to students attending higher-education institutions granting two-year degrees. One scholar from each state received a $2,000 scholarship through the New Center Scholar Program of the American Association of Community Colleges and Phi Theta Kappa, the two-year college scholastic honorary organization. An additional 350 students were awarded a $1,000 scholarship. All recipients have demonstrated academic success and participated in community service within the past 12 months.

Holt, a second-year student double majoring in Business Administration and Accounting, was nominated for the scholarship by her Business Administration instructor Waymon Martin. Holt is active in Phi Theta Kappa and volunteers her time for various projects, including helping to organize the annual prom for the Compensatory Education students at RCC. “I’m trying to stress the importance of volunteering to my kids,” said Holt, who has four children.

“The Coca-Cola Two-Year Colleges Scholarship Program gives support and encouragement to an underserved population of college students,” said J. Mark Davis, president of the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation. “This program is an extension of our long-standing commitment to college education throughout the United States. These fine students, who often juggle school, work and family, continue to give back to their communities through volunteer service.”