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City Of Tampa Black History Committee, Inc. Awards $23,000 In College Scholarships
BOBBY BOWDEN
On Tuesday, May 19, 2015, the City of Tampa Black History Committee, Inc. (COTBHC) will be awarding college scholar- ships to outstanding high school graduates. The scholar- ship presentation will be held from6p.m.–7p.m.atthe Holiday Inn Express, 700 N. Westshore Boulevard, Tampa. The committee will be joined by the City of Tampa’s Mayor Bob Buckhorn, the Honor- able City Council Chair Frank Reddick, other distinguished guests, family members and friends to salute these students.
Dominique Rodgers- Cromartie, a cornerback for the New York Giants of the Na- tional Football League, is the
JANETT S. BETTYE GREENE HAROLD B.
MARTIN JOHNSON
keynote speaker for this mo- mentous event. Previously, he played college football for Ten- nessee State University.
Nineteen students will re- ceive a total of $23,000 in col- lege scholarship dollars:
The Bobby Bowden Scholarship will be awarded to Jeremy Frederique, Du- rant High School, Armani Humbert, Middleton High School, and Taylor Harris; Tampa Bay Technical High School.
The Janett S. Martin Scholarship will be awarded to Tyra Johnson, Newsome High School and Christine Forbes, Alonso High School.
The Presidential Schol-
SCOTT, JR.
arship, in honor of Bettye Greene Johnson, will be awarded to Jacquelyn Oliver, Bloomingdale High School. The Greater Bethel Missionary Baptist Church Scholar- ship, in honor of Harold B. Scott, Jr., will be awarded to Rachelle Robinson, Gaither High School.
Some students will be enter- ing a non-traditional college or university of higher learning, thus, the committee will also be awarding Vocational Tech- nical Scholarships to the fol- lowing students: Devantez Hill, Tampa Bay High Techni- cal School, Catherine Es- pinosa, Erwin Technical School and Henry Dupree, Jefferson High School.
Finally, COTBHC will also be awarding several College Book Stipends. The following students will receive college stipend scholarships: Desiree Smith, Tampa Bay Technical High School, Angelique Francios, East Bay High School, Maya Arnold, Bloom- ingdale High School, Deja An- derson, Hillsborough High School, Jamie Dawson, King High School, Marcus Ran- som, Tampa Preparatory School, Dandre Cooper, Erwin Technical School, Tatanisha Chatman, Acad- emy of Holy Names and Joshua Curry-Jester, Jesuit High School.
This scholarship program is free to the public and all are in- vited to attend. For more infor- mation, please call Regina Lock-DePass, the event chair- person, at 813-274-5737 or visit the website www.cotbhc.org.
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