TKE-ZO SCHOLARSHIP UPDATE
July 15, 2009:  Ben Lupton has been awarded the ZOCC Scholarship award for the upcoming school year beginning this Fall in the amount of $3,000.00.  Ben is the son of Bill Lupton, scroll # 400 from Clyde, NC.  He is a music education major with a smooth 3.47 gpa.  Not bad for someone related to a TKE.  He is also very active in the community around his home & in Cullowhee in working with youth on music and entertaining at different locations.  He is most deserving from a credentials and a need stand point.
 
We have also awarded a $1,000.00 athletic scholarship to be administered by Chip Smith, the AD at WCU based on the criteria of the existing funds to be used to help athletes that are in need of more financial assistance.  At present, this is a one time award and something we would like to look into doing on a regular to help get some wins on the Cats slate.
 
We are also in the process of setting up a ZOCC Scholarship Foundation that will be 501c3 fund.  From a tax standpoint, this means that donations made to the fund are fully deductible.  The purpose of this is to establish funds that can be used at institutions other than WCU.  They will be administered in house rather than sending the money to WCU to handle.  We will have more information to you as we progress with the establishment of this new program.  When this is completed, everyone that has children or grandchildren can be eligible to receive rewards regardless of which college they attend.
 

Dear Fraters:

The Scholarship Committee of ZOCC  will be accepting scholarship applications for the 2009-2010 academic year until May 31, 2009. Click here to see the criteria and eligibility requirements.

If anyone knows how to contact descendants of deceased fraters, please email  them so they can be included in this process. Please also forward any contact information you have for descendants of deceased fraters to the committee so they can be included in future scholarship communications.     

The ZOCC Scholarship Committee is proud to announce that 3 - $1,000 scholarships have been awarded for Spring 2009. The recipients are:

                Rick Feuer - SN 613 -                          Graduate Student with 3.83 GPA
                Charity Harris -                                    Niece of Jerry Norman - SN 164 - Junior with 3.90 GPA
                Benjamin Lupton -                               William Lupton - SN 400 - Junior with 3.43 GPA

Donations have been incredible since the inception of the scholarships and the committee is very appreciative of your contributions. Everyone should be proud of our accomplishments. The university has even expressed thanks to the committee on numerous occasions. The Doug Shirley fund has a balance of approximately $80,000 and the ZOCC TKE Endowed Scholarship fund has a balance of approximately $50,000. Contributions are always welcome (be sure to designate the specific fund on your check), send checks to:


                                          Development Foundation of WCU
                                          University Advancement
                                          WCU
                                          401 H.F. Robinson Administration Building
                                          Cullowhee, NC 28723

Future plans call for the committee to launch a Bob Parr Memorial Scholarship that can be awarded to any school. Look for this scholarship to become active late in 2009 or early in 2010. This scholarship will be administrated entirely by ZOCC and the Scholarship Committee. Please do not send contributions for this fund to WCU.

Your input on the scholarships are welcome. Please email one or all of the committee at:
Norman Bledsoe (nsbent@yahoo.com), Bob Edwards (bedwards161@bellsouth.net)
Gene Hansen (gehansen@windstream.net), Paul Marion (Marion1@mchsi.com)

                                            YITB,       ZOCC Scholarship Committee

                               Norman Bledsoe     Bob Edwards      Gene Hansen     Paul Marion