2009-2010 Academic Calendar - Wor-Wic Community College

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EDMSSA from 2000 to 2002. Applicants must be enrolled in the electronics or
computer studies program. Selection is based on financial need and scholastic
achievement, and recipients must maintain a 3.00 grade point average.
POCOMOKE CITY AREA HEALTH CARE -- The Pocomoke City Area
Health Care Scholarship Inc. provides $1,000 in scholarship funds each year
for students enrolled in Wor-Wic’s health care (nursing, radiologic technology
or emergency medical services) programs. Selection is based on financial
need and scholastic achievement. Recipients must have at least 15 credit
hours toward the completion of the program, and they must maintain a 3.00
grade point average. First preference is given to residents of Worcester, Somerset
or Accomack County, with second priority to residents from Wicomico
County. They must agree to work in one of the four counties on the Lower
Eastern Shore for one year after their graduation. The scholarship funds are
provided for a maximum of two years for full-time students and three years
for part-time students.
PORTER-RINNIER -- William B. and Marlene P. Rinnier and their children,
W. Blair and Lisa L. Rinnier, established an endowed scholarship in memory
of their parents/grandparents, Isabelle Toulson and Harold Lankford Porter,
and Ethelyn Hopkins and Leslie John Rinnier. Income from the endowment
is used for the annual scholarships, which can be used for tuition, fees or
books. Selection is based on financial need and scholastic achievement. Applicants
are selected in the following priority order: 1) office technology students
from Wicomico County; 2) office technology students from Worcester
or Somerset County; 3) accounting, business or computer studies students;
and 4) other students. Recipients must maintain a 2.50 grade point average.
PURNELL FOUNDATION -- The L. Franklin and Gertrude H. Purnell Foundation
provides $3,000 in scholarship funds each year through the Wor-Wic
Community College Foundation for tuition and expenses for Wor-Wic nursing
program applicants. Applicants must be residents of Worcester County with
plans to practice nursing on the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland. Selection is
based on financial need and scholastic achievement. Preference is given to students
who are enrolled on a full-time basis.
PUSEY -- The Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore provides $10,000 in
scholarship funds from an endowed scholarship fund established by the late
Elizabeth Brittingham Pusey, a lifelong resident of Wicomico County. Applicants
must be high school graduates from Wicomico County who are enrolled
in a transfer program at the college. Selection is based on financial need and
scholastic achievement.
QUOTA INTERNATIONAL OF SALISBURY -- Quota International of Salisbury
provides $1,000 in scholarship funds each year for students attending
Wor-Wic. Selection is based on financial need and scholastic achievement.