Northeast Community Credit Union selects 2024 William L. Armstrong Scholarship recipients
Published 3:50 pm Tuesday, May 28, 2024
Contributed Photo/Natalie Ward – Happy Valley High School
Contributed Photo/Tate Shaw – Cloudland High School
Contributed Photo/Jeffrey Williams – Unaka High School
Contributed Photo/Emma O’Quinn – Elizabethton High School
Contributed Photo/Cloe Clark – Homelife Academy
Contributed Photo/Lacey Smith – Hampton High School
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Northeast Community Credit Union awards the William L. Armstrong Scholarship annually to qualifying credit union members who are graduating from high school and will be attending college this year.
The scholarship was originally established to honor William L. Armstrong, one of the founding members of Northeast Community Credit Union who continues to serve as Director Emeritus. To qualify for the scholarship, students must be enrolled at local high schools or homeschool approved by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, have a minimum 3.0 grade point average, must have his or her own Northeast Community Credit Union account, and plan to enter college for the following summer or fall semester. As part of the selection process, students are required to submit a 500-word typed essay on how one person can make a difference in the world.
This year, the scholarships were awarded to Tate Shaw of Cloudland High School; Emma O’Quinn of Elizabethton High School; Lacey Smith of Hampton High School; Natalie Ward of Happy Valley High School; Jeffrey Williams of Unaka High School, and Cloe Clark of Homelife Academy.
Students are recommended by teachers and leaders in the community. They exemplify good citizenship in the classrooms and are active in volunteer work in the local area.
Northeast Community Credit Union has been serving the community since October 1952 when it was chartered as a credit union by the State of Tennessee. Northeast Community Credit Union is a not-for-profit financial cooperative. It is open to anyone who lives, works, worships or attends school in Carter, Johnson, Washington, Unicoi and Sullivan counties along with their immediate family members. For more information, visit BeMyCU.org.
