Scholarships Help Delaware Students Achieve Academic Success
For 35 years, the DCF has helped generous donors support Delaware students with scholarships that help to undercut the rising cost of higher education. These students go on to become doctors, lawyers, artists and successful professionals in the First State and beyond. Investment in their futures helps make Delaware a place where all students, regardless of financial background, can pursue their dreams.
Vivian Martinez
Meet Vivian Martinez, a graduate of Cape Henlopen High School, who won the John M. Roca Memorial Scholarship for students pursuing pre-veterinary medicine and the Cloutier-Valenti Legacy Scholarship for students pursuing a science degree. She graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelor’s of Science in Animal Sciences and is taking a gap year before applying for veterinary school.
Avery Wolverton
Avery Wolverton attended Cab Calloway School for the Arts. She won the FCA Foundation Scholarship for engineering students and graduated from the University of Delaware with a Bachelor’s of Science in Biomedical Engineering. Throughout college, she worked as Senior EMT with the Newark Fire Department while also volunteering at Nemours Children’s Hospital. She plans to apply for medical school next year.
Michael Bryant
Michael Bryant attended Caesar Rodney High School and won three awards—the Janosik Family Scholarship, the Philip L. Bartlett Scholarship and the four-year John B. & Marion A. Smitheman Scholarship for students pursuing engineering or mathematics at a Delaware institution. He graduated with a degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Delaware, where he made the Dean’s List multiple times.
Monica Figueroa-Mendez
Woodbridge High School graduate Monica Figueroa-Mendez won the four-year Don and Nancy Edwards Scholarship for students demonstrating academic ability and financial need. She graduated from Boston College with a double major in Secondary Education and Hispanic Studies, and was accepted to their Master’s of Education in World Languages program.
Interested in Opening a Scholarship Fund?
Donors can open a scholarship fund with an initial gift to the DCF of $50,000 or more in cash or other assets,
such as appreciated stock, mutual funds, or real estate.
For information about how donors can create scholarship funds at the DCF, contact Kelly Sheridan at [email protected].