Brightest minority students from Carolinas, Georgia, chosen for Wachovia Scholars Business at
Moore summer program
June 13, 2008
Thirty of the brightest high-school students from minority populations from the Carolinas and Georgia will attend the Business at Moore Summer Camp June 21 - 27 at the University of South Carolina, Moore School of Business, as part of a scholars program funded by Wachovia Foundation.
The Moore School program, in its second year, allows rising high-school seniors to learn about business development and create a business plan for a new start-up enterprise and to experience college life. Working in five-member teams, the students will present their plans to faculty, peers and Wachovia business executives on the final day of camp. The camp will begin with a banquet Saturday night for the students and their families; Darla Moore, for whom the school is named, will speak.
The 30 rising seniors were chosen from a pool of 145 applicants. As a group, they are among the top 3 percent in their class, with an average GPA of 4.5 and SAT of 1250. Upon completion of the camp, the students will be eligible to compete for full Wachovia scholarships to study business at the University of South Carolina.
This fall, 15 students who attended the first camp, held last summer, will enter the university; 10 will be business majors. Highly sought by many colleges, the students turned down offers from other top universities to attend the Moore School.
"We are very pleased with the early success of the program," said Dr. Tom Lopez, accounting professor and coordinator of the Wachovia program. "We are attracting the most academically talented minority students to the camp and, ultimately, to the University of South Carolina, where they can pursue a top-notch business education in the Moore School."
The Wachovia Foundation gave $1 million to the Moore School of Business in February 2006 to create the Wachovia Undergraduate Scholars Program, which funds a residential summer camp and scholarships to attend the university's Moore School of Business.
The 2008 Wachovia Business at Moore Summer Camp scholars include the following:
Carlos Avellaneda,Wake Forest-Rolesville High School, from Wake Forest, N.C.;
Barry Brannum, Governor's School for the Arts & Humanities, from Columbia;
Kelly Burggraaf, Myers Park High School, from Charlotte, N.C.;
Candra Chaisson, Ridge View High School, from Columbia;
Imani Conwell, Myrtle Beach High School, from Myrtle Beach;
Aerialle Crawford, Mullins High School, from Mullins;
Candace Crawford, North Gwinnett High School, from Sewanee, Ga.;
Bruce Davis, Ridge View High School, from Columbia;
John Dickens, Wilson High School, from Florence;
Chen Ding, Richland Northeast High School, from Blythewood;
Ashley Dye, Chester High School, from Chester;
Tori Evans, A.C. Flora High School, from Columbia;
Carlos Garay, Greenwood High School, from Greenwood;
Jonathan Handford, Providence Day School, from Charlotte, NC;
Justin Haney, Gaffney High School, from Gaffney;
Cheslie Kryst, Fort Mill High School, from Tega Cay;
Kristin Lanham, Strom Thurmond High School, from Clarks Hill;
Veronica Leroy, Riverside High School, from Greer;
Veronica Martinez, Fort Mill High School, from Fort Mill;
Dexter Monroe, Dutch Fork High School, from Columbia;
Ciara Pressley, North Augusta High School, from North Augusta;
Adrian Rivers, The Lovett School, from Marietta, Ga.;
Gerardo Santana, Cardinal Newman High School, from Elgin;
Meagan Servin, Leesville Road High School, from Raleigh, N.C.;
Mikelle Street, Airport High School, from Columbia;
Kayla Swain, Lovejoy High School, Jonesboro, Ga.;
Brittany Sykes, Northview High School, from Alpharetta, Ga.;
Brittany Walker, Irmo High School, from Columbia;
Elizabeth Wilson, Georgetown High School, from Georgetown; and
Bianca Young, Ridge View High School, from Columbia.
More information about applying for the Business at Moore summer program
More information about the Wachovia gift.