TEBI’s Scholarship Program advances Elmore Bolling’s
focus on education and community building
by providing scholarships to graduating seniors from
Calhoun High School or Central High School.
For more information or to apply for a letter of recommendation from TEBI,
contact Dr. Regina Moorer, Scholarship Committee Chair,
at regina.moorerphd@gmail.com
The Jenny Fund Scholarship
The Jenny Fund is an educational equity fund that provides college scholarships to deserving, under-resourced students. It was established by TEBI board member, Jenny Weisz, who died in 2024. She was a lifelong advocate for children and created The Jenny Fund in her will. TEBI is honored that Jenny specified students from Lowndes County as one of the groups given priority consideration for scholarships awarded by The Jenny Fund.
To qualify for The Jenny Fund Scholarship, students must be:
referred by or involved with The Elmore Bolling Initiative
residents of Lowndes County, graduating from Central High or Calhoun High School
Scholarships are renewable and can cover up to 4 years of tuition. The priority deadline to apply is March 2, 2025. To start an application, visit 10000degrees.org/scholarships and select “The Jenny Fund”.
TEBI Annual Scholarship
Since 2014, TEBI has provided over $12,000 in scholarships to graduates of Lowndes County Public Schools. Scholarship winners may attend either two-year or four-year colleges. Previous scholarship recipients have attended Alabama State University, Auburn University-Montgomery, Bishop State Community College, Trenholm State Community College, Tuskegee University, and University of West Alabama.
Apply for the 2025 scholarship here.
2024 Recipient
TEBI awarded $1000 to Central HS 2023 graduate Mariah Graham, daughter of Michelle Graham. Mariah plans to attend Alabama A&M University.
2023 Recipient
The Elmore Bolling Initiative awarded $1000 to Justin King, a 2023 graduate of Central High School. He attends Trenholm State Community College. He is the son of Willie King and the late Bennie King.
2022 Recipient
Jocelyn McCall was the 2022 recipient of the TEBI scholarship. “The rich history of Lowndes County encourages me to be great. I want to be able to say yes, I am from Lowndes County, the birthplace of many greats, and yes, I am destined for greatness,” says Jocelyn. She attends Trenholm State Community College.
(Jocelyn is no relation to TEBI president Josephine Bolling McCall.)
2021 Recipients
The Elmore Bolling Initiative awarded the 2021 scholarship to Rheonna Rudolph, a graduate of Central High School. Rheonna attends Tuskegee University. She is the daughter of Rodney and Shelia Rudolph of Tyler.
The scholarship committee also recognized two honorable mentions, both graduates of Calhoun High School: Dacious Davison who attends Troy University and Chasity Talley who attends Tuskegee University.
2020 Recipients
TEBI awarded $1000 to Central HS Valedictorian Cordasia Harris, daughter of Felecia Hall and Cory Harris. Cordasia graduated with a 4.0 GPA to crown a stellar athletic career as a two-time All-Metro basketball athlete. She seeks to become an animator, model and start her own clothing and make-up line. She plans to major in graphic design and cosmetology.
TEBI also recognized the Boys Basketball team of Calhoun and star athlete, J.D. Davison. Davison was named Alabama’s Mr. Basketball, honored as top player in Class 2A for the season and was named to the Max Preps third team Junior All American Team. TEBI proudly awarded $500 toward the purchase of championship rings for the young men.
2018 Recipient
TEBI awarded $1000 to Calhoun HS Valedictorian Arianna Armstrong, daughter of Felecia Hall and Cory Harris. She is pursuing her law degree at Thurgood Marshall School of Law.
Previous Scholarship Recipients (2014-2018)
Demarcus Jackson
Shelisa D. Seawright
Chelsea K. Glover
Arianna Armstrong