The Tryon Area Association of University Women sponsors the Eileen White Scholarship designed to assist women over 25 years of age who plan to enroll in a two-year or four-year college or university.
The family of Eileen White donated an initial amount of money to be used to facilitate older women from the Tryon area returning for higher education.
Tryon AAUW has increased the monies through fundraising to be a scholarship resource.
A main focus of AAUW is to foster education for all women in the Tryon area, which includes Polk and Rutherford counties and upstate South Carolina.
The scholarship committee will make decisions about awarding scholarships on May 1 for persons attending fall semester 2012.
Contact Susan Beardslee at sulee@windstream.net for an application and further information.
– article submitted by Audrey Ortiz