Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated Beta Zeta Omega Chapter®, in Orangeburg, recently awarded a total of $12,000 in scholarships to six local high school graduates who are attending college this fall.
Teonna Allen
Allen
Selection criteria are based on scholastic achievement, character, leadership ability, finer womanhood, and community activities. Financial need is also the basis of three of the scholarships this academic year. Funding for the scholarships comes from the chapter’s annual Calendar Doll Benefit Program.
Joelle Goodwine
Goodwine
Teonna Allen, a graduate of Lake Marion High School, was awarded the Academic Achievement Scholarship I. She will attend the University of South Carolina-Columbia where she plans to major in physical therapy. She aspires to become a physica