Emerge Scholarships

It's #EqualityPayDay! The national holiday was created in 1996 by the National Committee on Pay Equity (NCPE) to raise awareness about the gap between men's and women's wages. Swipe through the slides to learn more about the pay gap in the U.S. in 2020. Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Learn more: https://www.census.gov/newsroom/stories/equal-pay-day.html.... #WomensEqualPayDay #EqualPay

Happy Monday, folks! As part of our #EmergingLeadersOfGeorgia series, meet Beulah Rucker Oliver, an amazing educator who was inducted into the Georgia Women of Achievement (@GaWomenAchieve) Hall of Fame in 2012. Rucker was born in 1888 as the daughter of African American sharecroppers. Rucker loved school, so much so that when she was unable to pay tuition, she offered to work her way through it. She graduated with honors and worked hard to establish her own school, The Indu...strial School. Rucker herself taught at public and private schools and provided music lessons, but in-between, she attended Savannah State College. She received her degree in 1944 at age 56. Despite racist and sexist accusations that a Black woman couldn’t run a school, Rucker persevered and opened her first school, Norwood Street in Banks County. She then moved her school to nearby rural areas where she taught the African-American community. In the 1950s, the Rucker’s legacy, The Industrial School, merged with the City of Gainesville school district. For her work, Rucker received numerous awards. She is responsible for teaching many African American children and adults in her community, and The Educational Foundation and Museum Beulah Rucker Inc. was set up in her honor. Read more: https://www.georgiawomen.org/copy-of-napier-viola-ross #Women #Leader #WomenSupportingWomen #WomenInEducation #Educator #Activist #Founder

It’s #ScholarSunday, y’all, so today, we’re introducing you to Latasha, one of the awesome recipients of the Emerging Finish Line Funds Scholarship! Latasha attends Gwinnett Technical College and is working towards earning her Associate’s degree in Health Science Nursing. While in school, Latasha’s goal is to continue working hard to complete all her requirements to graduate. When she graduates, her goal is to sit for the NCLEX, pass with flying colors, and then begin my care...er as a Registered Nurse. Ultimately, Latasha dreams of opening a school to train CNA students as well as own a Homecare business to help take care of patients in the comfort of their own homes. Here’s what Latasha has to say about receiving the Scholarship: This scholarship means so much for me and my family. This scholarship has given me another push to finish and understand that all things will work out for me to finish. #Scholarship #ScholarStories #WomenScholars #WomenInSTEM #EducateWomen #JeannetteRankin

It’s Monday, so we are continuing our #Emerging LeadersOfGeorgia series by introducing you to Ethel Harpst! Harpst was inducted into the Georgia Women of Achievement (@GaWomenAchieve) Hall of Fame in 2012. Harpst was born in 1883, and she is most known for the love she had for children. She began her career by working many years at the McCarty Settlement House in Cedartown, Georgia, where she taught orphaned children whose parents had died of illness. She opened the Ethel Har...pst Home in 1924 and took as many children in as the building would allow. She traveled around to raise money for a new home, and eventually James Hall was built in time for the staggering increase in orphans during the Great Depression. Ethel’s cause caught the eye of the wealthy Pfeiffer family from New York who, over the span of 20 years, funded the construction of many other buildings so that an entire campus was built. Today, this campus is the Murphy-Harpst residential program, a program where severely abused children can reside and gain treatment. Hundreds of children have benefited from the program. Learn more: https://www.georgiawomen.org/ethel-harpst #Women #Leader #WomenSupportingWomen #WomenInEducation #Educator #Activist #Founder

Happy #ScholarSunday, folks! Today, we’re celebrating another one of our amazing Scholars, Angela! Angela attends Chattahoochee Technical College to obtain her Associates degree in Early Childcare Education. Angela has many goals for herself while attending Chatt Tech, including building her leadership skills by attending the Student Leadership Academy. She developed a close relationship with her mentor who guided her through her goals. Angela hopes to graduate and transfer t...o Kennesaw State University to pursue a Bachelor’s degree. She looks forward to working towards a Master’s degree in library science within the next two years! Here’s what Angela has to say about what the Emerging Finish Line Funds Scholarship means to her: Attending college is undoubtedly a huge privilege, and I am grateful that I have had the opportunity to be a student at Chattahoochee Tech. Receiving this scholarship is a great honor and it made me feel like the goals that I worked toward were finally reached. I want to thank all of you for being there and having faith in me. #Scholarship #ScholarStories #WomenScholars #WomenInEducation #EducateWomen #JeannetteRankin