Scholarship applications are open through March 31 for social work students with roots in south Mississippi.
The Gulf Coast Community Foundation’s Lawrence & Lucimarian Roberts Helpline Scholarship Fund will award two scholarships of $2,500 each to undergraduate or graduate students who meet all the following criteria:
- Currently enrolled or plan to be enrolled next school year in a public or private Mississippi college or university
- Minimum 2.5 grade point average on a 4.0 scale
- Currently majoring or plan to major in social work, psychology, counseling or another behavioral health science field
- Family residency in Hancock, Harrison, Jackson or Pearl River counties.
You may apply for the Helpline scholarship online. The foundation also has additional scholarship opportunities.
Questions: (228) 897-4841.
The Southern Miss School of Social Work 