Record number of Gwinnett students earn Gates scholarships
A record number of Gwinnett County Public Schools students will get to attend college for free this fall.
Eighteen Gwinnett students recently learned they are Gates Millennium Scholars. The scholarship program, funded by a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, promotes academic excellence for outstanding non-white, low-income students, Gwinnett officials said.
Students must have a grade point average of at least 3.3 on an unweighted scale of 4.0, demonstrated leadership abilities through community service, meet federal Pell Grant eligibility criteria and meet other requirements to be a candidate for the scholarship.
The Gwinnett students and the schools they currently attend are:
- Aminata Fofana, Berkmar High School
- Christiana Beavers, Berkmar High School
- Jasmin Moffett, Central Gwinnett High School
- Deborah Salami, Central Gwinnett High School
- Hai Huynh, Central Gwinnett High School
- Deborah (Chiamaka) Ijebuonwu, Dacula High School
- Tina Nguyen, Discovery High School
- Ileri Jaiyeoba, Duluth High School
- Jeong (Joanne) Lee, Duluth High School
- Israh Farhoud, Grayson High School
- Hannah Yahya, Grayson High School
- Ji Young Chang, Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science and Technology
- Basent Saleh, Lanier High School
- Tauheed Islam, Meadowcreek High School
- Javier Soriano, Meadowcreek High School
- Parker Latimore, Parkview High School
- Hayat Geresu, Peachtree Ridge High School
- Re'Nyqua Farrington, South Gwinnett High School
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Eric Stirgus joined The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 2001. He currently writes about higher education and has assisted in the newsroom’s COVID-19 vaccine coverage. Born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., Eric is active in the Atlanta Association of Black Journalists and the Education Writers Association and enjoys mentoring aspiring journalists.
