SCHOLARSHIP
Merit Based and Regular
The Bayou Tri Parish Alumni Chapter has established three merit-based scholarships and a regular scholarship and will award these scholarships each academic year to graduates that have been admitted to matriculate at Southern University-Baton Rouge.
The merit- based scholarships are named for persons who were trailblazers and/or had a phenomenal impact on education of African Americans in the parish.
The Lubertha Ellois Anderson Memorial Scholarship will be awarded to a high school graduate who resides and attended any high school in the Pointe Coupee Parish, and meet the minimum scholarship criteria.
The late Lubertha Ellois Anderson, a native of Ventress, LA, served as the first principal of the first high school, New Roads High School established in 1950, established to educate African American students in Pointe Coupee Parish.
She graduated from Southern University with a Bachelor of Arts degree. She was the first president of Pointe Coupee Parish Alumni Chapter of Southern University Alumni Federation.
The Arnette James Memorial Scholarship will be awarded to a high school graduate who resides and attended any high school in the Iberville Parish, and meet the minimum scholarship criteria.
The James Nathaniel Moody Memorial Scholarship will be awarded to a high school graduate who resides and attended any high school in the West Baton Rouge Parish, and meet the minimum scholarship criteria.
The late James Nathaniel Moody served as the first Supervisor of Negro Schools in West Baton Rouge Parish.
Qualifications for the scholarship
The minimum criteria Merit Scholarship applicants must meet are:
A cumulative 3.0 grade point average or better,
An ACT score of 20 or better or SAT score of 1020 or better
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The minimum criteria General Scholarship applicants must meet are:
At least a cumulative 2.0 grade point average,
At least the minimum ACT or SAT score required by institution.
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All applicants must reside or attend school within one of the service areas of Iberville, Pointe Coupee, and West Baton Rouge.