{"id":9535,"date":"2024-06-10T10:20:41","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T15:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/?p=9535"},"modified":"2024-06-10T10:20:41","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T15:20:41","slug":"donald-doc-voorhies-contributed-30k-to-create-endowed-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2024\/06\/10\/donald-doc-voorhies-contributed-30k-to-create-endowed-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald \u201cDoc\u201d Voorhies Contributed $30K to Create Endowed Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"
THIBODAUX, La. \u2013 Donald \u201cDoc\u201d Voorhies contributed $30,000 to create the J. Wayne & Diane Voorhies Plaisance Family Endowed Scholarship to benefit full-time ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ students that graduated from a Lafourche Parish High School.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n “Education holds a very special place for me. My father set up scholarships this way, and now that I have the opportunity, I am so glad I can give this scholarship to ÐÓ°É´«Ã½,” said Voorhies.<\/span><\/p>\n Recipients must demonstrate a financial need and can be of freshman, sophomore, junior or senior classification from any major with at least a 3.0 GPA. Three $500 scholarships may be awarded per year, with $250 distributed in the fall and spring semesters. The ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ Scholarship Committee will select the best-qualified applicants who meet the criteria described above. To learn more about scholarships at ÐÓ°É´«Ã½, click <\/span>here<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ Foundation, an independent 501(c)3 corporation, exists to support the mission of ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ by seeking gifts and grants and by managing those funds and other assets to support ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ through endowed chairs, professorships, scholarships and other <\/span>enhancement efforts. To learn more about donating to ÐÓ°É´«Ã½, visit<\/span> nichollsfoundation.org<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n