SALISBURY, MD---When Dr. George Whitehead of Salisbury University’s Psychology Department received the community’s oldest civic honor — the prestigious Salisbury Award — for his work with area youth, it provided a chance to do even more good.
Whitehead used its $500 cash to begin an endowment for a new Salisbury’s Promise Scholarship through the Salisbury University Foundation, Inc.
“I didn’t want to spend the $500 and use it all at once,” he said. “I wanted to use it to start something, and I really wanted it to be focused on service.”
Once fully funded at $10,000, the endowment is expected to provide an annual $500 scholarship for SU students.
In determining the specifics of the scholarship, Whitehead drew on several passions. As a former Wicomico County Board of Education member, he wanted the award to be reserved for students from the county. As the project director for SU’s AmeriCorps chapter, ShoreCorps/Partnership for Adolescents on the Lower Shore (PALS), he also wanted the recipient to demonstrate a commitment to community service.
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2 comments:
Dr George Whitehead is one of our areas unsung hero's for all he has done and continues to do. Congratulations on setting up this endowment and thank you for all you have done.
A close review of George Whitehead's ignoring of the AmeriCorp program at the college would show an large amount of over spending and perks given to the chosen few. Prime example was his hiring/recommendation of the former administrator serving prison time for misuse of public funds.
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