Memorial Scholarship Fund
Good News! The fund is once again giving scholarships with the Fall 2004 session. We had to stop for a short period because the shift from a junior college to a four year institution changed their fee structure. When combined with the low interest rates...well you can guess the rest. However we are now back in business, giving one scholarship per year minimum, maybe two this year.
I established the fund in honor of my parents Wendell and Betty in 1994 at St. Petersburg Junior College (SPJC, now called St. Petersburg College since it has converted to a four year institution). It is intended that moneys will be placed into the Fund until it becomes self- sustaining. When the fund contains adequate resources that interest earned will support paying the tuition of a single student for two semesters per year and have approximately 20% remaining for tuition growth, etc. the fund will go into operation. The paperwork that established the fund identifies they type of person to be selected (primarily a needy person which shows promise in their ability to improve the quality of their life. The primary target will be single parents).
Good News! The state of Florida has determined that this fund has exceptional characteristics and on three occasions (1998, 1999 and 2003) provided matching funds!
SPJC not only maintains a high standard of education, as demonstrated by the top 10 ratings it receives nationally
as an academic institution, but as a junior college, it also focuses on providing accessible higher education to
the many people that for one reason or another cannot attend a four year institution. Both Dell and
his brother graduated
from SPJC before moving on to complete their undergraduate and graduate degrees from four year institutions. St.
Petersburg was the long time home and is the final resting places of both Wendell and Betty Lou.
Wendell H. and Betty L. Lunceford Memorial Scholarship Fund
St. Petersburg Junior College Development Office
St Petersburg, Fl 33733