Whitley, Rodgman & Whitley offers scholarships to assist deserving students in defraying the costs of higher education. The scholarships are awarded based on academic merit, a short written essay, community involvement and extracurricular activities. The applicants must be graduating seniors and must have applied for acceptance for full time enrollment at a college or other accredited institution to be eligible.

We have 35 high schools participating throughout Eastern NC and the essay question is as follows:

Drunk driving is the nation's most frequently committed violent crime. For more than a decade, highway deaths involving alcohol have hovered at about 17,000 annually nationwide. In 2003, 354 alcohol-related traffic deaths occurred in NC alone. What can be done in NC to lower the number of accidents and highway deaths in which alcohol is involved?

Click the following links to read the winning essays.

Brian Farkas - J.H. Rose High School

John Smith - West Carteret High School

Laura Thompson - Kinston High School